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Board Leadership

Board of Directors

Michael J. Kacsmar,
Chair

Partner
EY

Kyle Garman,
Vice Chair

Senior Vice President,
Global Business Development
SAP SE

Patricia Alper

President
The Alper Portfolio Group

Tony Frazier

Corporate Board Member and Former Executive Vice President at Maxar Technologies

Pam Habner

CEO of U.S. Branded Cards & Lending
Citi

Alexis Jeffries

Head of Business Product Marketing, Glassdoor
Adjunct Professor, USC Marshall School of Business

Dr. J.D. LaRock

President & CEO
NFTE

Sandra Rosa

Chief HR Officer
Syniverse

Anthony Salcito

Chief Institution Business Officer
Nerdy

David Wellisch

CEO & Co-Founder
Collage Group

Tucker York

Global Head, Goldman Sachs Wealth Management
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

National Advisory Board

Michelle Barmazel

Consultant

Stephen Brenninkmeijer

Andromeda Fund, London

Maxine Clark

Founder, Build-A-Bear Workshop
Chief Inspirator, The Delmar DivINe™

Benjamin Goldhirsh

Mighty

Daymond John

FUBU

Wes Moore

Governor of Maryland

Tim Murphy

Mastercard

Jane Siebels

Green Cay Asset Management

David Spreng

Runway Growth Capital

Capital Region Advisory Board

Matt Aaron, CFP

Founding Partner
LUX Wealth Planning

Anthony Calderazzi

Partner, Assurance Services - Technology
EY

Stephen Canaras

Partner, Assurance Services
EY

Keith James

Managing Partner
Coalition Properties Group

Mid-Atlantic Region Advisory Board

Noelle Calautti,
Co-Chair

Managing Director
EY

Adam VeVerka,
Co-Chair

Partner, Business Development
NewSpring

Scott Snyder,
Vice Chair

Chief Digital Officer
EVERSANA

Sean Barker

Vice President
AB Bernstein

Alexander Brown

Corporate Strategy Manager
Pitney Bowes

Ryan Carrozza

Executive Director, Audit
EY

Cheryl Gentry

CEO & Co-Founder
Glow Global Events

Charles Jacobson

Partner
CFGI, LLC

Adam J. Kirsch

Senior Manager
West Monroe Partners

Shawn Leventhal

Director of Business Development
Auctions at Showplace

Yajaira Lopez

Head of Branch Banking
Santander Bank

Milan Patel

CEO
Inspiroz

Frances R. Pierce

Chairman and CEO
Data Systems Analysts, Inc.

Antuan Santana

Consultant

Judy Stewart

CEO
Creative Sense, Inc.

Barrett Stokes

Managing Director & Business Team Leader
Webster Bank

James W. Uehlinger

Executive Vice President, Director of Retail Banking, New England North
Citizen's Bank

Eugenia Vecchio

Attorney & Owner
Eugenia M. Vecchio & Associates

Holly Wallace

Managing Director and Senior Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch

Midwest Region Advisory Board

Pramit Mehta, Chair

Partner, Assurance Services
EY

Mike Carpenter

Staff Designer
ZenBusiness

Maxine Clark

Founder, Build-a-Bear Workshop
Chief Inspirator, The Delmar DivINe

Siddique Hameed

Vice President
Software Development Engineering
Mastercard

Carla Jackson

Head of Middle School/Director of Entrepreneurship
Emmanuel Christian Academy

Mike Jortberg

Global Salesforce Practice Sales Director
Slalom

Chris Moore

Partner
EY

Venu Raghavan

VP Strategy & Development
Wasson Enterprise

Gary VonderHaar

CTO
Mastercard

Gary Weintraub

Director of Sales
Stasher

Brian Williams

Senator
District 14, St. Louis

Kevin Wilson

Director
SBDC University of Missouri

New England Region Advisory Board

Drew Smith,

Chair

Founder & Principal
HOPR Ventures

Ann Daley

Vice President, Global Postal Relations
Quadient

Patrick Good

Partner
EY

Brett Miller

Head of Martech Engineering
Wayfair

Minh Pham

Vice President, Director, Learning Management
Santander

South Region Advisory Board

Lisette Mendez, Chair

Vice President & Latin America Controller
AT&T Finance

Lincoln Cohoon

Senior Tax Manager
Ernst & Young LLP

Murray Covens

Principal
North Texas Nonprofit Resources

Michael Dominguez

President & CEO
Associated Luxury Hotels International

Bill Kling

Principal
Benova RX

Terri Maxwell

President & CEO
Share On Purpose

Adrienne Palmer

Entrepreneur
Founder, Insite Interactive
Global Board, Entrepreneurs’ Organization (2013-2016)

Southeast Region Advisory Board

Richard Jackson,
Chair

Attorney
Greenspoon Marder LLP

Alan Alvarez

Director, Educational Program
Miami Bayside Foundation

Jordan Corredera

Vice President of Digital Commerce
Royal Caribbean Cruise LTD

Steve Davis

Partner
EY

Greg Diamond

Industry Advisor
Brightwood Capital

Jessie Dumont

SVP, Senior Product Manager
Bank of America

Anthony Hazen

Sr. Property Manager
Link Logistics Real Estate

Eileen Higgins

Commissioner
Miami-Dade County District 5

Paul Jaure

CEO & Founder
GolfBoost

Stewart Merkin

Attorney
Law Office of Stewart A. Merkin

Anthony Navarro

Private Banker
Wells Fargo Private Bank

Cesar Ramos

Executive Financial Services Director
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

West Region Advisory Board

Leo Gestetner, Chair

CEO
Heath Capital

Patrick Auger

Partner
EY

Bob Blee

Head of Growth and Middle Market Technology Banking for the Americas

Chris Boyd

Chief Operating Officer
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Charles Choice

Sr. Program Officer & NFTE Alumnus
Do-or-Dier Visionary Foundation

Jasmin Coyne

SVP Operations Program Management and Transformation
City National Bank

 

John Finley

Head of Customer Service
BMO

 

Monika Hudson

Associate Professor, School of Management
University of San Francisco

Emil Khodorkovsky

CEO
Forbix Capital Corp.

Sarah Matthews

Partner
EY

Connie Moore

Retired NFTE Teacher
Los Angeles Unified School District

Andrew Morris, CFA

Managing Director
Solace Capital Partners

 

Gary Rabishaw

Managing Director
Intrepid Investment Bankers

Ruben Resendez

President
adHere, Inc.

Elliott Schwartz

CEO
Empty Leg Market