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
Diahann Billings-Burford
CEO, RISE
Marc Friedman
Chief Development Officer, buildOn
Sanjay Gupta
Dean, Broad School of Business, Michigan State University
Randi Hedin
Co-President, RPX Research
Suzie Ivelich
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 and CEO, FORTUNE
Meisha Ross Porter
CEO, The Bronx Community Foundation
Rassaan Parris
Educator & Dean, The High School for Energy and Technology
Amnon Rodan
Chairman, Rodan + Fields
John Seifert
Worldwide CEO, Ogilvy & Mather
Karen Seitz
Founder and Managing Director, Fusion Partners
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
Jeff Bornstein
Managing Partner, Generation Capital Partners
Lee Cooperman
Founder & CEO, Omega Advisors, Inc.
Robert Green
EVP and CFO, Cambrex Corporation
Jane Hackney
AJ Klenk
Managing Partner, Capstone Companies
Eric Miller
Head of Securitized Products Sales, Credit Suisse
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
Peter Ricker
Chairman & CEO, MB Real Estate
Alex Rohan
Managing Director, Miller Buckfire
Trevor Schauenberg
Catarina Schwab
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, NPX
Keith Sherin
Khozema Shipchandler
COO, Twilio
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’Neil
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
Andrew Nolan
Partner, PwC
Don Resnick
Partner, Jenner & Block
James Richards
Kyle Robbins
Senior Vice President – Tenant Advisory, MB Real Estate
James Seymour
Senior Managing Director, Capital One
Kyle Weber
Chief Strategy Officer, Elevance Health
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
LaRon Johnson
Head of Americas: Start-Ups – Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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.
DJ Casto
Executive Vice President & Chief HR Officer, Synchrony
Keia Cole
Head of Digital Experience, Mass Mutual
Fred Doss
Co-founder, Good Circle
Rob Jasminski
Global Head, Citi Investment Management
Ralph Layman
CEO & Managing Partner, Blue Ocean Management Partners, LLC
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
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
Pam Martinson
Partner, Sidley Austin
Justin O’Connor
Partner, PWC
Eric Standifer
President and CEO, Blaylock Van, LLC.
Brad Tewksbury
Senior Director, Oracle
Lynne Zydowsky
President, Zydowsky Consultants