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  • Peter Ballinger
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    Director, Business Development, Overseas Private Investment Corp.

    Mission

    "OPIC is an independent U.S. government agency whose mission is to mobilize and facilitate the participation of U. S. private capital and skills in the economic and social development of less developed countries and areas, and countries in transition from nonmarket to market economies."

    Director, Business Development Overseas Private Investment Corp. Washington, DC
  • James Bao
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    Co-Founder and Executive Director, OneVietnam Network. Former Consultant, Corporate Finance, FTI Consulting, Inc.

    Mission

    "...to connect Vietnamese people around the world with each other and with their community."

    Executive Director OneVietnam Network Milpitas, California
  • Leah Barker
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    Chief Executive Officer, CHOICE Humanitarian. Former President, Children First Utah.

    Mission

    "....ending poverty by focusing on sustainable village development. Our goal is to connect motivated villages to resources and tools to change their lives. By building skills, capacities and leadership of the villagers – the entire community brings itself out of the cycle of poverty."

    Chief Executive Officer CHOICE Humanitarian West Jordan, Utah
  • Margarita Barney
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    Executive President, GRUPEDSAC. Former President, Mexican Network of Social Development Projects. Recipient: UBS Visionaris Award; Ashoka Senior Fellow; Social Entrepreneur of the Year, Schwab Foundation; Tech Awards Laureate.

    Mission

    "...To promote education and sustainable development in Mexico and Latin America through integral programs that motivate towards self-sufficiency and selfdevelopment, primarily in rural areas and among populations living in extreme poverty."

    Executive President GRUPEDSAC Mexico City, Mexico
  • Andrew Barrer
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    Execustive Director, U.S. Coalition for Child Survival . Former Executive Director and Regional Advisor, Harvard Medical International. Former Senior Advisor, Executive Office of the President, The White House. Former Chairman, University of Wisconsin Health Care System Corporation. Author, The Scales of Independent Living Skills (SILS).

    Mission

    "U.S.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness and increasing U.S. commitment to global efforts that improve the survival and health of children under five in developing countries...brings together 40 of the most influential organizations working in child survival and committed individuals who believe it is unacceptable that nearly 10 million children every year die of largely preventable or treatable causes."

    Executive Director U.S. Coalition for Child Survival Arlington, Virginia
  • Carola Barton
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    Senior Consultant, Geneva Global, and Director, Global Expansion,LinkTV. Former Director of Commitments, Clinton Global Initiative (Asia), Former Executive Director, Global Institute for Tomorrow. Former, Vice President, Saga Foundation.

    Mission

    "....giving should be treated as a sound investment. Identifying excellent opportunities for philanthropic investment and understanding the impact of those investments requires careful due diligence and independent evaluation. We identify and assess the most effective international giving opportunities in some of the world’s hardest places."

    Senior Consultant Geneva Global, Inc. Santa Cruz, California
  • Rick Beckett
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    Chief Executive Officer, Global Partnerships. Co-Author, Real Change Leaders: How You Can Create Growth and High Performance at Your Company.

    Mission

    “....to expand opportunity for people living in poverty by supporting microfinance and other sustainable solutions in Latin America. We partner with innovative, mission-driven microfinance institutions that reach people traditionally left behind—such as women and the rural poor—with microloans and other services that can help families break the cycle of poverty.”

    Chief Executive Officer Global Partnerships Seattle, Washington
  • Shari Berenbach
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    Chief Executive Officer, Calvert Foundation. Former Manager, International Finance Corporation. Former Officer, National Cooperative Bank. Former Program Director, Partnership for Productivity International. Board Member, Washington Grantmakers and Community Wealth Ventures.
    Ms. Berenbach is the 2010 Recipient of the Opportunity Collaboration's Economic Opportunity Achievement Award.

    Mission

    “….to help end poverty through investment…to maximize the flow of capital to disadvantaged communities in order to foster a more equitable and sustainable society. Our portfolio finances affordable homes, small businesses, community services, international microfinance and social innovations – all aimed at creating jobs and changing lives in places of need.”

    Chief Executive Officer Calvert Foundation Bethesda, Maryland
  • Allison Berman
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    Fellow, Equality & Opportunity Foundation.

