Staff
Board of Directors
Advisory Council

Staff

William M. Abrams, President
Mahamane Alkalifa, Driver, Mali
Caroline Avakian, Director, Communications
Jennifer Boehm, Administrative Assistant
Mahua Bose, Administrative Assistant, India
Jasmine Brown Denny, Development Associate
Bryn Canner, Director, Institutional Giving
Jorge Coy, Central America Regional Representative, Guatemala
Marième Daff, Director, Africa Program
François Xavier Dakouo, Finance and Administration Assistant, Mali
Caleb Dembele, Interim West Africa Regional Representative, Mali
Saniélou Doumbo, Data Entry Specialist, Mali
Maitreyee Ghosh, Program Officer, India
Jui Gupta, Asia Regional Representative, India
Janet Heisey, Director, Asia Program
Arya Zartosht Iranpour, Communications Associate
Alfonso Juarez, Program Coordinator, Guatemala
Sunil Karn, Accounts Officer, India
Kim Koettel, Development Associate
Susannah Hopkins Leisher, Vice President, Programs and Strategic Planning
Mariam Maïga, Administrative Assistant/Field Agent, Mali
Yéréfolo Mallé, West Africa Regional Representative, Mali
Tyler McClelland, Development Associate
Anna Mimran, Program Associate for Africa
Molly Ornati, Director, Central America Program
Sharon Pollack, Vice President, Finance and Administration
Reinaldo Rodriguez, Administrative Assistant
Jo Sanson, Director, Monitoring and Evaluation
Paola Santa María Morales, Administrative and Finance Assistant, Central America
Kasturi Sengupta, Deputy Director, Asia
Luis Sfeir-Younis, Program Associate for Asia & Central America
Tarun Shukla, Program Officer, India
Swan Suseno, Accounting Manager
Sidi Takiou, Project Officer, Mali
Daynelle Williams-Edmonds, Office Manager
Rhonda Zapatka, Senior Director, Individual Giving

Board of Directors

Board Chair Emerita
Mildred Robbins Leet, Co-Founder, Trickle Up

Board Chair
Penelope Foley, Managing Director, Trust Co. of the West

Peter Baird, President, DJO Incorporated
Thomas C. Barry, Founder, CEO Zephyr Management, LP
Margaret Cannella, Partner, Credit Risk Partners
Joyce Chang, Global Head of Emerging Markets and Credit Research, JPMorgan Securities, Inc.
Terence Cryan, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Concert Energy Partners,   LLC
Kathleen A. Donovan, Consultant
Jack D. Hidary, Chairman of iAmplify.com
Martin F. Kahn, President, Cadence Information Associates, LLC
Margaret Klein, Turnaround Specialist in Corporate Restructuring
David Larkin, Managing Director, The Loft Group
Alan J. Patricof, Managing Director, Greycroft, LLC
Nancy K. Quinn, Principal, Hanover Capital, LLC
Wendy Gordon Rockefeller, Former Board Chair (1999-2009), Communications Consultant, NRDC
David H. Russell, Investor
Benjamin Segal, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, International Equities, Neuberger Berman, LLC

Advisory Council

 

 

Robert Berg, Senior Advisor, World Federation of United Nations Associations and former Trickle Up board member
Marcia Cantarella, Associate Dean for Student Opportunities, School of Arts
  and Science, Hunter College
Michael Chu, Lecturer, Harvard Business School, and Former President, Acción
Hernando de Soto, Founder and President, Institute for Liberty and Democracy, Peru, and author of The Mystery of Capital
Christopher Dunford, PhD, President, Freedom from Hunger
Grace Goodell, Professor of International Development, The School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
Heather Grady, Director, Policy and Partnerships, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO, Women’s World Banking
Robin Krasny, Senior Portfolio Manager, UBS Financial Services Inc. and former Trickle Up board member
Barbara Krumsiek, President and CEO, The Calvert Group and former Trickle Up board member
Elizabeth Littlefield, Director and CEO, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
Hope S. Miller, Development Consultant, UNIFEM and former Trickle Up board member
Jonathan Morduch, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
John Sayer, Director General, Oxfam Hong Kong
Kim Wilson, Lecturer, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Muhammad Yunus, Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006