Board of Directors

Board of Directors

MENTOR’s strength is in the commitment, expertise and work of its board, staff members and volunteers. MENTOR’s board of directors consists of outstanding leaders from the business, government, education, and religious sectors. These dedicated individuals are actively engaged in the strategic planning and implementation of MENTOR programs and policies and serve as the organization’s chief ambassadors for youth mentoring. Ernesto Anguilla, Partner and Head of Communications & Public Affairs at Bain Capital, LP, is MENTOR’s current chair of the board.

Ernesto Anguilla

Chair

Vice Chair MENTOR Ernesto Anguilla is a Partner and Head of Communications & Public Affairs for Bain Capital, LP, a private investment firm with approximately $160 billion in assets under management and offices on four continents. In his role, Anguilla oversees all aspects of communications, brand and public affairs – including media relations, corporate communications, government relations and philanthropy – for the firm. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Anguilla worked at Bank of America for more than eight years in a variety of communications roles. Most recently, he was communications executive for the company’s Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs group, where he oversaw corporate communications for a number of functions including brand, marketing, corporate social responsibility and local public relations. Earlier in his career, Anguilla was press secretary to U.S. Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy of Rhode Island. He also worked at Lois Paul & Partners, a public relations firm in Massachusetts focused on the technology space, and as a reporter and editor for the Warwick Beacon, a twice-weekly newspaper in Warwick, Rhode Island. Anguilla graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science in 1999. He is currently Chair of the Board of Directors for MENTOR, recently served as the Chair of the CEO Search Committee, and served as Vice Chair of the Board for 5 years previously.  He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Lyric Stage of Boston, a theater in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. Anguilla lives in Newton, Massachusetts with his wife, Melissa, and children, Elliot, Luca and Beatrice.

Thomasina L. Hiers

Vice Chair

Thomasina Hiers, Annie E. Casey Foundation. As vice president of the Center for Civic Sites and Community Change at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Thomasina “Tomi” Hiers oversees the Foundation’s place-based investments. Central to this work are significant neighborhood transformation initiatives in Atlanta and Baltimore, where the Foundation is linking economic, educational and housing programs to strengthen families and communities. Hiers also oversees multisector national community strategies — including Casey’s Evidence2Success and Family-Centered Community Change initiatives — that seek to demonstrate promising practices and expand the use of effective programs to advance child well-being.

Previous to her appointment as vice president in 2019, Heirs served as the Foundation’s Baltimore Civic Site director. In this role, she led the Foundation’s efforts to ensure children and families across the city were healthy and thriving, with access to strong community-based services, good jobs, affordable homes and high-quality schools.

Prior to joining Casey, Hiers was the executive director of Baltimore’s Promise, a public-private collaborative working to support children’s health and education from cradle to career. She has more than 18 years of experience in state and local government. She previously served as deputy secretary for programs at the Maryland Department of Human Resources, managing the Family Investment, Social Services and Child Support Enforcement administrations; deputy chief of staff to former Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, advising on policies, programs and services affecting youth, the formerly incarcerated and individuals experiencing homelessness; and assistant secretary and chief of staff at the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, overseeing operations, programs and reentry services.

Hiers’ leadership in Baltimore extends beyond her work at the Foundation. She is a board member for the United Way of Central Maryland, the Job Opportunities Task Force and the Maryland CASH Campaign. In addition, she was appointed to the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Foundation’s board of directors and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Community Investment Council.

Nancy Altobello

MENTOR Nancy Altobello is Ernst & Young’s (EY) former Global Vice Chair of Talent. Nancy serves on the Board of Directors of CA Technologies, a global software company; Fidelity Charitable, the largest donor-advised fund in the US; MENTOR, where she was chair of the board for 5 years, and Fairfield University, where she serves as the Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee. Nancy recently retired from Ernst & Young (EY) where she held several leadership roles over a 38 year career. EY is a global organization, operating in over 150 countries, with over $30 billion in revenue and is a leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. An experienced global business leader and financial expert, Nancy has extensive experience in the areas of business strategy, P&L management, finance, enterprise risk, governance, workforce management and organizational transformation. She is a financial expert with international experience and Board experience. In Nancy’s last role at EY, she served as Global Vice Chair, Talent. Nancy oversaw EY’s talent and people strategy worldwide and was responsible for leading efforts to attract, retain, develop and cultivate the company’s future leaders. She led the organization’s efforts to transform itself from a talent perspective to ensure that it has a workforce equipped to deliver service in a rapidly changing market and the systems and tools in place to manage a multi-billion dollar investment in people. EY is undergoing a digital and automation transformation and its people and talent systems are at the heart of it. Under Nancy’s leadership, EY has been recognized as a professional services industry-leader by Universum, Great Place to Work, Diversity Inc, and is globally recognized for its innovative, purpose-driven culture. A recognized thought leader, Nancy has been published in The Economist, Harvard Business Review and The Accountant and has been featured on Fox News, CNBC, NBC and Cheddar. A frequent panelist and speaker, Nancy has been featured at the Milken Conference, Montgomery Summit, Great Place to Work Conference, Hoover Institution North American Forum and World Entrepreneur of the Year. Nancy received a Bachelor of Science degree from Fairfield University. She is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in New York and Connecticut. Nancy and her husband Joel divide their time between Greenwich, Connecticut and Boston, Massachusetts.

