Board of Directors
Stephen H. Oleskey
Chair
WilmerHale
Stephen Oleskey is a partner in the Litigation Department at WilmerHale, and a member of the firm’s Pro Bono and Community Service Committee. Mr. Oleskey originally joined Hale and Dorr, WilmerHale’s predecessor, in 1968. In 1987-88 he served as Massachusetts Deputy Attorney General and Chief of the Public Protection Bureau. Mr. Oleskey has been consistently committed to pro bono service throughout his legal career and received numerous awards for his service to indigent clients in his local community and abroad, most recently an American Bar Association 2007 Pro Bono Publico Award for his lifetime dedication to pro bono legal services. He served for eight years on the Board of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (now Legal Momentum). Mr. Oleskey received a B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1964, magna cum laude, (Phi Beta Kappa) and was later named a Distinguished Alumnus, as well as serving as a Trustee. He holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law (1968).
Dr. Lyndon Haviland
Vice Chair
President, Lyndon Haviland & Co LLC
Dr. Lyndon Haviland is a nationally recognized expert in strategic philanthropy, public health communications, brand marketing, and applied research. From 2002-2004, Dr. Haviland was chief operating officer of the American Legacy Foundation with responsibility for managing a $181 million annual budget and 80 full-time staff. Dr. Haviland holds a teaching position at the University of New Mexico, is editing a book on the lessons learned from tobacco control, and is consulting with not for profits on strategic communications and partnership development. Dr. Haviland’s international experience includes consulting work in Cambodia and work as an instructional supervisor in the US Refugee Service in the Philippines. She also has held several managerial jobs overseeing programs, project design, training and curriculum development for the Institute of International Education in New York. Dr. Haviland has a bachelor’s degree in linguistics from Georgetown University and a master’s and doctorate degree in public health from the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. She holds numerous professional appointments, including serving as a member of the board of directors for High Hopes and the Executive Board of the American Public Health Association.. She is a member of the Harvard Business School Women's Association the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, the Asia Society and the North American Riding for Handicapped Association. Dr. Haviland is a recipient of the John and Kathleen Gorman Public Health Humanitarian Award.
James Nowicki
Treasurer
JPMorgan Chase
Jim Nowicki has spent over 20 years working in global financial and telecommunication services. He is currently an executive director at JPMorgan Hedge Fund Services focusing on client and risk management. He previously held a variety of relationship, management and operations roles with Morgan Stanley & Co., Bankers Trust Company, and Bell Atlantic Corp. Mr. Nowicki holds an M.A. degree in American Civilization from Brown University and a B.A. degree in English from Hobart College.
Kevin Bonderud
Communications/Public Affairs Consultant
Kevin Bonderud is an independent communications, media relations, and public affairs consultant. From 1990-2005, he was the senior communications and legislative strategist, media consultant, and writer for Widmeyer Communications, a Washington, DC-based public relations firm. At Widmeyer, where he was Executive Vice President and partner in the firm, he developed and led major communications, public education, media operations, and advocacy campaigns, especially those addressing legislative, regulatory, and public policy issues, for clients ranging from Fortune 100 corporations and large trade and professional association to leading nonprofits, think tanks and government agencies. His writing on behalf of clients has been published in most major newspapers, as well as many specialty publications. Throughout the 1980s, Bonderud served as press secretary for Minnesota Congressman Martin Sabo, and worked on presidential and congressional campaigns. He is a graduate of Augsburg College in Minneapolis.
Ana Rita Gonzalez
Fleishman-Hillard
Ana Rita González leads the healthcare and public health practice in the Miami/Latin America office of Fleishman-Hillard (FH) and for FH Hispania. At Fleishman-Hillard Ana Rita works with a broad variety of clients on issues that include partnership formation, hospital management, national immunization policies, and policy support for various public and private health organizations. She was responsible for opening the first HIV/AIDS service in Puerto Rico and also was professor at the University of Puerto Rico Public Health School and the University of Costa Rica Public Health School. In 1991 Ana Rita joined the World Health Organization-Pan American Health Organization (WHO-PAHO) as hospital and health systems advisor. During her nine years with WHO-PAHO she served in Barbados, covering the English Speaking Caribbean, Costa Rica and Perú, with a focus on heath care reform design, health policy planning, crisis management, and disaster preparedness. Ana Rita holds a doctorate in science in health policy and management from Johns Hopkins University, a master’s in hospital administration from the University of Puerto Rico, and did graduate studies in health planning at Cornell University. She has a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Puerto Rico. She sits on the board of directors of The Health Council of South Florida, the principal body responsible for health services planning in South Florida, and holds a courtesy faculty appointment at the Florida International University, Stempel School of Public Health.
Dr. Nancy Hafkin
Knowledge Working
Nancy Hafkin is Director of Knowledge Working, a consultancy on information technology and international development. Dr. Hafkin has written widely on gender and information technology globally, most recently as co-author of Cinderella or Cyberella: Empowering Women in the Knowledge Society (Kumarian Press, 2007). She has been a pioneer and innovator in the area of networking, development information, and electronic communications in Africa, working primarily with the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa. Dr. Hafkin's work on African networking helped build Africa's ICT framework through partnerships with governmental, nongovernmental and development institutions. At UNECA she served as coordinator for UNECA's African Information Society Initiative and team leader for promoting information and communication technologies for development. Dr. Hafkin also served as chief of the Pan African Development Information System and chief of research and publications at the African Training and Research Center for Women. She played a central role in facilitating the Association for Progressive Communications’ (APC) work to enable email connectivity in more than ten countries during the early 1990s before full Internet connectivity became a reality in most of Africa. In 2000 the APC established the Nancy J. Hafkin Information Society Prize to encourage and recognize African initiatives in information and communication technologies. She has a Ph.D. in history and African studies from Boston University and a B.A. from Brandeis University.
Delia M. Marshall
Vice President, BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Delia Marshall is a Senior Portfolio Manager with BNY Mellon in New York, where she works closely with current and prospective clients to provide customized investment strategies. She held senior positions at U.S. Trust Wealth Advisory Services, SG Cowan Securities Private Banking, and Kidder Peabody's Financial Futures Department. She has 24 years of experience in broad asset allocation, and speaks on topics related to Behavioral finance. Delia is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, the Financial Women's Association of New York, the Chartered Financial Analysts Institute, and the Society of Neuroeconomics. She graduated from New York University and completed Harvard's Kennedy School Executive Education Series: Investment Decisions and Behavioral Finance.
Mina Mauerstein-Bail
Consultant/Fundraiser
Mina Mauerstein-Bail has over 25 years of international experience in social and economic development with the United Nations and other development agencies in Africa, Asia and West and Eastern Europe. Mina has been a leading figure in innovative programs on HIV and development, maternal mortality, water and sanitation, regional economic development, local governance and community development and public-private partnerships. Her most recent position was as Director of a multi-country HIV leadership program aimed at enhancing the capacity of mayors and local governments to address the HIV epidemic at the community level. She is currently a member of the board of the Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund in Liberia. She is currently working as an independent consultant and fundraiser. Mina undertook her academic training in the United States, France and Spain and holds degrees in Education (B.A. SUNY Albany) and Sociology (M.A. City University of New York).
Mark Minelli
President and CEO, Minelli, Inc.
Mark Minelli is President and CEO of Minelli, