Team

• La’Shawn Allen-MuhammadSenior Fellow, New York City

  Executive Director
  Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation (CBEDC)

• Dr. Renato AlmanzorManagement Seminar Faculty, Bay Area

  Transformation Catalyst, Speaker, Educator

• Tyra Anderson-MontinaSenior Fellow, Boston

  Vice President of Program
  Nurtury

• Catherine AngSenior Fellow, National

  Chief Enrollment & Student Services Officer
  Year Up United

• Maisha Beasley, Ed.DSenior Fellow, Los Angeles

  Executive Director
  Project Sankofa

• Camille BennettSenior Fellow, Alabama

  Executive Director
  Project Say Something

• Aisha BlackwellSenior Fellow, Bay Area

  Chief People & Operations Officer
  Young Community Developers

• Tara N. BurgessSenior Fellow, Western New York

  Executive Director
  EPIC - Every Person Influences Children

• Vanessa BurnsideSenior Fellow, Bay Area

  Chief Impact Officer
  10,000 Degrees

• Omar ButlerSenior Fellow, Bay Area

  Chief Executive Officer
  New Door Ventures

• Abel R. CanoSenior Fellow, Boston

  Founder & Executive Director
  The Arc of Change

• Charles E. Carter, Jr., Ph.D., LICSWSenior Fellow, National

  CEO & Head of School
  Beacon Academy

• Kailey CartwrightSenior Fellow, Western New York

  Head of Employee Experience
  SurveyMonkey

• Carole CharnowSenior Fellow, Boston

  President & CEO
  Boston Children's Museum

• Yi-Chin ChenSenior Fellow, Boston

  Executive Director
  Friends of the Children, Boston

• Elaine ChowSenior Fellow, Boston

  Director of Operations
  Embrace Boston, Inc.

• Peter ChungSenior Fellow, Rhode Island

  Executive Director
  Young Voices

• Jay CoburnSenior Fellow, Cape Cod & the Islands

  Principal
  Coburn Consulting

• Anuradha DesaiSenior Fellow, National

  Principal
  Desai Consulting

• Linda Chan FlynnSenior Fellow, Merrimack Valley & Essex County

  Senior Director of Employee Engagement
  Lowell Community Health Center

• Lisa FortenberrySenior Fellow, National

  Executive Vice President
  Camp Harbor View

• Maria Dominguez GrayManagement Seminar Faculty, Boston

  Executive Director
  Phillips Brooks House Association

• Brian GarshelisNational

  Senior Faculty, Facilitation & Training
  Institute for Nonprofit Practice

• Gabrielle Gilliam, CFREManagement Seminar Faculty, New York City

  Executive Director
  Bottom Line New York

• Erika HalsteadSenior Fellow, New York City

  CEO
  Minds Matter

• Pres HarrisSenior Fellow, Alabama

  Senior Organizing & Advocacy Director
  Alabama Arise

• Mary Sylvia HarrisonSenior Fellow, Rhode Island

  Independent Consultant

• Laura HayesSenior Fellow, Dallas

  CEO
  The Learning Bridge

• Dan HolinSenior Fellow, Merrimack Valley & Essex County

  Executive Director
  Second Chance Cars

• Anthony HubbardManagement Seminar Faculty, Rhode Island

  Founder & Chief Executive Officer
  YouthBuild Preparatory Academy

• Rolland JanairoSenior Fellow, Bay Area

  Chief Executive Officer
  Silicon Valley Urban Debate League

• Maria KasparianSenior Fellow, Rhode Island

  Vice President of Strategic Partnerships
  Edesia

• Talisa KingSenior Fellow, Western New York

  Chief Program Officer
  YWCA Western New York

• Angie LiouSenior Fellow, Boston

  Executive Director
  Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC)

• Patrice Ford LynManagement Seminar Faculty, National

  Leadership Development Practitioner, Strategic Planning Consultant & Executive Coach

