VolunteerMatch

Staff

Omid Ahmadian
Senior Internet Application Developer
With over 19 years of experience building software products, Omid now works as VolunteerMatch's Senior Internet Application Developer to add new features and functionality to the VolunteerMatch site. Prior to joining VolunteerMatch Omid worked at Zing.com (now Sony's Imagestation) to create their E-Commerce component. He was also a Staff Engineer at Sun Microsystems, where he created software solutions for load balancing and failover of Internet services. Omid holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from San Jose State University, 1982. Outside of work he is interested in sustainability projects in underdeveloped countries, and has a passion for playing and coaching soccer.

Greg Baldwin
President & Member, Board of Directors
Greg Baldwin joined what is now VolunteerMatch in the spring of 1998 as its Chief Imagination Officer to finish hotwiring the Internet to help everybody find a great place to volunteer. Today, VolunteerMatch is a leader in the nonprofit world. Its popular web service is strengthening communities and organizations across the country by making it easier for good people and good causes to connect. Greg appreciates the power of a big idea. He began his career at the Leo Burnett advertising agency where many big ideas were born and later tested his own as a co-founder of 2d Interactive, Inc. -- a Boston-based technology start-up. Greg completed his undergraduate studies at Brown University in 1990 with a degree in Public Policy. He is a life-long volunteer and regularly speaks at nonprofit events and conferences on the subjects of volunteering, communication, and the Internet.

Jennifer Bennett
Volunteer Program Manager
Jennifer joined VolunteerMatch to build and manage the organization's volunteer engagement programs. She has a strong commitment to making a difference in her community and brings over ten years of nonprofit management experience including seven years directly managing volunteers and creating and revitalizing volunteer programs to VolunteerMatch. Jennifer started her work with nonprofits in the wildlife rehabilitation and conservation field -- filling positions at all levels from rescuing wildlife in the field to running wildlife hospitals to serving as a board member on advisory boards. She currently volunteers with Save the Bay and Project Homeless Connect. She is an avid reader, enjoys yoga and travel (sometimes at the same time), and knows lots of things about birds. She holds a B.A. from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, VA.

Sarah Christian
Director, Strategic Partnerships
Sarah joined VolunteerMatch in July 2007 to build partnerships with nonprofit organizations, associations, foundations and corporations to expand and support civic engagement with older adults. She brings over 25 years of experience working with nonprofit organizations. Before VolunteerMatch she served as Director of Volunteer Resource Development for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society where she gained valuable insight into national organizations. Previously, Sarah worked at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. As Manager of Museum Services she developed a nationally recognized volunteer program as well as led the Visitor Services, Retail Operations and Restaurant and Catering Services departments. Sarah has served on numerous nonprofit boards such as the Denver Audubon Society, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, and the American Association for Museum Volunteers. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute. When she is not working Sarah enjoys traveling and collecting folk art.

Alicia Crawford
Associate, Strategic Partnerships
Alicia joined VolunteerMatch in January 2008 to assist in building partnerships with nonprofit organizations, associations, foundations and corporations to expand and support civic engagement with older adults. She received her MFA in 2000 from the University of San Francisco. She also spent time as an instructor at the University of San Francisco in the both the Composition and Master's of Fine Arts in Writing departments as well as serving as adjunct faculty at City College of San Francisco. Over the last 15 years, she has worked in the Bay Area for Senior Action Network, provided foster home care for dogs for Smiley Dog Rescue, assisted in the design and development of multi-media educational toys, tutored GED students at the Next Step Learning Center in Oakland, and co-founded a free website dedicated to creating forums for discussion and opportunities to share best practices among educators who work with transfer and pre-transfer college students. Her spare time is spent volunteering with the animal assisted therapy program at the SPCA, volunteering with the San Francisco Community Living Campaign, walking her own dogs, reading for pleasure, traveling, teaching, and updating her website. Ultimately, she aims to integrate her work-life with participation in movements for social change.