Geoffrey T. Boisi

Co-Founder

Co-Founder MENTOR Geoffrey T. Boisi is chairman and CEO of Roundtable Investment Partners LLC, an independent private investment partnership providing strategic advice and planning, investment management, and merchant banking services for families of substantial wealth as well as select institutions generating high performance wealth creation and social legacy-building opportunities. In 2003, Boisi retired as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase, where he served as co-CEO of JPMorgan, the firm’s commercial and investment bank, and a member of JPMorgan Chase’s executive and management committees. Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Boisi was founding chairman and senior partner of The Beacon Group, a premier merger and acquisition advisory and private investment firm, which was acquired by Chase in July 2000. Prior to the formation of The Beacon Group, Boisi was a senior general partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he served as a member of the firm’s management committee and head of the global investment banking business, which included worldwide mergers and acquisitions, real estate, corporate finance, capital markets and principal investment activities. In addition, Boisi held numerous other positions during his 22 years at Goldman Sachs, including: chairman of strategic planning, co-chair of the international management committee, partner in charge of global finance, head of investment banking services, and partner in charge of mergers and acquisitions. Boisi is co-founder of MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership. Founded in 1989, MENTOR ranks as one of the top 100 charities in the U.S. and is leading the movement to connect America’s young people with caring adult mentors. He is an overseer of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; serves Boston College as a trustee associate and founding sponsor of the Center for Religion and American Public Life; serves Carnegie Corporation of New York as a trustee and chairman of the investment committee and member of the committee on compensation; trustee of The Brookings Institution and a member of its investment committee; member of the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress; director of Oxford Analytica; member of the Founders’ Circle of America’s Promise; serves the Catholic Church as chairman and founding board member of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management (NLRCM); trustee of the Saint Thomas More Chapel & Center at Yale University; director of FADICA; and a Knight of Malta. Boisi has served as chairman of the board of trustees, Boston College, co-chair of the University’s capital campaign and chair emeritus of the Boston College Wall Street Council; chairman of the graduate executive board, The Wharton School and co-chair of its capital campaign; trustee of the Papal Foundation; member of the international advisory board of Grupo Santander (Spain); member of the investment banking committee, American Stock Exchange; member of the board of directors of Freddie Mac; trustee, director and member of the investment committee of the Park Agency, Inc. (formerly Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises); member of the Trilateral Commission; director of Communities in Schools; and a trustee of Friends Academy. Boisi has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Wharton School’s Joseph Wharton Award; Boston Colleges Presidents Medals for Excellence; Chaminade High School’s Distinguished Alumnus Award; the American Red Cross of Greater New York’s Humanitarian Award; the Cancer Research Institute’s Oliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research; the National Catholic Educational Association’s Elizabeth Seton Award and honored by Pope John Paul II as a Steward of St. Peter. He is also the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Sacred Heart University as well as the 2006 Lewis Hine Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service on behalf of children. Boisi is a graduate of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A.) and Boston College (B.A.).

Zach Boisi

LeagueApps. Zach leads the Customer Success, Customer Support and Customer Strategy & Operations teams at LeagueApps with a laser-focus on helping our Partners see the value in our solutions to better serve their sports communities. Zach has a decade of experience leading customer success teams at SaaS companies such as WalkMe, Diligent Corporation, Lotame and newBrandAnalytics. He is also passionate about serving the non-profit community as the: inaugural Chairman of the Board for Nourish Now; Co-Founder of the Young Professional Advisory Board for MENTOR NY (where he worked for four years after college); and, board member for Spence Chapin Services to Family & Children. Zach ran the 400m/800m in high school and at Yale University, where he received his BA in American Studies, and he has an MBA from The Wharton School of Business at UPenn. Zach has three boys — aged 10, 11 and 13 — and when not attending their numerous sporting activities, he can be found on the golf course, in a bowling alley or attending a concert.

