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Board of Directors

Our dedicated board consists of forward-thinking investors, nonprofit leaders, educators, and entrepreneurs—including five Echoing Green Fellows—with the insight and experience to help us in building an organization focused on the future while rooted securely in our history.

Dr. Marie Kelly

Board Co-Chair
Former Managing Director, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets

Carter McClelland

Board Co-Chair
Chairman and Partner, Union Square Advisors

Maya Ajmera

Chair Emeritus
President & CEO, Society for Science
Executive Publisher, Science News Media Group
1993 Echoing Green Fellow

Mary Armstrong

Global Head of Marketing and Communications, General Atlantic

Esther T. Benjamin

CEO & Executive Director,
World Education Services

Robert China

Managing Partner, Park Place Investors

Cheryl L. Dorsey

Ex officio member
President, Echoing Green
1992 Echoing Green Fellow

Janiece Evans-Page

CEO, Tides

David Hodgson

Chair Emeritus
Vice Chairman, General Atlantic

David Issroff

Private Investor

Rafiq Kalam Id-Din

Founder & Managing Partner, Ember Charter Schools
2007 Echoing Green Fellow

Andrew Kassoy

Co-Founder, B Lab

William M. Lewis, Jr.

Senior Partner,
Apollo Global Management

Josh Mailman

Co-Founder, Social Venture Network

Hugh Molotsi

Founder and CEO, Ujama

Raj Panjabi

CEO, Last Mile Health
2011 Echoing Green Fellow

Marc Saiontz

Board Treasurer
Partner, Ardea Partners

Peggy Segal

Pre-Business Program Director, Hunter College

Shivani Siroya

2011 Echoing Green Fellow
CEO and co-founder of Tala

Noah Walley

Head of Patricia Industries, North America

Laura Weidman Powers

Partner Base10,
2013 Echoing Green Fellow
Founder of Code2040

Daniel Weiss

Former Publisher-at-Large, St. Martin's Press

Larry Wieseneck

Managing Director and Co-President, Cowen and Company

Melinda Wolfe

Founder, Melinda B Wolfe & Assoc.

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