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Leadership
Gerald Chertavian
Founder and CEO
John Bradley
COO, Year Up
National (US)
Elaine Chow
Chief HR Officer, Year Up
National (US)
Todd Fisher
Managing Director, Scalable Solutions
National (US)
Meredith Jaremchuk
Chief Program Officer, Year Up
National (US)
Jeanette Lucciola
Interim National Director of Corporate Engagement
National (US)
Ellen McClain
CFO, Year Up
National (US)
Susan Murray
National Director of Development, Year Up
National (US)
Casey Recupero
Managing Director of Direct Service, Year Up
National (US)
Elyse Rosenblum
Principal and Founder, Grads of Life
National (US)
Michelle Sims
CEO, YUPRO
National (US)
Ronda Harris Thompson
National Director of Alumni Relations & Interim Chief Diversity Officer, Year Up
National (US)
Roberto Zeledon
Chief Marketing Officer, Year Up
National (US)
Timothy "Tim" Dibble (Immediate Past Chair)
Managing General Partner, Alta Equity Partners
National (US)
Ruth Bowen
Vice President - Platform Manager, Bank of America (Year Up Greater Atlanta, Class of July 2013)
National (US)
Angelica "Jelly" Pineda
Senior Workforce Development Associate, Salesforce (Year Up Bay Area, Class of January 2016)
National (US)
Anel Perez
Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services; National Alumni Association Program Committee Chair (Year Up Rhode Island, Class of July 2007)
National (US)
Cindy Robbins
External Consultant. Former President and Chief People Officer, Salesforce
National (US)
Greg Walton
IT Service Provider & Consumer Support Engineer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Year Up Boston, Class of January 2007)
National (US)
Katrina Hill-Gay, Chair
HR Generalist (Administration), Human Resources, Year Up (Year Up National Capital Region, Class of January 2012)
National (US)
Dallas Phinsee III, Vice-Chair
Account Manager, Comcast Cable (Year Up Bay Area, Class of January 2012)
National (US)
Michael Baldwin, Executive Coordinator
Change Team Fellow and Program Manager, Year Up Puget Sound (Year Up Greater Philadelphia, Class of January 2017)
National (US)
Bruce Williams (Co-Board Chair)
Retired VP, IBM
Baltimore
Brian Cobb
Chief Technology Officer at Brown Advisory
Baltimore
Samantha Davis
Project Manager, T Rowe Price (Year Up Baltimore, Class of July 2018)
Baltimore
Doug Gansler
Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Baltimore
Ramsey Harris
VP East Territory LMI Business Advisor Retail Lending, PNC Bank
Baltimore
Michelle Ferrera
IT Vice President, Enterprise Wide Solutions, Exelon
Baltimore
Anthony Johnson
CSO, Head of Network and Security Transformation, Netskope
Baltimore
Frank Johnson
SVP Sales & Marketing, Chief Customer Officer, SecuLore Solutions
Baltimore
Marcie Koteen
U.S. Federal Systems Sales, Department of Homeland Securtity - IBM Corp
Baltimore
Ganesha Martin
President, G.M.M. Consulting, LLC
Baltimore
Laura Moore
CEO, Dinner Time
Baltimore
Ed Mullin
CIO and VP, Think Systems, Inc.