Dave Bordeau

Berkshire Partners. Dave Bordeau is a Managing Director for Berkshire Partners, a Boston-based private investment firm with $18 billion in assets under management. Dave is part of Berkshire Partners’ private equity team, leading new equity investments and working with portfolio companies in a broad range of industries. His most recent board involvement includes 3Phase Elevator; a provider of elevator and escalator maintenance and repair services; EP Wealth, a provider of financial planning and investment management services; Thompson Safety, a provider of first aid and safety products & services; and SRS Distribution, a distributor of roofing supplies. Dave joined Berkshire Partners in 2006. Prior to joining Berkshire Partners, Dave worked in the private equity and investment banking industry for four years in New York City at Ripplewood Holdings and Gleacher Partners. Dave graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics in 2000, and graduated from Harvard Business School with an MBA degree in 2006. He is currently on the Board of Directors of MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, a nonprofit organization focused on improving the quality and quantity of mentoring relationships for American youth. He also serves on the Corporation of Belmont Hill School, and formerly served on the Board of Directors of Giving Opportunities To Others, a nonprofit organization that helps underprivileged youth attend summer arts camp. Dave lives in Weston, Massachusetts with his wife Cassie, three sons Henry, Andrew and Jack.

Paul L. Burroughs Jr.

Paul L. Burroughs Jr. is currently a Managing Director with Citi in its Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory Group. In February 2022, he was named the Head of Corporate Banking in North America in addition to his prior title as Global Corporate Banking Chief Operating Officer. Paul works alongside BCMA Management as well as regional and global partners across ICG to ensure that Corporate Banking fulfills its role of being at the center of BCMA’s client relationships. Within the scope of his role, Paul leverages his risk management experience to address regulatory challenges and improve risk management processes throughout the organization.

As the Head of Corporate Banking in North America, Paul provides senior regional leadership by driving greater client intensity and client satisfaction to enhance that enhance Citi’s growth in revenues and returns while developing Citi’s talent and protecting our franchise.

Paul is passionate about playing an integral part in the diversity and inclusion efforts within financial services. He serves as the Co-Head of the Diversity Operating Committee within Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory. Through influence and mentoring, Paul reinforces the need to focus on talent recruitment, retention, and career development of underrepresented minorities. Paul’s contribution also includes the establishment of Black Leaders for Tomorrow (BL4T) within the Institutional Clients Group. BL4T is charged to attract, retain, develop, and sponsor Black Talent while continuously exude excellence. He has also been appointed as a steering committee member of the Black Affinity Employee Network and served as the business sponsor for the New York City chapter for two years. His goal is to use his ability to communicate, network, and collaborate to support the ongoing progression of black talent within the firm.

Outside of Citi, Paul also volunteers with organizations that address racial inequity and health disparities within underserved communities.

Mr. Burroughs earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree from Rider University with an undergraduate degree in accounting and MBA with a concentration in Finance. He is a current Board Member with Mentor, former Board of Trustees member of the Young Scholar’s Institute, member of the National Black MBA Association, a Central NJ Inroads Alumni and former high school basketball coach.

Charles R. “Chip” Burke, Jr.

Charles R. “Chip” Burke, Jr. is Chairman of The Grable Foundation, a family foundation dedicated to improving the lives of children in the Pittsburgh region. By supporting programs essential to young people and families, the Foundation aims to make Pittsburgh the best place in the world to be — and to raise — a child.

In addition to his role at Grable, Chip has chaired the boards of several nonprofits and schools, including Fred Rogers Productions, Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania, and the Fox Chapel Area School District. A 2015 recipient of the Excellence in Mentoring Award, Chip also serves as director emeritus for the Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

A graduate of Kenyon College (B.A., psychology) and Bowling Green State University (M.A., French literature), Chip taught at The Linsly School in Wheeling, West Virginia, before joining The Grable Foundation in 1991. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Carole, and their five children: Charlie, George, Sam, Amy, and Griffin. In his free time, he enjoys training for triathlons with his friends.

