Profile Type: Board Member

Sarah Burch has over a decade of experience in financing and scaling emerging market startups. She is a managing director at Rippleworks, a nonprofit foundation that helps social enterprises scale by offering access to operating expertise and resources. As part of the executive team, Burch leads operations and strategic planning for Rippleworks, including using impact…

Geremie Sawadogo has driven progress in international education, global development and human resource management for over 30 years. He spent nearly 20 years at the World Bank Group, in various roles across human resources and program management. Between 1997 and 2002, Sawadogo served as country director for the Peace Corps in Benin. During this time,…

Penny Abeywardena is the founder and chief executive officer of Soft Power Strategies, a fellow-in-residence at New York University’s McSilver Institute and a leadership strategies contributor at Forbes. She is a senior advisor to multiple global institutions, including The Elders and GWL Voices. She has held leadership roles in philanthropic, nonprofit, governmental and multilateral institutions for more than 20 years. Her contributions have…

Susan Yashar served as Deloitte Global’s deputy chief executive officer and general counsel, leading an organization of more than 250 professionals involved in risk, legal and ethics matters. Among other things, she oversaw major risk, legal, brand, regulatory and governance matters affecting Deloitte worldwide. She was named general counsel in 2014 and deputy CEO in…

Dr. Debrework Zewdie is a committed, dynamic and inspiring leader who has dedicated the past 40 years to international development work, with a particular focus on mitigating the cross-sectoral impact of the HIV epidemic on development. She has achieved groundbreaking results in her capacities as scientist, strategist, manager and policymaker. Highly regarded for her ability…

Scott Wu has spent more than three decades combining his finance and innovation skills with a passion for global humanitarian endeavors. As chief executive officer (CEO) of the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank), he leads a public finance institution committed to improving quality of life for all Californians — prioritizing jobs, disadvantaged communities,…

Sheila Leatherman’s professional experience stretches across the breadth of health care management, public health and health policy with expertise in quality of care, performance improvement in the health sector, health systems reforms and humanitarian health.  She has worked with over 50 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America. Most of her research…

Carlos Torres has more than 40 years of experience in the international development sector — primarily in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and the former Soviet Union. His areas of expertise include international business development, trade and investment promotion and micro-banking. He began his career as a consultant at Arthur D. Little Inc.,…

Greg Gunn is a leader in using technology, innovation, and angel and venture capital investing to promote progress in education. As co-founder of Lingo Ventures, he makes early-stage investments in education and workforce technologies. In 2000, Gunn also co-founded Wireless Generation (now called Amplify), a leading educational software company serving millions of students annually with…