Baltimore
Mario Richards
Investment Funds Associate, Venable LLP
Baltimore
Nico Sanders
CEO, GoldenBear
Baltimore
Chris Sachse
CEO, Think/Stack
Baltimore
Roslyn Smith
Retired Director of Finance, Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association
Baltimore
Jacob Sorensen (Co-Chair)
CIO, Bank of the West (BNP Paribas Group)
Bay Area
Ime Archibong
Head of New Product Experimentation, Facebook
Bay Area
Tim Campos
Co-Founder & CEO, Woven
Bay Area
Ellen Haude
Director, PennPAC
Bay Area
Jose Mora
Trailblazer Community Coordinator, Salesforce (YUBA Alum)
Bay Area
Erik Ragatz
Managing Director, Hellman and Friedman, LLC
Bay Area
Daniel Springer
CEO, DocuSign
Bay Area
Amy Weaver
President and Chief Financial Officer, Salesforce
Bay Area
Keith White
Chief of Safety and Security, Salesforce
Bay Area
Kirsten Wolberg
CTOO, DocuSign
Bay Area
Christine Kessler (Chair)
Managing Director, Bank of America
Chicago
Tyme Anderson
Client Technology Operations Specialist (YU Alum), Reed Smith LLC
Chicago
Omar Alexis Cervantes
Associate Analyst – Cyber Crisis Response, United Airlines (Year Up Alumni)
Chicago
Kelley Conway
Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate & Digital Strategy, Northern Trust Corporation
Chicago
Robert DiMeo
Managing Director, DiMeo Schneider & Associates
Chicago
Roger McEniry
Managing Partner, Dolan McEniry Capital Management
Chicago
Katherine Finnegan
President, Finnegan Family Foundation
Chicago
Marcus Payne
VP of Continuous Improvement, Ingredion Inc.
Chicago
Tracey Benford
Partner, Goldman Sachs
Chicago
Lee Hobson (Chair)
Founder and Managing Partner, Highside Capital Management
Dallas / Fort Worth
Don Glendenning (Co-Chair)
Managing Partner, Locke Lord
Dallas / Fort Worth
Tynesia Boyea-Robinson
President & CEO, CapEQ
Dallas / Fort Worth
Fred Devereux
President of Central Regional Mobility, AT&T
Dallas / Fort Worth
Michael Horne
President and CEO, Parkland Foundation
Dallas / Fort Worth
Ken Macolmson
President and CEO, North Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Dallas / Fort Worth
Lyn Muse
Founder, Lyn Muse Interiors Inc.
Dallas / Fort Worth
Alfreda Norman
SVP, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Dallas / Fort Worth
Drexell Owusu
SVP & President of Education and Workforce, Dallas Regional Chamber
Dallas / Fort Worth
Tara Payne
Vice President, Communication and Outreach, Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas / Fort Worth
Clyde Valentin
Director, Ignite Arts Dallas Institute
Dallas / Fort Worth
Lee Crump (Chair)
Group Vice President, Rollins, Inc.
Greater Atlanta
Patti Austin
Executive Director, Kaiser Permanente
Greater Atlanta
Brandon Casteel
VP of Channel Sales, SPINS
Greater Atlanta
Jelissa Lee
Sr. Network Supervisor, Jackson Spalding (Year Up Greater Atlanta, Class of July 2011)
Greater Atlanta
Edwin Marcial
Principal, Thirteen Castles Digital
Greater Atlanta
Erin McMillan
AVP Customer Operations, Cox Automotive
Greater Atlanta
Al McRae
Managing Director & Market Investment Executive, Bank of America
Greater Atlanta
Stacey Sidles Ollinger
Co-Founder, Sidecar
Greater Atlanta
Susan Pound
EVP Middle Market Banking, Wells Fargo
Greater Atlanta
Fabiola Charles Stokes
Global Sites Management, Google
Greater Atlanta
Mary Ulmer-Jones
SVP & Associate General Counsel, Bank of America
Greater Atlanta
Valerie Armbrust
Managing Director, Accenture
Greater Boston
Jodeliz Cora
Certified Personal and Career Coach (Year Up Greater Boston, Class of January 2013)
Greater Boston
Stephanie Dodson Cornell
Managing Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Greater Boston
Matt Gellene
Managing Director, Bank of America
Greater Boston
Colby Greer
Client Relations and Activity Management, Parametric (Year Up Greater Boston, Class of January 2013)
