Boards | buildOn

Meet our global board leadership

The buildOn movement is made up of passionate and determined people from all walks of life who are committed to the belief that service and education can end poverty. Our boards include community and business leaders from throughout the country.

Resources for board members can be found here.

National Board of Directors

Marc Friedman

Chief Development Officer, buildOn

Sanjay Gupta

Professor, Accounting & Information Systems, Michigan State University

Randi Hedin

Chief Operating Officer, GMP Proprietary Trading, LLC

Suzie Ivelich

Founder, Suzie Ivelich Consulting

Dan Janki

CFO, Delta Airlines

Margaret Keane

Executive Chair, Board of Directors, Synchrony

Missy Kiernan

Shelley Leibowitz

Director, Morgan Stanley

Alan Murray

President & CEO, FORTUNE

Rassaan Parris

Educator, The High School for Energy and Technology

Meisha Ross Porter

President & CEO, The Bronx Community Foundation

John Seifert

Worldwide CEO, Ogilvy (Retired)

Karen Seitz

Founder & Managing Director, Fusion Partners

Hilary Smith

EVP Corporate Social Responsibility, NBCUniversal

Eric Standifer

President and CEO, Blaylock Van, LLC

Jim Ziolkowski

Founder, President & CEO, buildOn

Jim Parke

Vice Chairman & CFO, GE Capital, Founding Board Member 1991-2018 (in memoriam)

Global Advisory Board

Skyler Badenoch

CEO, Hope for Haiti

Rich Been

Founder, True Leader Coaching

Jim Bell

Diahann Billings-Burford

CEO, RISE

Jeff Bornstein

Managing Partner, Generation Capital Partners

Lee Cooperman

Founder & CEO, Omega Advisors, Inc.

Fred Doss

Co-Founder, Good Circle

Robert Green

EVP and CFO, Cambrex Corporation

Jane Hackney

LaRon Johnson

Head of Americas: Start-Ups, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AJ Klenk

Managing Partner, Capstone Companies

Ralph Layman

CEO & Managing Partner, Blue Ocean Management Partners, LLC

John Myers

Denis Nayden

Chairman, James Alpha Holdings

Geoffrey Norman

EVP (retired), GE Asset Management

Jim Reynolds

Founder, Chairman and CEO, Loop Capital

Ryan Richert

Executive Director of Global Media Golin

Amnon Rodan

Chairman Emeritus, Rodan + Fields

Alex Rohan

Managing Director, Miller Buckfire

Trevor Schauenberg

Catarina Schwab

Co-Founder & Co-CEO, NPX

James Seymour

Senior Managing Director, Capital One

Keith Sherin

Khozema Shipchandler

COO, Twilio

Travis Van Winkle

Actor and Global Ambassador

Boston Board

Teresa Epperson

Digital Trek

Allan Hackney

Sendy Lamour

buildOn Alum

Mel Martin

Case Researcher, Harvard Business School (buildOn Alum)

Patrick McGuinness

SVP & Chief Information Risk Officer, Manulife

Daniel O’Neill

Partner, PwC

Loredana Sandu-Vieil

Global Client Service Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

Karen Vachon

buildOn Boston Board Chair

Chicago Board

Courtney Gentleman

SVP & Chief Marketing Officer Payment Solutions, Synchrony, buildOn Chicago Board Chair

Carrie Goldfeder

Senior Credit Officer, Capital One

Andrew Nolan

Partner, PwC

Don Resnick

Partner, Jenner & Block

Kyle Robbins

Senior Vice President of Tenant Advisory, MB Real Estate

Evan Sussholz

Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

Detroit Board

Daryl Brown

Regional Sales Manager, LinkedIn Detroit

Oscar Ford

Prudential Financial

Amanda Goodspeed

Director of Business Development, Granger Construction

Shawn Hill

Deputy Executive Director, College and Career Readiness, DPSCD

Kimberly Hoyle

Managing Director, Sales & Marketing, Lambert, buildOn Detroit Board Chair

Michael E. Smith

Executive Director, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Sean Wessman

US Central Region Cyber Practice Leader, EY

New York Board

LaNelle Alexander

Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, L+M Development Partners Inc.

Daniel Cassidy

Director of Business Development, Innovative Partnerships Group

DJ Casto

Executive Vice President & Chief HR Officer, Synchrony

Keia Cole

Head of Digital Experience, Mass Mutual

Rob Jasminski

Global Head, Citi Investment Management

Soenke Lehmitz

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc.

Paul Nestro

Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors

Ranjit Samra

Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase, buildOn New York Board Chair

Shannon Smith

Vice President, SWS Capital Management

Andrea Valerio

President & CEO, VERBIO North America

Jennifer VanBelle

Senior Vice President GE Capital, CEO and Treasurer of GE & GE Capital

Steve Wanner