
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
Engagement Financial Advisor, 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 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
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
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
Executive Vice President of Tenant Advisory, Transwestern
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
Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
West Coast Board
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