Kelem Butts

Kelem Butts, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas – VP of CSR Strategy

I am VP of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy at United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. In this role, I will work with local companies to align their CSR goals United Way’s Aspire 2030 roadmap to drive lasting impact in education, income and health for the Dallas community.

Prior to starting this role in early 2023, I spent nearly 22 years at AT&T. I spent 13 years in AT&T’s CSR operations. In that role, I worked on numerous CSR initiatives, including philanthropic programming, sustainability management, CSR reporting and more.

I am a board member of MENTOR. I am actively involved in my neighborhood as a board member of Uptown Dallas, Inc., the public improvement district company that manages and enhances the public realm.  I am also actively involved as a volunteer with my alma mater Wesleyan University.

I earned my BA from Wesleyan University and my MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Gerry Dixon

Ernst & Young Gerry Dixon is the Managing Partner of the EY US Government and Public Sector business headquartered in Washington, DC. In this role he leads EY’s delivery of consulting, assurance and tax services to the federal government, states, municipalities and higher education.

Prior to his current role, Gerry led the East consulting practice in the delivery of Risk and Performance Improvement services to many Fortune Global 500 accounts. He is also directly responsible for the delivery of consulting services to a number of organizations. Gerry’s key expertise is in Organizational Transformation, Strategy and major Project Management.

Gerry serves on the Dean’s Executive Board and the Accounting and Information Systems council for the University of Kansas School of Business. Gerry is the executive sponsor of a number of organizations including the Pan Asian Professional Network, Professional Women’s Network and EY AccessAbilities. He is an executive sponsor for our Black Executive Roundtable. In Gerry’s various leadership roles, he has brought an intense focus to implementing and supporting initiatives focused on creating and building diverse teams. This includes coaching and sponsorship of programs targeting women and under-represented professionals and acting as the creator and executive sponsor for a program designed to engage, motivate and inspire junior professionals. He is a dedicated mentor to diverse professionals and a Culture Coin recipient, the firm’s highest honor for those recognized as living the firm’s values.

Gerry lives in New Jersey with his wife, Carrie, daughter, Katie and son, Blake. He is an avid outdoorsman enjoying a variety of activities including bowhunting, camping, hiking, water skiing and snow skiing.

Dan Gaynor

Dan Gaynor is a founder of Kelp Data, the first AI-powered platform for corporate reputation. The company’s data analytics platform delivers industry reputation insights and benchmarks hundreds of companies—enabling communications & marketing executives to shift their strategies, capitalize on emerging opportunities, or mitigate new risks. Kelp was acquired by Signal AI, which serves 40% of the Fortune 500, in July 2022. The deal brings together industry corporate reputation insights with Signal’s tech stack and global data sources, enabling enterprises to better understand where their reputation stands and how to strengthen it.

As a presidential appointee in the Obama Administration, Dan worked for the State Department and USAID on foreign policy communications, including on the Ebola epidemic response. After serving on a presidential campaign, Dan moved to Nike worldwide HQ in Portland, Oregon, where he was a founding member of the Nike Narrative Center of Excellence. Charged with envisioning the future of the world’s biggest brand, Dan worked with Nike’s CEO and executive team on innovation launches, global communications strategy, brand storytelling and messaging, and investor relations.

After Nike, Dan started the Narrative Strategy & Analytics practice at Weber Shandwick, the world’s largest publicly-traded marketing services agency. Dan’s practice partnered exclusively with C-suites at Fortune 500 companies, crafting their North Star for all communications — and inventing a first-of-its-kind analytics approach that measured a corporate strategy’s aggregate impact on company reputation. In this role, Dan advised global brands like IBM, Delta Airlines, and Coca-Cola, and with a specialty in healthcare, he worked C-suites at companies like J&J, Eli Lilly, and Pfizer.

Currently living in Boston, Dan earned a Master’s degree with top honors from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis. Outside of work, Dan serves on the Community Advisory Board of WBUR, Boston’s NPR News Station and on the New Frontier Steering Committee of the John F. Kennedy Library & Foundation.

Sean Hudson

Sean Hudson has held leadership positions in Digital, Learning & Development, Commercial Strategy, Marketing and Brand Management at leading companies including Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Johnson and Johnson.

He is passionate about mentoring with a particular focus on creating access to higher education and professional employment opportunities for youth. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of MENTOR, Sean has been a contributor to Youth About Business (Columbia University) and the LEAD Program (University of Michigan).

