
Leadership
National Senior Leadership Team
Gerald Chertavian
Founder and CEO at Year Up
Garrett Moran
President at Year Up
Antoine Andrews
Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at Year Up
Jeff Artis
National Director of Corporate Engagement at Year Up
Jay Banfield
Chief Officer of Innovation and Scale and Managing Director of California at Year Up
Shawn Jacqueline Bohen
Chief Transformative Impact Officer
Principal, Grads of Life
John Bradley
Chief Operating Officer at Year Up
Dwight Powery
National Site Director at Year Up
Elaine Chow
Chief Human Resource Officer
Meredith Jaremchuk
National Director of Program at Year Up
Ellen McClain
Chief Financial Officer at Year Up
Susan Murray
National Director of Development at Year Up
Casey Recupero
Managing Director, Direct Service
Belinda Stubblefield
National Site Director and Chief Diversity Officer at Year Up
Jim Thie
Chief Information Officer at Year Up
Ronda Harris Thompson
National Director of Alumni Relations at Year Up
Alison Washabaugh
Chief of Staff at Year Up
Executive Directors
Leopoldo “Polo” Coronado
Executive Director at Year Up South Florida
Jack J. Crowe
Executive Director at Year Up Chicago
Bob Dame
Executive Director at Year Up Greater Boston
Cathy Doyle
Executive Director at Year Up Rhode Island
Grace Jackson
Executive Director at Year Up Greater Atlanta
Hassan Charles
Executive Director at Year Up Greater Philadelphia
John Galante
Executive Director at Year Up New York
Kris Muñoz Vetter
Executive Director at Year Up Dallas/Fort Worth
Fred Krug
Executive Director at Year Up Puget Sound
Kim Owens
Executive Director at Year Up Arizona
Guylaine Saint Juste
Executive Director at Year Up National Capital Region
Emily Schaffer
Executive Director at Year Up Bay Area
Roland R. Selby, Jr.
Executive Director at Year Up Baltimore
Robin Tanya Watson
Executive Director at Year Up Tampa Bay
National Board of Directors
Paul Salem (Chair)
Senior Managing Director Emeritus at Providence Equity Partners
Timothy Dibble (Immediate Past Chair)
General Partners at Alta Equity Partners
Peter Handrinos (Secretary)
Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP
Angelica Pineda
Senior Workforce Development Associate, Salesforce
(Year Up Bay Area Alumna 2016)
Joseph Baratta
Global Head of Private Equity, Blackstone
Melody Barnes
Co-Founder and Principal at MB2 Solutions, LLC
Ruth Bowen
Project Manager at Bank of America
(Year Up Atlanta Alumna 2013)
Gerald Chertavian
Founder and CEO at Year Up
Cindy Robbins
President and Chief People Officer at Salesforce
Paul Edgerley
Senior Advisor at Bain Capital
Jim Fowler
EVP and CIO of Nationwide
William “Bill” Green
Former CEO and Executive Chairman at Accenture
Rod McCowan
Founder and Principal at Accelerance Group
Judy Miner
Chancellor, Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Paul S. Pressler
Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC
Barby Siegel
CEO at Zeno Group
Bob Steel
CEO at Perella Weinberg Partners
Kerry Sullivan
President at Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Kim Tanner *
Senior Program Officer, The Jenesis Group
* Jenesis Group Representative on the National Board
Robert G. Templin, Jr.
President Emeritus at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA)
Greg Walton
IT Service Provider & Consumer Support Engineer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
(Year Up Boston Alumnus 2007)
National Advisors
Barry Sternlicht
Chairman and CEO at Starwood Capital Group
David Gergen
Co-director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School
Deval Patrick
Managing Director, Double Impact, Bain Capital and Former Massachusetts Governor
Dick Parsons
Senior Advisor at Providence Equity Partners, LLC
Jay Hooley
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at State Street
Jeb Bush
Former Governor of Florida
Jeff Weiner
CEO, LinkedIn
Kenneth Chenault
Chairman & Managing Director at General Catalyst
Michael Powell
President & CEO at National Cable & Telecommunications Association
Former Chairman at Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Ruth Simmons
Former President at Brown University
Thomas Ryan
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at CVS Caremark Corporation
Operating Partner at Advent International
National Alumni Association Board
Katrina Hill (Chair)
Admissions Manager at Year Up National Capital Region
(Year Up National Capital Region Alumna 2012)
Emeritus Trustees
John Bradley
Chief Operating Officer at Year Up
Eileen Brown
Founder and Chancellor at Cambridge College
Shanique Davis
Release Engineer at the National Science Foundation
(Year Up National Capital Region Alumnus 2008)
Andrea Feingold
Co-Founder & Investment Principal at Feingold O’Keeffe Capital, LLC
David Ford
Former Executive Director at Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation
Lisa Jackson, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Managing Director at College for Social Innovation
Melodie Mayberry-Stewart
Senior Director of Global Initiatives at MidAmerica Consulting Group
Pedro Noguera
Distinguished Professor at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Jim Pallotta
Chairman and Managing Director at Raptor Group
Diane Schueneman
Former Senior Vice President & Head of Global Infrastructure Solutions at Merrill Lynch
Joseph Smialowski
Managing Director at Citigroup
Gail Snowden
Retired CEO at Freedom House Inc.
Pamela Trefler
Founder and Chair at Trefler Foundation
Craig Underwood
Founding Board Member & Senior Director of National Accounts at Year Up