Greater Boston
Keith Peden
Former SVP, Raytheon Company
Greater Boston
Jack Sommers
Executive Chairperson, Income Research & Management
Greater Boston
Brian Spector (Former Board Chair)
Former Partner, Baupost Group LLC
Greater Boston
Claire Borelli (Chair)
Managing Director & Head of HR, JPMorgan Chase Consumer Bank and Wealth Management
Greater Philadelphia
Andre Carroll
Political Campaign Manager, YU Alum
Greater Philadelphia
Clelland Green
President, Benepath
Greater Philadelphia
Peter Horty
Chairman of the Board, Commonwealth Trust Company
Greater Philadelphia
Rob Levy
Managing Director (Retired), JPMC
Greater Philadelphia
Tom McLaughlin
Executive Vice President, Wells Fargo Technology - Infrastructure Services
Greater Philadelphia
Kenneth Paul
Principal, KP Consulting
Greater Philadelphia
Chip Rossi
Delaware Market President, Bank of America
Greater Philadelphia
Bonnie Rumbold
Chief People Officer, Sallie Mae
Greater Philadelphia
Susan Turchyn (Chair)
SVP and Employee Relations Manager, Bank of America
Jacksonville
Mary Ann Callahan
SVP & Production Executive, Bank of America
Jacksonville
Dan Hofacker
Managing Director - Valuations and Collateral Review, JP Morgan Chase
Jacksonville
Dan Hofacker
Lending Valuations Transformation Executive, Chase
Jacksonville
Whitney Lester
Help Desk Support, Bank of America (Year Up Jacksonville, Class of January 2017)
Jacksonville
Stephen Pollan
President & CEO, Assessment Technologies Group
Jacksonville
Wayne Young
Vice President - Environmental Services, JEA
Jacksonville
Bruce Rosenblum (Chair)
Managing Director and CRO, The Carlyle Group
National Capital Region
Chris Bjornson
CIO, Accenture Federal Services
National Capital Region
James "Jim" Calabrese
CIO Pepco Holdings, Exelon
National Capital Region
Randall Craig
Attorney, Craig Law Group
National Capital Region
Reginald Exum
VP & Community Relations Officer, Citi
National Capital Region
Larry R. Fullerton
Retired Partner & Senior Counsel, Sidley Austin LLP
National Capital Region
Cary Hatch
CEO and Brand Advocate at MDB Communications
National Capital Region
Kimberly Holloway
IT Specialist, Department of Treasury (Year Up NCR, Class of January 2011)
National Capital Region
Jamshid Khazenie
CTO, Gannett
National Capital Region
John King
Former Vice President & Founder at Perot Systems (Retired)
National Capital Region
Georgette Kiser
Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group
National Capital Region
Karen Turner McWilliams
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, SAIC
National Capital Region
Dessie Nash
AVP, Portfolio Manager, Bank of America
National Capital Region
Lisa Neuberger-Fernandez
Managing Director, Strategy and Innovation, Accenture
National Capital Region
Tony Parchment
Founder, Upstart Connectors
National Capital Region
Thomas Romeo
President Federal Division, Maximus
National Capital Region
William Bumpus (Board Chair)
Managing Partner, Phoenix Rising
Los Angeles
LeeVante Haywood (Alumni Board Chair)
Managing Director, The Foston-Haywood Foundation
Los Angeles
Tyler Bell
Partner/Managing Director, EleventoOne
Los Angeles
Leslie Dodson
Director and Chief of Staff, Business Management Operations, Kaiser Permanente
Los Angeles
Emilio Escobar
Chief Information Security Officer, Datadog
Los Angeles
Nancy Gibson
Director of HR, The Getty Trust
Los Angeles
Nora Rahimian
Founder & Lead Consultant, #CultureFix
Los Angeles
Priya Sodha
Director of Partnerships and Career Services Lead, CalBright College
Los Angeles
Geoffrey Gold (Chair)
Independent Director, Premier Brands Group Holdings LLC
New York
Stephen Baron
Head of Consumer Branch Banking, JPMorgan Chase Bank
New York
Joan Binstock
Independent Director, SIMCORP A/S
New York
Frank J. Bisignano
President and CEO, Fiserv Inc.