Jackie Dixon
Operations Manager
Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, Jackie Dixon joined VolunteerMatch in January 2006 as Office Manager. After completing her A.B. in Media Production and Management from BCFE in Dublin, Jackie moved to the United States in 2001 to work in the film & commercial TV industry as a production coordinator. In 2006 she decided to focus on a more rewarding and socially responsible career and - having long admired VolunteerMatch's mission - was delighted to join the team. She enjoys live music, travel and chatting on the phone with her family.

Leslie Dolmage
Client Relations Manager
Born and raised in Iowa, Leslie graduated from Cornell College (not in Ithaca!) with a BA in German. She spent her junior year in Munich, Germany, where she studied for two semesters through the JYM program at Wayne State University. Leslie began her post-college years by joining the AmeriCorps and moving to Jacksonville, FL to work for Habitat for Humanity as a construction crew leader. Returning to the Midwest, Leslie took a job in the insurance industry in Chicago. After moving to San Francisco, she worked for a law firm and an internet search engine in recruiting. Finding her way back to the non-profit world, Leslie joined VolunteerMatch in 2008. Leslie enjoys traveling, yoga, reading and Iowa Hawkeye Football.

Zeph Harben
Senior Application Engineer
Zeph joined VolunteerMatch in March 2008 with 7 years of experience in web application design. Prior to joining the team, he was Director of Information Technology at TRUSTe, an organization engaged in Internet Privacy. Zeph completed his undergraduate studies in Computer Science at Macalester College. His outside interests include writing, photography, biking and traveling. He has volunteered with Kiva.org, Citizen Schools and Mercy Housing.

Alex Holderness
Chief Operating Officer
Alex Holderness brings to VolunteerMatch over 15 years of professional management experience. A lifelong entrepreneur, Alex founded his first startup, Eleven East Records, during college, to serve needs of startup companies around the world in such diverse industries as technology, ecommerce, financial services, entertainment and consumer marketing. Prior to joining VolunteerMatch, Alex helped build and launch several businesses for eBay Inc., including eBay Motors and eBay Travel. Before eBay, he held positions as a Derivative Securities Analyst with Lehman Brothers in New York City and was a member of a $1 billion portfolio management team with Kemper Mutual Funds in Chicago. Alex grew up in a culture of service. As a child, his family hosted a group of six political refugees from Vietnam, one of whom was adopted by the family and became their older brother, Pham. Alex earned his MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and his B.A. in Political Theory from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is an avid surfer, skier and photographer, and plays music with his band in San Francisco.

Andrew Houghton
Director of Engineering
Andrew graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a dual degree in Literary and Cultural Studies and Creative Writing. After three years working for the university as a Senior Software Engineer and teaching assistant, he moved to Austin, Texas and worked for Trilogy Development Group on large-scale data integration and data warehousing projects. He joined VolunteerMatch in early 2002.

Vicky Hush
Group Manager, Client Relations
Vicky works closely with corporate and nonprofit clients to help them effectively build and use VolunteerMatch technology to engage their employees. Recognizing the significant impact volunteers have each day at nonprofits across the country, she strives to bring her communications skills and first-hand knowledge of nonprofits needs to her clients. Prior to joining VolunteerMatch, Vicky worked as the MS Walk Manager for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, where she helped the chapter raise a record $1M-plus at a single event. Before moving to San Francisco, she worked in the Washington, DC, area as a consultant for a variety of clients, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Vicky earned her BS from Boston University's College of Communication. She enjoys traveling, reading and the weather on the West Coast.

Kevin Johnson
Community Support Associate
Kevin began his career in music retail and eventually spent ten years working for the Warner Music Group promoting artists such as Green Day, REM and Madonna and acquiring a vast amount of experience in sales and marketing. A native of upstate New York, Kevin grew up along the Hudson River before growing tired of sub-zero temperatures. He studied literature at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ, and has called the Bay Area home since 1994. Today he enjoys spending time with his young son, Hank, playing guitar and singing in an alt country band, and living and dying with the Boston Red Sox.