Sean is also a member of the Advisory Board of Lab Central IGNITE, a unique platform that addresses systemic underrepresentation in talent across the life sciences and biotech industries.

Sean is an alumnus of Morehouse College and the University of Michigan Graduate School of Business (Ross). However, nothing gives him a greater sense of purpose than his wife Karen and their two sons Julian and Clay.

Shavar Jeffries

CEO, KIPP FOUNDATION

Shavar Jeffries has been an advocate for social justice and educational equity for more than two decades. He joined the KIPP Foundation as CEO in January 2023, a culmination of his many years as a champion for KIPP schools. Shavar was founding board chair of KIPP Newark in 2001; joined the KIPP Foundation Board in 2019; and is a proud KIPP parent, as his two children graduated from KIPP Spark Academy and KIPP Team Academy in Newark. His commitment to improving education stems directly from personal experience. As a first-generation college graduate, he understands implicitly the life-changing power of a high-quality education.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Shavar was President of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) and its affiliate organization, Education Reform Now, where he led the organization in passing well over 100 policies at the federal and state level that expanded educational opportunities for low-income students of color. Throughout his career, Shavar has practiced law, worked as an assistant attorney general in New Jersey, and served as the elected president of the Newark school board. Among many career highlights, Shavar, as school-board president, led Newark Public Schools in implementing systemic changes that produced historic gains in student outcomes; as state assistant attorney general, executed a strategy shifting juveniles from detention centers to community-based programs that produced nation-leading reductions in recidivism; and, as a civil-rights lawyer, litigated numerous class-action cases that released hundreds of millions in education funding, rescinded racially discriminatory tracking of students of color to remedial classes, and provided special-education services to tens of thousands of children.

Shavar graduated from Duke University and Columbia Law School, where he concentrated on civil rights law and policy. He has been recognized broadly for his work—by the NAACP, the National Bar Association, and the Congressional Black Caucus, among others.

Sandra LaFleur

Miami Dade College. Sandra LaFleur currently serves as Miami Dade College’s first-ever Director of Social Change Initiatives. In serving at the largest public institution of higher education, Sandra focuses primarily on building and sustaining a vibrant social innovation ecosystem in order to support the College’s commitment to changemaking across its student body.  With a deep interest and passion for issues of social justice – particularly those regarding youth and education – Sandra has developed her career as a mission-focused leader, namely from the youth development and college success fields where she acquired cross-functional experience in strategy, operations, organizational growth and change management, program/product design and execution, innovation and research, talent, and communications. Some of her past roles have included serving as National VP of Program for Summer Search and as National Associate Vice President of Research, Evaluation, and Innovation for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.  Whether focused on college success, social responsibility, academic outcomes, or non-cognitive skills, Sandra’s work has largely involved improving program outcomes via performance management practices, launching innovations to build capacity for program scale, and refining program design to increase social impact via student outcomes. Sandra earned her MS degree in Sociology from Florida State University and a dual BA degree from the University of Miami in History/Sociology where she was welcomed into Phi Beta Kappa. She lives in Miami, Florida with her family.

Ted Madden

Ted Madden

Head of Transition, Reporting and Education Services

Ted Madden has worked at Fidelity for 20 years and, from 2006-2018, held a variety of senior leadership roles across Sales and Relationship Management.

As of January, 2023, Ted leads a team of ~ 1,200 colleagues that represent the Implementation, Data Operations, Testing & Reporting and Communication & Education functions for Fidelity Investments’ Workplace business.  These teams are responsible for a number of on-going services for Fidelity’s 24,000 workplace clients of all sizes. Those services include: implementing all new business and all client projects across the Workplace portfolio of products/solutions; implementing all data feeds, managing data operations, and data consulting; conducting non-discrimination testing, year-end reporting, and audit support services for defined contribution clients; and consulting with clients on best approaches for communications and education to employees to drive the best possible outcomes for all of Fidelity’s workplace solutions and the execution of such education and communications to those employees.

 

Prior to his current role, Ted led the Sales organization for Fidelity’s Workplace business from August, 2018 to December, 2022.  During his tenure, the Workplace business enjoyed record sales years and growth across nearly every product/solution, including average defined contribution sales of greater than $100b in AUA per year (which is roughly double the average for the same period prior to Ted’s leadership) and over 150% growth in the number of wins across all other products.