• Vincent MarignaManagement Seminar Faculty, New York City

  Chief Executive Officer
  Breakthrough Collaborative

• Natalie MartinezManagement Seminar Faculty, Boston & New York City

  CEO
  Girls Inc. of Boston and Lynn

• Sandra McCroomSenior Fellow, Boston

  President & CEO
  Children’s Services of Roxbury

• David R. McGheeSenior Fellow, Detroit

  Chief Executive Officer
  The Steve Fund

• Lesly MelendezSenior Fellow, Merrimack Valley & Essex County

  Executive Director
  Groundwork Lawrence

• Celina Miranda, Ph.D.Senior Fellow, Boston

  Executive Director
  Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF)

• Donna Murray-BrownSenior Fellow, National

  Facilitator & Strategic Advisor
  DMB Coaching & Consulting, LLC

• Shaheer MustafaManagement Seminar Faculty, National

  President & CEO
  HopeWell

• Radhames NovaSenior Fellow, Merrimack Valley & Essex County

  President & CEO
  Junior Achievement of Greater Boston

• Charlie RoseSenior Fellow, National

  Senior Vice President & Dean
  City Year

• Amanda SeiderSenior Fellow, Boston

  Executive Director, Massachusetts
  OneGoal

• Anthony ShoecraftSenior Fellow, Seattle

  Managing Director of Business Development
  Kingmakers of Oakland

• Marc SkvirskyManagement Seminar Faculty, Merrimack Valley & Essex County

  Former Vice President & Chief Program Officer
  Facing History and Ourselves

• Tara SpannSenior Fellow, Boston

  Chief Administrative Officer
  Genesys Works

• Tanya M. StaplesSenior Fellow, Western New York

  Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives
  Say Yes Buffalo

• Colby SwettbergManagement Seminar Faculty, New York City

  Chief Executive Officer
  Silver Lining Mentoring

• Dina ThompsonSenior Fellow, Western New York

  Executive Director
  Erie County Restorative Justice Coalition

• Anne WallestadManagement Seminar Faculty, Western New York

  Executive Coach & Principal
  Anne Wallestad Coaching LLC

• Michael Weidrich, MBASenior Fellow, Western New York

  Deputy Director
  Pride Center of Western New York & GLYS Western New York

• Kilah Walters-ClintonSenior Fellow, Rhode Island

  Director of Equity & Community Engagement
  Rhode Island Executive Office of Health & Human Services

• Ramik WilliamsSenior Fellow, New York City

  Co-Executive Director
  KAVI

• Michelle WilsonSenior Fellow, Rhode Island

  Chief of the Health Equity Institute
  Rhode Island Department of Health

• Isa WoldeguiorguisSenior Fellow, Boston

  Executive Director
  The Center for Hope and Healing (CHH)

Board of Directors

• Jon Barfield

  Partner
  Bain & Company

• Tom Bendheim

  Founder and CEO
  b7 Properties

• Phil Buchanan, Chair

  President
  Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)

• Josh Chalmers

  CEO
  The Imaginarium Group, LLC

• Brian Chu

  Partner
  Apollo Global Management

• Yolanda Coentro

  President and CEO
  Institute for Nonprofit Practice

• Susan Cohen, Immediate Past Chair

  Film/TV Producer

• Angel Roberson Daniels

  Executive Director
  Angell Foundation

• Barry Dym

  Founder and former CEO
  Institute for Nonprofit Practice

• Olivia Engel

  Chief Investment Officer, Active Quantitative Equity
  State Street Global Advisors

• Matt Epstein

  Director and Co-Chair
  Goulston & Storrs, Retail, Restaurant & Consumer Group

• Mark Rosen

  Co-Founder and Senior Advisor
  Charlesbank Capital Partners

• David Shapiro

  President and CEO
  YMCA of Greater Boston

National Advisory Board

• Charmane Higgins

  Executive Director
  Trinity Boston Connects

• Ira Jackson

  Co-Founder
  Civic Action Project

• Christine Letts

  Nonprofit and Philanthropic Advisor

• Robert Lewis, Jr.

  Nicholas President and CEO
  Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston

• Carol Lobron

  Independent Consultant

• john a. powell

  Director
  Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkeley

• Geeta Pradhan

  President & CEO
  Cambridge Community Foundation

• Sue Pucker

  Owner
  Pucker Gallery

• Leonard Schlesinger

  Baker Foundation Professor
  Harvard Business School

• John Simon

  Managing Director
  Sigma Prime Ventures

• Alan Solomont

  Dean Emeritus
  Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University