Jennifer Kim Field
Director, VolunteerMatch Solutions
Based in Washington, D.C., Jen is responsible for working with corporations to further their volunteering strategies to best meet the needs of the company, its employees and their communities. Prior to joining VolunteerMatch in October 2005, she worked as a strategy consultant for PwC Consulting (now IBM Business Consulting), where she first developed her passion for workplace volunteering. She volunteered to co-chair the firm's Washington, D.C. area volunteer program, managing grants and volunteer activities for more than 5,000 employees. During the last four years, she honed her workplace volunteering expertise at the Points of Light Foundation where she co-wrote "Developing Excellence in Workplace Volunteer Programs." Jen earned her B.A. from Bowdoin College in Maine. She enjoys biking, running, and seeing live bands as she plans for a summer wedding.

Chris Koehler
Web Production Manager
Chris joined VolunteerMatch in the fall of 2007 to manage front end web production and graphic design needs. Formerly a journeyman designer, Chris has done a full range of projects, from web design to magazine illustration. Previous clients include Schwab Learning, Von Dutch, Los Angeles Youth Network, and Wired. Chris also pursues fine art, and has written, drawn, and self published over 10 books and has shown in numerous galleries and exhibitions. In the apparel world, he has partnered with Laurent Planeix and Phil Viardo of the VBX Group to launch the clothing line Marceau. In addition to full time web and design work, Chris teaches at the California College of the Arts.

Maura Koehler-Hanlon
Associate, Client Relations
Maura grew up on a small organic farm in Oregon and recently graduated from Macalester College with a B.A. in International Studies and Studio Art. Joining VolunteerMatch in October 2007, she comes to the team with a passion for Corporate Responsibility. She has volunteered in a number of areas, including serving as an after-school tutor for three years in Portland. Maura loves to travel and has spent significant time in Turkey and Ecuador, as well as four months in Northern Ireland where she interned for Children in Crossfire, a nonprofit dedicated to alleviating human rights abuses on children worldwide. She is an avid quilter and photographer and loves to camp in the Pacific Northwest wilderness.

Julia Lee
Special Assistant, Office of the President
Julia Lee joined VolunteerMatch in the fall of 2006 to support the communication and development activities associated with the Office of the President. Julia earned her BA in English from UC Berkeley and her MFA in Creative Writing from UMass, Amherst. Julia has lived and traveled in the UK and held a variety of positions in the nonprofit sector. She has served as a library assistant, counselor for troubled youth, and publication assistant for an educational research agency. Julia brings her passion for writing and storytelling to her new position. She has completed three short films and a documentary about her marathon training. Julia strives to create art that she hopes will move the world to think and change for the better.

Torrey Lippincott
Product Manager
Torrey joined VolunteerMatch to facilitate project management across the organization. She has experience in both corporate and non-profit environments, as well as a background in teaching. As a producer at Leapfrog Enterprises, Torrey designed and managed educational software products. At the Mendez Foundation she initiated and developed a nutrition education program for children grades K-12. After earning a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California at Santa Barbara and studying Educational Theory at San Francisco State University, she began her career teaching preschool and kindergarten in the Montessori system. She enjoys working towards positive change, running in the Presidio, and reading.

Daryll Pierre
Applications Engineer
Daryll joined VolunteerMatch at the beginning of 2008. Prior to joining he traveled around the world for a year visiting over 35 countries. For over 4 years he worked for The Biostatistics Center of George Washington University where he built custom applications for Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet. He's a native New Yorker, a new resident of the Bay Area, and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from City College of New York.

Greg Price
Executive Officer, VolunteerMatch Solutions
Greg Price leads VolunteerMatch's Solutions group, responsible for expanding new and renewal sales revenue from corporations and national nonprofits. For 12 years at Oracle, Greg led teams that built US Support Sales revenue from $40M to $1.1B; built the Support Sales team across Canada, increasing revenue 47% in a year; refined Oracle Japan's support partner program; and built the first team selling hosted Oracle Applications. He then worked in start-ups developing strategic partnerships in the US and Europe before taking a break from technology to reconnect with his young family. Seeking a way to leverage his sales skills in a way that would impact a "greater good," Greg joined VolunteerMatch in fall 2005. By December 2006, the VolunteerMatch Solutions team doubled both the number of our corporate clients and VolunteerMatch's earned revenue. This furthers our mission of helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. Greg has contributed to the boards of the SF Opera and SF Zoo auxillaries and currently to the boards of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley and Ari Bhod, the American Foundation for Tibetan Cultural Preservation.