    Mission

    "...to break the cycle of poverty for the poor by creating opportunities to attain improved standards of living through equal access to housing, healthcare and credit."

    Fellow Equality & Opportunity Foundation San Francisco, California
  • Michelle Best
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    Director, Business Development & Marketing, Edmodo.com.. Co-Director, Colloquium for the Common Good, Opportunity Collaboration.

    Mission

    "...[to be] a private communication platform built for teachers and students."

    Directo, Business Development & Marketing Edmodo.com San Francisco, California
  • Jorge Blandon
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    Vice President, Family Independence Initiative. Former Vice President, CIFG Assurance North America.

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    Vice President Family Independence Initiative Oakland, California
  • William Bloomfield
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    Founder and Partner-in-Chief, Civic Strategies Partners. Author, The Time Is Now.

    Mission

    "...to bring uncommon coalitions of key public-private sector, philanthropic, and community stakeholders together to work across institutional boundaries....to work in concert with local stakeholders to craft and implement pragmatic, effective, and sustainable program solutions that deliver measurable results over time."

    Partner-in-Chief Civic Strategies Partners Lexington, Massachusetts
  • Clarke Blynn
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    Chair, Board of Directors, Nurturing Minds. Principal, Gulph Creek Development.

    Mission

    “….to provides financial and technical support to programs improving access to quality education for girls in Tanzania, with a particular emphasis on girls who are poor, marginalized, and at-risk of becoming involved in exploitative forms of child labor.”

    Chair Nurturing Minds Berwyn, Pennsylvania
  • Ron Boehm
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    Principal, Boehm Gladen Foundation.

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    Principal Boehm Gladen Foundation Santa Barbara, California
  • Marlys Boehm
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    President, Boehm Gladen Foundation.

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    President Boehm Gladen Foundation Santa Barbara, California
  • Radhika Borde
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    Founder, The Little Tradition.

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    Founder The Little Tradition
  • Sally Boulter
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    Donor Relations Manager, Calvert Social Investment Foundation.

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    Donor Relations Manager Calvert Social Investment Foundation Bethesda, Maryland
  • Adam Braun
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    Founder and Executive Director, Pencils of Promise. Associate Consultant, Bain & Company.

    Mission

    "...to build schools and increase educational opportunities in the developing world."

    Executive Director Pencils of Promise New York, New York
  • Anne Marie Burgoyne
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    Portfolio Director, Draper Richards Foundation. Former Executive Director, United Cerebral Palsy of the Golden Gate. Former Vice President, Digital Impact. Former Associate, Robertson Stephens. Board Member, One Acre Fund; LivingGoods; Mapendo International; Spark; Agora Partnerships; Global Citizen Year; Mission Continues. Member, Advisory Boards, Net Impact and the Global Social Venture Competition. Judge, Manhattan Institute Social Entrepreneur Award; Civic Ventures Purpose Prize; the Social Venture Network Innovation Awards. Recipient: Roberts Enterprise Development Fund Farber Fellow, Community Gatepath.

    Mission

    “…[to support] the power of innovation and passionate individuals to change the world.”

    Portfolio Director Draper Richards Foundation San Francisco, California
  • Martin Burt
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    Founding Chief Executive Officer, Fundacion Paraguaya. Co-Founder, Teach a Man to Fish. Co-Founder, Bertoni and Mbaracayu Forest Foundations. Former President, Paraguayan-American Chamber of Commerce. Former Mayor, Asuncion, Paraguay. Recipient: Microfinance Award for Excellence in Social Responsibility, Inter-American Development Bank; Outstanding Social Entrepreneur Award, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship; Skoll Foundation Social Entrepreneur Award; Templeton Freedom Award; World Innovative Summit for Education Award; Social Innovation Award, Brigham Young University; Most Innovative Development Project Award, Global Development Network.

    Mission

    “A world free from the extremes of absolute poverty, one in which all individuals are able to enjoy the empowering benefits of an education that meets their needs and aspirations in life. To broaden access for the poor to a high quality education combining vocational training and entrepreneurship by supporting institutions working in this field to increase their financial self-sufficiency.”

    Chief Executive Officer Fundacion Paraguaya Asuncion, Paraguay
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Sakena Yacoobi, Chief Executive Officer, Afghan Institute of Learning (Kabul, Afghanistan)

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