buildOn draws expertise, enthusiasm and resources from individuals involved with corporate, educational and governmental entities throughout the U.S. and around the world.

buildOn headquarters:
P.O. Box 16741
Stamford, CT 06905
(203) 585-5390
Fax: (203) 961-5087

Media Inquiries:
Carrie Pena
National Communications Director
Office: (224) 420-1825
carrie.pena@buildon.org

National Board Of Directors

  • President Barack Obama

    Honorary Board Member

  • Ann Curry

    Honorary Board Member
    National & Intl Correspondent
    NBC News

  • Amin Aladin

    Chairman & CEO
    MC Asset Management Holdings, LLC

  • Jim Bell

    Executive Producer
    NBC Olympics

  • Diahann Billings-Burford

    Chief Service Officer for the City of New York

  • Jeff Bornstein

    Senior Vice President, GE
    Chief Financial Officer
    GE Capital Finance

  • Kathy Cassidy

    Senior Vice President & Treasurer
    GE

  • Marc Friedman

    Chief Operating Officer
    buildOn

  • Randi Hedin

    Co-President
    RPX Research

  • Suzie Ivelich

    Managing Director
    Landor

  • Dennis Kass

    Chairman
    Jennison Associates LLC

  • Melissa Kiernan

    Corporate Attorney-Consultant

  • John Myers

    Senior Advisor
    Angelo, Gordon & Co.

  • Denis Nayden

    Managing Partner
    Oak Hill Capital Management

  • Jim Parke

    Vice Chairman & CFO (Retired)
    GE Capital

  • John Raffaeli

    Senior VP, Human Resources (Retired)
    Thomson Reuters

  • Jim Reynolds

    Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO
    Loop Capital

  • Karen Seitz

    Founder and Managing Director
    Fusion Partners

  • Melissa Thomson

    Philanthropist

  • Jim Ziolkowski

    Founder & CEO
    buildOn

Global Leadership Council

  • Lee Cooperman

    Founder & Chairman

    Omega Advisors, Inc.

  • Jane Hackney

    Vice President
    Portfolio Manager
    GE Asset Management

  • Misha Malyshev

    CEO
    Teza Technologies

  • Peter Ricker

    Chairman & CEO
    MB Real Estate

  • Keith Sherin

    Vice Chairman & CFO
    GE

New York Board

  • Mark Courtney

    President & CEO
    Courtney & Company

  • Russell Diamond

    Managing Director
    Gates Capital Management

  • Fred Doss

    The Doss Group

  • Eric Felder

    Head of Credit & Emerging Markets Trading
    Barclays

  • John Gicking

    Sotheby’s International Realty

  • Monica Graham

    Graham Partners

  • Jennifer Hill

    CFO, Global Banking & Markets
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch

  • Shirin Kerman

    Sharon’s Sorbet

  • Greg Kerr, M.D.

    Weill Medical College
    of Cornell University

  • Brett McNaught

    CEO
    Educate Tomorrow

  • Eric Miller

    Managing Director
    Credit Suisse

  • Carlyle Peake

    Head of Emerging Markets Syndicate
    BBVA

  • Thomas S. Shilen

    Sr. VP, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer – CBS News

  • Mark Webb

    President, Local Deals
    Travelzoo

Connecticut Board

  • Jill Bornstein
  • Craig Eckstrom

    Vice President, North American
    Sales & Partnerships
    PayPal

  • Don Epperson

    Partner
    Digital Trek

  • Allan Hackney

    Senior VP & CIO
    John Hancock Financial Services

  • Brent Jones

    Senior VP, Global Equities
    GE Asset Management

  • Carla Jones

    Senior VP, Communications
    Thomson Reuters Professional Division

  • Ralph Layman

    President and CIO, Public Equities
    GE Asset Management

  • Rich Manz

    Assistant Vice President
    GenRe Corporation

  • Geoffrey Norman

    Executive Vice President (Retired)
    GE Asset Management

  • John Taylor

    Chief Financial Officer
    Development Capital

  • Don Torey

    President and CIO
    Alternative Investments
    GE Asset Management

  • Terry Torok

    Live From Earth

  • Andrea Valerio

    Managing Director
    Oil Liquids
    Noble Americas Corp.

  • Patricia Wheeler

    Managing Director, HR
    MC Asset Management Holdings, LLC

Midwest Board

  • Krishnan Chandrasekhar

    Partner
    PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • Kristin Fox

    Founder & Principal
    FoxInspires LLC

  • Oksana Malysheva

    Principal
    Hamilton White Group

  • John Murphy

    Ricker-Murphy Development

  • Kristie Paskvan

    CFO
    Mesirow Financial

  • Don Resnick

    Partner
    Jenner & Block

  • James Seymour

    Senior Managing Director
    GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services

  • Ryan Richert

    Senior VP
    Edelman Public Relations

  • Frank Whittaker

    VP of News
    NBC 5 Chicago

West Coast Board

  • Luc Arsenault

    Partner
    Moss Adams LLP

  • Sydney Fisher Bernier

    Vice President
    Fisher Development

  • Margaret Chiu

    Assistant Superintendent
    San Francisco Unified
    School District

  • Keith Cox

    Keller Williams Realty

  • Suzanne Crandall

    Philanthropist

  • Camilla Norman Field

    Certified Integral Coach

  • Meredith Gall

    Vice President
    U.S. Bank

  • Pam Martinson

    Partner
    Sidley Austin

  • Kelly McCarthy

    Partner
    Sideman Bancroft

  • Preston Sargent

    Founding Principal
    Trail Creek Capital

  • Leigh Wasson

    Senior Director
    BNY Mellon

  • Lynne Zydowsky

    President
    Zydowsky Consultants

Global Board

  • Rich Been

    Senior Faculty
    Center for Creative Leadership

  • Bill Cary

    Chief Operating Officer
    GE Capital

  • Eric Dull

    Deputy Treasurer,
    Business Services
    GE Corporate – Americas

  • Robert Green

    Vice President & CFO
    GE Money – Americas

  • Dan Janki

    Chief Financial Officer
    GE Energy