BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Leandro E. Brufman
Leandro is a Vice President in the Retail & Consumer group at Credit Suisse, where he provides M&A advisory and capital markets execution services to corporate clients and private equity firms. He started his career at The World Bank, in Washington DC, advising developing countries in risk management and development finance. He holds an MBA with High Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Dana L. Cox, MBA, PMP
Dana L. Cox, MBA, PMP, is Senior Vice President of Global Delivery Enablement at Mastercard. In her remit, she leads a global team of professionals to develop a future-proof delivery model, tools, and processes to support the rapid scaling of Mastercard’s expanding set of products and services. Before joining Mastercard in 2012, Dana held technology and operational positions at FIS and Fiserv. Dana has extensive Program Execution, Project Management, Product Development, Resource Alignment, and Client Engagement experience in the financial services and payments industries. She has an MBA with High Honors from Cardinal Stritch University and a Bachelor of Science in Business with High Honors from Upper Iowa University. Also, Dana holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation.
Melody Rollins, Board Chair
Melody Rollins, CFA, CAIA, is a Senior Client Advisor at Bridgewater Associates, a global macro investment firm. Prior to joining Bridgewater in 2018, Ms. Rollins was a Partner at Brightwood Capital, where she oversaw existing and prospective client and consultant relationships and led the development, marketing and distribution of the firm’s private credit strategies. Prior to that, Ms. Rollins spent 15 years at PIMCO, most recently as Head of US Institutional Client Management. In that capacity, she oversaw the team of professionals who delivered customized client service and investment solutions to the firm’s institutional clients in the US. Throughout her career, Ms. Rollins has worked directly with many of the largest institutional investors, including corporate and public pensions, endowments and foundations. Prior to 2001, Ms. Rollins held positions in debt capital markets and liability management at Salomon Brothers and Deutsche Bank. She has an MBA with a focus on financial engineering from MIT Sloan and a BS in international affairs and development economics from Georgetown University. In addition, Ms. Rollins holds both the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations.
Jackie Swanson
Jackie is a Director in Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC)'s Advisory practice, providing strategy and operations management consulting services to clients in retail and consumer industries. She specializes in various supply chain issues for fashion brands and has previous experience in merchandising, marketing, investment banking and private equity. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BS from Cornell University.
Andrea Pozzi
Andrea is the Global Head of Non-Financial Risk at Grupo Santander where she oversees a unit that includes operational risk, technology risk and cyber risk for the Group worldwide. Andrea has extensive risk management experience and has worked with leading financial services firms such as Merrill Lynch, Munich Re and Citigroup.
Kristina Fietkiewicz
Kristina is a Senior Manager in the Assurance practice at EY, providing audit services to both public and private companies at various stages of development, primarily in the retail industry. She has significant experience in retail, wholesale, and e-commerce industry matters. Kristina has a bachelor’s degree from Franklin & Marshall College and an M.S. in Accounting from the University of Virginia – McIntire School of Commerce. She is a CPA in the state of New York and a member of the AICPA.
Céline DeCarlo
Céline is the Vice President of Brand, People and Culture at Mara Hoffman and joined the company in 2015 after a 10 year career with CNN International as a global senior executive overseeing the Africa portfolio. Céline concentrates on organizational improvement, and leads partnerships focused on social engagement and community organizing, while supporting the build out of the company's sustainability framework. Having co-founded the New York Fashion Workforce Development Coalition and the Women in Sustainability Business Coalition, Céline also sits on the Board of the Women's Prison Association, the Corporate Executive Council of Custom Collaborative, and the Advisory Council of the social enterprise program the New Standard Institute. Céline is also a member of Maestra, a women of color owned and led creative, social impact strategy agency focused on building equity for women, people of color and queer folks both internally in companies and externally across all communities.
Advisors
Stephen Burrows – Executive Advisor
Meeta Anand - Strategy Development
Starita Ansari - Philanthropy Consultant
Heidi Bruce - Director of Development, University of Maryland
Caitrin Burns - Fabric Systems and Sustainability, Lafayette 148
Deborah Chay - Management Consultant
Dennis Derryck - President, Corbin Hill Road Farm
Dominique Drakeford - Environmental Educator
Anthony Galante - Designer & Creative Director
Cathy Gilliard- Senior Minister, Park Avenue United Methodist Church
Guylene Grace - Senior Product Development & Garment Production Consultant
Tabitha St. Bernard Jacobs - Writer, Consultant, Advisor
Tessa Maffucci - Fashion Professor, Pratt Institute
Marsha Modeste - Assistant Professor, Penn State University
Eric Palmer- Accountant, Stevens Institute of Technology
Katherine Parr - Founder, Katherine Parr Jewelry
Lara Wolf-Powers - Associate Professor, Hunter College
Michelle Pryce-Screen - Chief Program Officer, Getting Out, Staying Out
Mark Reed - Community Development Investor
Arva Rice - President, New York Urban League
Andrea Rogers - Nonprofit & International Philanthropy Consultant, CRE
Cameron Russell - Model-Activist
Alfonso Wyatt - Public Speaker