Robert J. Rosenthal
Director, Communications
Robert has spent a decade helping nonprofits and businesses align their editorial and communications strategies with overall organizational objectives. In 1998 he was among the first full-time staff at the Independent Press Association. Later he was managing editor for several ambitious dot-com enterprises, including Seniors.com. From 2002 to 2005 he directed communications for a real estate developer while growing his own consultancy with Northern California nonprofit clients such as the Jewish Community Federation, the Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership, the Ecology Center, and Stockton's Dameron Hospital. Robert is an avid guitarist (but beginning clarinetist) who also helps produce websites as part of Taproot Foundation volunteer teams. He has A.B. degrees in English and Art History.

Samir Shah
Senior Client Relationship Manager
Samir joined VolunteerMatch to cultivate valuable relationships with socially responsible companies engaging in community involvement. By helping corporate clients connect their employees to nonprofit volunteer opportunities, he maximizes the social value of the VolunteerMatch technology and corporate services. Samir has five years of experience in the corporate sector. In sales and marketing roles, he has successfully managed relationships with companies like Apple, Microsoft and AT&T. In 2004, Samir became involved with civic engagement by actively participating in the Presidential election. He is currently a tutor at the Tenderloin Boys and Girls Club. Samir studied Economics at the University of Texas at Austin and has an MA in Asian Studies from UC Berkeley.

Dianna Smith
Director, VolunteerMatch Solutions
Dianna Smith brings twelve years of corporate financial services background to VolunteerMatch with a specialty in strategic planning and business development. She helps Fortune 1000 companies develop employee volunteerism programs that align business objectives with the needs of the communities in which they operate and their employees interests. Dianna has a long history of volunteering in Health and Human Services, Literacy, and Civil Rights. Most recently, she has been very active in election integrity, taking a six month sabbatical to speak with Secretaries of State and Election Officials about transparency and election equipment. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from the University of Colorado, Boulder and completed her graduate work in Financial Planning at the John Anderson School of Business at UCLA.

Seth Thompson
Account Manager, VolunteerMatch Corporate Solutions
Seth brings to VolunteerMatch a variety of volunteer and corporate experience. In 2004-2005, he volunteered for a year with AmeriCorps doing environmental education and conservation work in Cape Cod, Mass. Upon arriving in San Francisco, Seth worked as a media planner at Mediaedge:CIA. Seth joined VolunteerMatch in October 2006 as an Associate in the Corporate Solutions department, where he discovered the perfect marriage for his volunteering and corporate experiences. Seth was promoted in 2007 to Account Manager in our Corporate Sales Department. Seth holds a B.A. in American Studies from Hobart College in Geneva, NY. He enjoys hiking, cooking, and is a big Boston Red Sox fan.

Molly Trezise
Associate, Client Relations
Molly joined the VolunteerMatch team to help corporations and nonprofits implement and develop volunteering programs. Originally from Portland, Ore., Molly is happy to be back on the West Coast after attending Wellesley College in Massachusetts. At Wellesley, Molly majored in United States history and volunteered at local elementary schools tutoring kindergarteners with reading. In her free time, Molly enjoys drawing, painting and otherwise being creative. She is passionate about running and one day hopes to return to Massachusetts to run the Boston Marathon.

Dee Webster
Community Support Associate
Dee brings to the VolunteerMatch team diverse work experience including management, personnel recruitment, sales, marketing and finance. Having recently retired from Fidelity Investments, she has a keen interest in Boomer engagement in the nonprofit sector. Dee grew up in the Midwest, lived abroad for several years, and raised her children on the East Coast before moving to Texas. She has been active in community service all her adult life, and spent a decade as a recruiter/organizer with Freedom Valley Girl Scout Council in Valley Forge, Pa. Most recently she spent a week in Costa Rica with UMC Volunteers in Mission. Dee has been married nearly forty years to husband Phil. They have traveled extensively, and go to Texas as often as possible to spend time with their adult children and young grandsons.