Ted has been a visible leader in the D&I space, creating and leading the Allies Connection since 2019, which represents a cross-enterprise effort with other Fidelity leaders designed to put greater focus on allyship across Fidelity’s senior leadership and as the Sales leader he worked to transform the sales organization and create a more diverse and inclusive culture.

Prior to Fidelity, Ted practiced law in Massachusetts for six years, working as an Assistant District Attorney in Norfolk County from 1996-99 (and Chief of that office’s Juvenile Unit from 1997-99) and as an associate at the law firm, Rich May, P.C., from 1999-2002, specializing in serving the legal needs of small to mid-sized businesses.

Outside of work, Ted is dedicated to working with children, starting as a Big Brother in college and then to his first job out of college as a high school history teacher and then working in the juvenile court system.  Since leaving the District Attorney’s Office, Ted shifted to volunteer work around youth/education issues, serving on the Board of Life Resources, Inc., a residential program for at-risk youth (1997-2002, including as Chair from 2000-2002), Studio in a School, a non-profit dedicated to teaching the arts in NYC public schools (2004-06), University of Vermont Alumni Association Board (2006-2013, including as President from 2010-13) and as a youth hockey team Head Coach (2013-2019) and, separately, Director of Coaching for his town’s youth hockey program (2014-2016).  Ted currently serves on the Board of MENTOR, the national mentoring partnership serving as an advocate and resource for youth mentoring across the United States.

Ted is a 1996 graduate, cum laude, from Boston College Law School and a 1992 graduate of the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Arts in History, where he was a Division I walk-on to the Men’s Varsity Ice Hockey team.  Ted and his wife Amy live in Wellesley, Massachusetts and recently became empty nesters.

Thomas G. Mendell

Thomas G. Mendell   Is a Private Investor and on the boards of directors of several private companies. Mr. Mendell was a partner of JPMorgan Partners from 2000 to 2003 and a partner of The Beacon Group, a merchant bank, from March 1994 to July 2000.  Prior to joining The Beacon Group, Mr. Mendell was a Partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he served as a member of the firm’s Investment Committee and Head of GS Capital.  Mr. Mendell had shared lead responsibility for making principal investments of the firm’s capital as well as for the Broad Street Fund and GS Capital Partners, L.P.  Mr. Mendell also spent eleven of his nineteen years at Goldman Sachs in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department where he successfully completed over one hundred fifty transactions for clients in a wide array of industries.  Before joining Goldman Sachs, he was an Officer in the United States Navy.

Mr. Mendell is currently a director of several private companies including Angel Medical Systems, Inc., Sonablate Corp, T3D Therapeutics, Inc. and GlucoVista, Inc.  In addition, he is on the board of the Cancer Research Institute and MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership.  Mr. Mendell previously served on the Harvard Business School Alumni Board, as a Trustee of St. Bernard’s School and on several other private and public company boards.

Mr. Mendell is a graduate of Harvard University (M.B.A. Baker Scholar) and Vanderbilt University (B.E.).

Dennis E. Pemberton, Jr.

Global Asset Alternatives, LLC As the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Global Asset Alternatives, LLC (“GAA”), Dennis Pemberton is responsible for creating and implementing the vision of GAA and identifying and executing investment strategies. GAA is a leading private real estate investment and advisory firm. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia the firm’s primary activities are the acquisition, development, and operation of high quality real estate assets in the southern United States. GAA currently controls over $175 million of real estate assets and has participated in over $1.5 billion of transactions. Prior to founding GAA, Pemberton served as Managing Director of a regional boutique real estate investment firm, where he oversaw research, portfolio management and capital raising activities. Prior thereto, Pemberton was affiliated with Security Capital Group, Inc. (SCG), a global investment and research organization. There he held several positions of increasing responsibility including: Vice President of an SCG affiliate, where he identified, analyzed and structured global investment opportunities; Associate, Security Capital Markets Group where he participated in raising in excess of $3 billion of public and private equity for SCG affiliates; and assistant to the Vice Chairman where he analyzed and participated in several merger and acquisition transactions. Pemberton has also worked for CIGNA Investment Management as an asset manager, responsible for a $300 million national real estate portfolio. Additionally, he has held positions at Lehman Brothers and the Prudential Realty Group. Pemberton has served on the Board of several organizations including: The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta; The Emory University Center for Ethics; The Buckhead YMCA; the Economic Empowerment Initiative; The Buckhead Club; and Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) – United Kingdom. Pemberton has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Morehouse College, having graduated with honors; an Executive Certificate in Real Estate Development from Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Linda M. Rodríguez

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Linda M. Rodríguez is an Executive Director in Global Philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase & Co. As part of the team that leads the firm’s global workforce development strategy, Linda oversees several youth initiatives, such as JPMorgan Chase’s $17 million investment in summer youth employment, which provides career readiness, skills development and work experiences for thousands of young people in over 20 cities.