New York
Sharon Y. Bowen
Independent Corporate Director and Partner, Seneca Women
New York
Lawrence Cole
Global Director, Head of Sales Enablement, Google
New York
Jason Coullette
Vice President, Bank of America
New York
Peter Drittel
Chief Investment Officer, Titan Advisors
New York
Maurice DuBois
News Anchor, CBS
New York
Mikayla Dyer
Scrum Master, Morgan Stanley (YU Alum)
New York
Edward Estrada
Partner, Reed Smith LLP
New York
Patrick "Pat" Hackett
Special Limited Partner for Tech, Media & Telecommunications, Warburg Pincus
New York
Ernest Logan
President, American Federation of School Administrators AFLCIO
New York
Barbara Mace
Principal Economist of Transfer Pricing, DLA Piper
New York
Dick Parsons
Senior Advisor at Providence Equity Partners, LLC
New York
Phil Schneidermeyer
Managing Director, CIO Search Partners
New York
Michael Stone
Chairman & Co-Founder, Beanstalk
New York
Colleen Taylor
President, Merchant Services - US, American Express
New York
De'Shawn Wright
CEO, Keystone Consulting US
New York
John Stanton (Chair)
Chairman, Trilogy International Partners
Puget Sound
Orlando Ashford
Executive Chairman, Azamara
Puget Sound
Robbie Bach
Speaker, Author, & Civic Engineer at Xbachs LLC
Puget Sound
Joseph Boateng
CIO, Casey Family Programs
Puget Sound
Heaven Hamilton
Technical Program Manager, T-Mobile (Year Up Puget Sound, Class of January 2018)
Puget Sound
Deborah "Deb" Horvath
Founder, Horvath Consulting LLC
Puget Sound
Todd Hrycenko
Head of Cloud, Platform and Application Security, JP Morgan Chase
Puget Sound
Charu Jain
SVP Merchandising & Innovation, Alaska Airlines
Puget Sound
Joseph "Jose" Ubeda
SVP of Digital Solutions, Expeditors
Puget Sound
Ted Fischer (Chair)
Co-Founder & CEO, Ageless Innovation
Providence
Sally Lapides (Chair)
President & CEO, Residential Properties Ltd.
Providence
Donna Sams (Vice Chair)
Partner and Senior Consultant, Spencer Consulting Group (SCG)
Providence
Lisa Abbott
SVP, HR and Community Affairs, Legal at Lifespan
Providence
Mark Cousineau
VP of Middle Market Commercial Banking, Wells Fargo
Providence
Katharine Hazard Flynn
Executive Director, URI Business Engagement Center University of Rhode Island
Providence
Meghan Hughes
President, Community College of Rhode Island
Providence
Jeff Lackey
VP of Talent Acquisition, CVS Health
Providence
Jessica Nunez
Office Manager & Customer Service Specialist, Ageless Innovation (Year Up Providence, Class of July 2013)
Providence
Sandra Powell
Health Policy Director, Rhode Island Department of Health
Providence
Paul Salem
Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director, Providence Equity Partners
Providence
Don Stanford
Retired
Providence
Michael Carpenter (Chair)
Chairman & CEO, Southgate Holdings Inc.
South Florida
Martin Burkett
Partner, Co-Chair Mergers/Acquisitions & Private Equity Practice, Ackerman LLP
South Florida
Mireille Louis Charles
Executive Director, Green Family Foundation
South Florida
Mireille Louis Charles
Senior Director of Development, United Way of Miami Dade
South Florida
Eduardo Coello
Regional President, Latin America and Caribbean, VISA
South Florida
Nilda De Boyrie
Business Consultant
South Florida
Myles Pistorius
SVP, General Counsel, Miami Dolphins
South Florida
Lenore Rodicio
Senior Fellow, The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program
South Florida
Licenia Rojas
Senior Vice President, Unit CIO, American Express
South Florida
Daniel Salazar
Executive Director - Middle Market, JPMorgan Chase
South Florida
Kimberly Allen
Site Director, Gateway Community College, Central City Campus
Arizona
Jennifer McChristian
Site Director, SNHU, East Valley Campus
Arizona
Roosevelt Callahan
Site Director, San Francisco Campus
Bay Area
Brian Luis
Site Director, Silicon Valley Campus
Bay Area
Mike Madriaga
Site Director, Facebook Campus
Bay Area
Audrey Rhodes Market
Site Director, Diablo Valley Campus
Bay Area
Elise Ford
Site Director, Central Piedmont Community College, Central Campus
Charlotte
April Hawkins