Board of Directors

Nick Allen
Founder and CEO, Donordigital
Nick Allen is founder and CEO of Donordigital, a San Francisco-based company that works with nonprofit organizations to develop and manage their online fundraising, advocacy, and communications programs. Donordigital clients include the ACLU, Amnesty International, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, CARE, Human Rights Campaign, the Humane Society of the United States and others. Nick was co-editor of the first book on online fundraising, Fundraising on the Internet (Jossey-Bass), and has led workshops for the Direct Marketing Association, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and the International Fundraising Conference in the Netherlands. Nick has twenty-five years of experience building nonprofit organizations, raising money, organizing, and in media and public relations. He founded Donordigital when he was Director of Creative and Consulting Services at Mal Warwick & Associates, the direct mail firm. He was Foudner and Executive Director of Neighbor to Neighbor, and Washington Director of Fenton Communications, a public relations firm that works on issues of public interest. In the early 1990s, he spent three years based in Prague, training environmental activists across Central and Eastern Europe.

Jay Backstrand
Co-Founder, VolunteerMatch
As Co-Founder and former President of VolunteerMatch, Jay returned to the organization in July, 2004, after completing his Master's degree at the Sloan Business Program at Stanford University. Jay has joined the VolunteerMatch Board of Directors, and continues to benefit the organization by sharing the knowledge he gained from his year of study in the Sloan Program, especially in the areas of leadership, strategy, and organizational development. A graduate of Brown University and The John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Jay began his career as a Marketing Manager at Sun Microsystems. Sun was a principal sponsor of NetDay, a community service initiative that mobilized over 25,000 volunteers to connect nearly 3,000 California schools to the Internet in a single day. As a key organizer of NetDay, Jay realized the Internet's power to make a difference. In 1998, he launched VolunteerMatch with the aim of helping everyone easily find volunteer opportunities in their local communities. Jay volunteers for hunger organizations and environmental causes.

Deborah Dinkelacker
Chief Operating Officer, The Medicare Rights Center & Former President, VolunteerMatch
Deborah has over 25 years of management experience in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. In her business career, Deborah held senior management roles in marketing at Colgate Palmolive, American Express, Bank of America, and Providian Financial. In the nonprofit world, Deborah served as National Marketing Director for the Sierra Club, and, more recently, as President of VolunteerMatch from 2003 to 2006. She is currently Chief Operating Officer for the Medicare Rights Center in New York City, a national non-profit organization committed to helping all people understand their rights and benefits under Medicare. Deborah graduated from Yale University with a major in Political Science, and from the New York University Graduate School of Business with an MBA in Finance. As a volunteer, Deborah has worked with the Taproot Foundation to support the work of Juma Ventures in San Francisco; she has served as a volunteer with Business Volunteers for the Arts in San Francisco; and from 2005 to 2007, served on the Board of Trustees for the Museum of Craft and Folk Art, as its Treasurer, and Chair of the Finance Committee.

Stouffer Egan
Chief Executive Officer, Autonomy Inc - U.S.
Stouffer Egan, has served as CEO of Autonomy Inc. since 2002. Autonomy is a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise and is spearheading the meaning-based computing movement. Prior to joining Autonomy, Stouffer was Vice President of Corporate Development for Dataware Technologies. Stouffer started his career at Glaxo Pharmaceuticals. Stouffer holds a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.

John S. Gomperts
President, Civic Ventures & CEO, Experience Corps
A leader in the national service movement for more than a decade, John Gomperts is the CEO of Experience Corps, the national program mobilizing older Americans to mentor and tutor low-income children, and President of Civic Ventures, the think tank incubator that is reframing older adult civic engagement in America. Prior to this, John Gomperts most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of the Public Education Network, the nation's largest network of community-based school reform organizations, and Chief of Staff of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America, and the National Senior Service Corps. Gomperts has also worked in senior positions in the U.S. Senate, first as legislative director for Senator Harris Wofford of Pennsylvania, and then as deputy director of the Senate Democratic Leadership Committee working for Senators Tom Daschle of South Dakota and John Kerry of Massachusetts. An attorney, Gomperts clerked for a federal judge, practiced law at a major law firm, and worked for a leading civil liberties organization. He also was an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law School. He is currently a national board member at Hands On Network.

