buildOn Boards
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.
National Board of Directors
Darryl Ervin
Financial Analyst, Deloitte (buildOn Alum)
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 Air Lines
Margaret Keane
Executive Chair, Board of Directors, Synchrony
Missy Kiernan
Alan Murray
President, Dow Jones Leadership Institute
Rassaan Parris
Educator, The High School for Energy and Technology
Dr. Meisha 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
Leslie Appleby
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
Shelley Leibowitz
President, SL Advisory
Pam Martinson
Partner Emeritus, Sydley Austin
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
David Rossi
President of Global Industrial Market, Korn Ferry
Trevor Schauenberg
Catarina Schwab
Founder, Cata•lyst
James Seymour
Senior Managing Director, Capital One
Keith Sherin
Khozema Shipchandler
CEO, Twilio
Jennifer VanBelle
Travis Van Winkle
Actor and Global Ambassador
Boston Board
Ted Bruntrager
Vice President, Global Risk Management, Manulife
Sarah Byrne
Vice President, H.I.G. Capital, LLC
Melodie Chang
Partner, PwC
Teresa Epperson
Digital Trek
Allan Hackney
Sendy Lamour
buildOn Alum
Mel Martin
Case Researcher, Harvard Business School (buildOn Alum)
Loredana Sandu-Vieil
Global Client Service Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
Blaire Shoor
Executive – Investor Relations, GE
Karen Vachon
buildOn Boston Board Chair
Chicago Board
Kevin Cross
President & General Manager, NBCU
Courtney Gentleman
SVP, Diversified & Value Platform Leader, Synchrony, buildOn Chicago Board Chair
Bryan Humphrey
Principal, PwC
Amy Martin
VP, IT Delivery & Risk Management, PMO, Allstate
Clare OMalley
Executive Director, JPMorgan Asset Management
Don Resnick
Partner, Jenner & Block
Kyle Robbins
Executive Vice President of Tenant Advisory, Transwestern
Evan Sussholz
Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
Detroit Board
Daryl Brown
Regional Sales Manager, Oracle, buildOn Detroit Board Chair
Oscar Ford
Prudential Financial
Patrick Frederick
Director, Deals: Financial Due Diligence, PwC
Amanda Goodspeed
Director of Business Development, Granger Construction
Michael E. Smith
Executive Director, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Sean Wessman
Partner, EY
New York Board
LaNelle Alexander
Chief Equity Officer, Achievement First
Daniel Cassidy
Director of Business Development, Innovative Partnerships Group
DJ Casto
Executive Vice President & Chief HR Officer, Synchrony
Keia Cole
Head of Digital Experience, BSE Global
Robert Giglietti
Group Vice President – Controller, Treasurer & CEO of GE Corporate Holdings, GE Aerospace
Robert Jasminski
Global Head, Citi Investment Management
Tracy Kwan
Vice President of Insights & Research, NBCUniversal
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
Andrea Valerio
Steve Wanner
Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
West Coast Board
Emma Chalwin
Chief Marketing Officer, Workday
Antonia DeMichiel
Disability Specialist, University of San Francisco, buildOn Alum
Liam Doyle
Senior Vice President, Salesforce, buildOn West Coast Board Chair
Camilla Norman Field
Founder, Integral Coaching
Suzanne Kounkel
Chief Marketing Officer, Deloitte
Deepa Mahajan
Partner, McKinsey
Justin O’Connor
Partner, PWC
Brad Tewksbury
Senior Director, Oracle
Lynne Zydowsky
President, Zydowsky Consultants