Site Director, Harold Washington College Campus
Chicago
Ellie McGaw
Site Director, Downtown Campus
Chicago
Rose Chivers
Site Director, Dallas College, Downtown Campus
Dallas / Fort Worth
Sharonda Holmes
Site Director, AMSC Campus and Midtown Campus
Greater Atlanta
Tyra Anderson-Montina
Site Director, Downtown Campus
Greater Boston
Kira Coveney
Site Director, Roxbury Community College, Roxbury Campus
Greater Boston
Priscilla Weinstein
Site Director, North Shore Community College, Lynn Campus
Greater Boston
Melinda Brown
Site Director, Peirce College, Center City Campus
Greater Philadelphia
Whitley Denson
Program Director, Virtual Campus - PHL
Greater Philadelphia
Latonya Hines
Site Director, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Downtown Campus
Jacksonville
Jennifer Gutierrez-Caldwell
Site Director, West Los Angeles College, Culver City
Los Angeles
Nicole Escuadro
Site Director, Alexandria Campus
National Capital Region
Duane Reid
Site Director, Washington D.C. Campus
National Capital Region
Lisa Wiley
Site Director, Woodbridge Campus and Manassas Campus
National Capital Region
Nadine Sylvester-Crammer
Site Director, Wall Street Campus
New York
Stanley Taylor
Site Director, Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York
Jessica Zorola
Site Director, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City
New York
Annie Martinez
Site Director, BNY Mellon Campus
Pittsburgh
Tatiana Heck
Site Director, Seattle Central College and Seattle Campus
Puget Sound
Michaela Much
Site Director, South Seattle College
Puget Sound
George Nippo
Site Director, Providence Campus
Providence
Lucia Angeles
Program Director, Virtual Campus - SFL
South Florida
Fred Rosario
Site Director, St. Petersburg College Midtown Campus
Tampa Bay
Peter Lonie
Site Director, Wilmington University, New Castle Campus
Wilmington
Melody Barnes
Co-Founder & Principal, MB2 Solutions, LLC
John Bradley
Chief Operations Officer, Year Up
Eileen Brown
Founder & Chancellor, Cambridge College
Shanique Davis
Release Engineer, National Science Foundation
Andrea Feingold
Co-Founder & Investment Principal, Feingold O’Keeffe Capital, LLC
David Ford
Former Executive Director, Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation
Lisa Jackson, Ph.D.
Manager Partner, Imago Dei Fund and Trustee, The Winsor School
Melodie Mayberry-Stewart
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Black Diamond Capital Group LLC
Pedro Noguera
Distinguished Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Jim Pallotta
Chairman & Managing Director, Raptor Group
Diane Schueneman
Former SVP & Head of Global Infrastructure Solutions, Merrill Lynch
Joseph Smialowski
Co-Founder, The Innovation and Workforce Discontinuity Initiative
Gail Snowden
Retired CEO, Freedom House Inc.
Pamela Trefler
Founder & Chair, Trefler Foundation
Melody Barnes
Co-Founder & Principal, MB2 Solutions LLC; Former Director of Domestic Policy Council, Obama Administration
National (US)
Jeb Bush
Former Governor of Florida
National (US)
Kenneth Chenault
Chairman & Managing Director, General Catalyst
National (US)
David Gergen
Co-director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School
National (US)
Jay Hooley
Retired chairman & CEO, State Street
National (US)
Rene Kern
Advisory Director, General Atlantic
Dick Parsons
Senior Advisor at Providence Equity Partners, LLC
National (US)
Deval Patrick
Founder and Chairman, TogetherFUND and Former Massachusetts Governor
National (US)
Michael Powell
President & CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications Association; Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
National (US)
Paul S. Pressler
Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC
National (US)
Thomas Ryan
Former Chairman & CEO, CVS Caremark Corporation; Operating Partner, Advent International
National (US)
Ruth Simmons
President, Prairie View A&M University and Former President, Brown University
National (US)
Jeff Weiner
Executive Chairman and Former CEO, LinkedIn
National (US)