Paul Hurley
Founder and CEO of Ideeli™
Paul has more than 20 years' experience solving the problem at the crux of brand marketing today: How to use technology to connect with and influence the behavior of large numbers of customers and prospects? In a succession of entrepreneurial companies, beginning in 1989, Hurley has united service delivery with marketing and proved that integrated advertising can be performed in a manner benefiting both customer and brand. Hurley's first company, Cypress Research Corporation, combined e-commerce with embedded upgrade and commerce technology years in advance of the Internet. Cypress Shopper, a component of the company's MegaPhone fax software for Macs and PCs, shipped over 10 million copies in 23 countries. Hurley's second company, Aveo, invented the now-pervasive concept of pre-emptive technical support, and their products were adopted by Hewlett Packard, Gateway, Dell, Kensington and Logitech. Hurley's third company, Alset, Inc., has helped leading brands such as Best Buy and Micro Warehouse use the Internet to simultaneously improve service and marketing. Paul Hurley is co-inventor for two US patents. He graduated from Yale College and is a Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute.

Craig Jacoby
Partner, Cooley Godward LLP
Craig Jacoby is Co-Founder and Chairman of VolunteerMatch. Mr. Jacoby is a partner at the law firm of Cooley Godward LLP in San Francisco where he has a general business and corporate practice with a particular focus on serving the needs of venture capital investors and the entrepreneurial companies in which they invest. He graduated from Stanford Law School, where he wrote the HTML code for the first-ever Web-based brief to the United States Supreme Court, and received an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He also served as a judicial clerk to a federal judge. Before that, he spent a year cavorting in Rome on a Fulbright Fellowship. He has published articles on the intellectual property rights of indigenous farming communities and on the postmodernism of Italian film director Silvio Soldini. He has a B.A. in English and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Kellie A. McElhaney, PhD
Consultant, Professor & Executive Director, Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley
Dr. McElhaney is the John C. Whitehead Professor of Corporate Responsibility and the founding Executive Director of the Center for Responsible Business at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor McElhaney teaches courses on Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility, which include in-depth, experiential consulting engagements with companies on high-visibility strategic CSR challenges, in all of the MBA degree programs at Haas. Kellie consults to several Fortune 500 companies in developing integrated CSR strategy, bridging her academic focus with the practitioner world.

Vincent Stehle
Program Officer, Surdna Foundation
Vincent Stehle is the Program Officer for the Nonprofit Sector Support Program at the Surdna Foundation, a family foundation based in New York City with assets approaching $650 million. Surdna also makes grants in the areas of Community Revitalization, Environment, Creating an Effective Citizenry, and the Arts. The Nonprofit Sector Support Program focuses on strengthening the policy and advocacy role of nonprofits, their internal management and their ability to deal with a changing political, economic and technological environment. As part of its efforts to improve nonprofit management, Surdna has focused considerable resources toward the effective use of new information and communications technologies. Before coming to Surdna, Mr. Stehle worked for ten years as a reporter for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where he covered fundraising and management issues for the nonprofit sector. In addition, he has written extensively for other publications, including "The Washington Post," "The Nation," "Foundation News and Commentary," and other magazines and journals. Mr. Stehle is a member of both the Board of Directors of the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN), and the Board of Directors of the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers (NYRAG). He has served on the VolunteerMatch Board since 2001.

Board of Advisors

Seth Barad
Nonprofit Management Consultant
Barad is a former marketing executive who has held senior roles as American Express Company and GE Capital. He is also a former partner at The Bridgespan Group, and currently is a consultant to nonprofit organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Andrew Blau
Co-Head of Practice, Global Business Network
Blau is the co-head of the GBN practice with extensive experience in media and communications, information technology and networking, philanthropy, and public policy. Formerly, he was a strategy consultant specializing in information technology and digital media, and a program director at two foundations, where he ran programs on technology policy. He is the president of the board of WITNESS, an international human rights organization.