Linda has also led the development and expansion of The Fellowship Initiative (TFI), a college and career readiness program for young men of color in high school. Under her leadership, TFI earned recognition as a leading national corporate mentoring program and has grown to support young people in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York City. Over 350 JPMorgan Chase employees have volunteered for TFI, primarily by making a three year commitment to serve as mentors to the Fellows. Recently, Linda led the development of the firm’s philanthropic strategy for supporting opportunity youth, which will be launched in 2020.

Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Linda served as an Assistant Commissioner at the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD). DYCD provides oversight for the City’s youth employment services and the nation’s largest out-of-school time (OST) system. While leading DYCD’s capacity building department, Linda managed technical assistance services for hundreds of youth organizations and organized the City’s first OST STEM-themed professional development conference.

Linda started her career in the nonprofit sector and has worked for several leading national workforce and youth organizations including ExpandED, Seedco, and The Posse Foundation.

Linda earned her Master’s degree at the University of Virginia and her Bachelor’s degree at Wesleyan University. As the first person to complete college in her family, Linda is proud to contribute to JPMorgan Chase’s efforts to expand economic opportunity for youth.

Scott Philip Sobel

Scott Sobel, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Valor Capital Group, pioneer cross-border venture capital fund bridging the U.S., Brazilian and Latin American technology markets and growth economies.

Scott was part of the founding team of the pioneer Internet Telephony company Net2Phone; Scott helped take the company from a piece of software that was first to bridge the PC and the Public Switch Telephony Network to acquiring millions of users, generating over $200M in revenue, an IPO (1999), and the strategic sale of the company to AT&T for $1.4 Billion (2000). Scott went on to hold executive positions in Symbol Technologies working with the Mobile Computing and Wireless Divisions and NCR Corporation based in Singapore responsible for Corporate Development and later the P&L for the Financial Line of Business in the Emerging Markets.

Scott holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University.

Scott is on the National Board of Mentor, whose mission is to expand the opportunity for young people by building a youth mentoring field and movement in the United States.

Kerry H. Sullivan

Former President Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Kerry Herlihy Sullivan served as President of the Bank of America Charitable Foundation for nearly 15 years, leading its mission to drive economic mobility and social progress through the lens of racial equality. In this role, Sullivan managed the foundation’s philanthropic strategy distributing $350 million annually to nonprofit organizations in support of the company’s global commitment to responsible, sustainable growth through a focus on environmental, social and governance issues.

Sullivan led the company’s signature philanthropic programs, Neighborhood Builders®, Neighborhood Champions and Student Leaders®, which recognize the community leadership and service of nonprofit organizations and students in 92 markets across the U.S., with over $300 million invested since 2004. These locally delivered programs helped advance diverse leaders and change makers who can tackle complex societal challenges.  Sullivan also developed the company’s skills-based volunteer corps, Better Money Habits Champions, which supports Bank of America’s purpose to improve financial lives and launched its philanthropic efforts around workforce development and education through job-training and upskilling.

Sullivan currently serves on the Board of Directors of Mentor, the National Mentoring Partnership, and the GreenLight Fund. Past Board seats include Year Up, Points of Light and the Boston Plan for Excellence.

Sullivan has a BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross-Worcester, Massachusetts, and is designated a “Distinguished Alumna” of the College. Sullivan earned her MBA from Boston College, Carroll School of Management.

Board of Directors Emeritus

  • Michael Bolton
  • Raymond G. Chambers (Founder, Past Chair)
  • The Honorable Bill Bradley
  • David A. Coulter
  • George Fertitta
  • J. Markham Green
  • Marian L. Heard
  • The Honorable Thomas H. Kean
  • The Reverend J. Donald Monan, S.J. (In Memoriam)
  • Willem Kooyker (Past Chair, In Memoriam)
  • Dr. Tom Osborne
  • Phil Ramone (In Memoriam)
  • Jean Rhodes
  • Bill Russell (Founder, In Memoriam)
  • Haim Saban
  • John A. Schneider
  • Alan D. Schwartz
  • James D. Sinegal
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