Katherine H. Campbell
Executive Director, Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration
Katie Campbell has worked in the field of nonprofit and volunteer resources management for 30 years as practitioner, author, trainer and leader. She served as director of the Virginia Office of Volunteerism, and from 1997 to 2003 she served as executive director of the international Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA). In addition to her current role with CCVA, Katie does independent consulting and teaches as adjunct faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Virginia.

Vinton Cerf
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Cerf is widely recognized as the "Father of the Internet." He is co-inventor of the computer networking protocol, TCP/IP, which has become the language for Internet communications.

Christine Comaford Lynch
Founder, Mighty Ventures
Comaford-Lynch is a former venture capitalist and angel investor. As an entrepreneur she has founded 5 startups that were acquired or went public. Today she helps entrepreneurs build better startups faster. She has been involved in the creation of over 36 companies over the past 15 years and is an active nonprofit volunteer and fundraiser.

Thomas Dunn
Chief Financial Officer of the Court Appointed Special Advocates Association
He has been with the National CASA Association since January 2000, managing both the accounting and MIS functions of the organization. He worked in private industry for 10 years, before moving to nonprofits. His motivation in working with nonprofits is to make a difference in communities of need.

Marc Freedman
CEO & Founder, Civic Ventures
Freedman is a respected thought leader, author, and voice in the nonprofit sector. His book, Prime Time was a catalyst for the current national dialogue on the aging of America and the tremendous potential for contribution by experienced Americans in their 60's and 70's.

John Gage
Chief Scientist, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Gage represents Sun interests in the research and academic communities worldwide. He was also the founder of NetDay96.

Cynthia M. Gibson, PhD
Principal, Cynthesis Consulting
Cynthia Gibson has more than 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, serving in senior staff positions and as a consultant to hundreds of national nonprofit organizations, including philanthropic institutions, across the country. Currently the principal of nonprofit consulting firm specializing in program development, strategic planning, and communications, Gibson also speaks and has published widely about nonprofit strategy/issues, civic engagement, and democracy. Previously, she served as a program officer at Carnegie Corporation of New York in the area of Strengthening U.S. Democracy, developing and overseeing two subprograms in Strengthening the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector and Youth Civic Engagement. Gibson teaches at the New School University's Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy; is a senior fellow at Tufts University; and has served on numerous advisory committees, selection panels and boards, including Nonprofit Quarterly, Public Allies, Idealist.org, The November Fifth Coalition, and Whatgoesaround.org.

Steve Glikbarg
Investment Advisor
Steve Glikbarg is a co-founder of ImpactOnline, the nonprofit which launched VolunteerMatch in 1998. Mr. Glikbarg was co-executive director of ImpactOnline during 1995, a critical year in the establishment of the organization. In the past, Mr. Glikbarg served on the board of directors of the National Civic League, Who Cares Magazine and Katmango Inc. Currently Mr. Glikbarg works as an investment advisor in Santa Barbara, CA.

Andy Goodman
Communications Consultant
Goodman is a master storyteller. His mission is to help nonprofit organizations and foundations frame their histories, stories, and organizational needs into compelling narrative. His clients have included the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Environmental Defense, and the Pew Charitable Trusts.

William R. Hearst III
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Hearst was editor and publisher of the San Francisco Examiner from 1984 until 1995, and joined KPCB in 1995. He serves on numerous boards, is a fellow of the AAAS, a trustee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and a trustee of the California Academy of Sciences.

Peter Hero
Senior Advisor, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Since 1954, Community Foundation of Silicon Valley (now part of Silicon Valley Community Foundation) has promoted the well being of the Santa Clara valley region: supporting the most effective organizations, helping donors accomplish their charitable plans, and building an endowment to meet future needs. Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a comprehensive center for philanthropy that inspires greater civic participation throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.

Charles H. Moore
Executive Director, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy
Moore is executive director of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, the international forum of business CEOs and chairpersons dedicated to corporate philanthropy. Since winning a gold medal in the 1952 Summer Olympics, Moore has actively served in the fields of education, international business and finance, athletic administration, and the arts. He currently serves on a variety of boards and committees for the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.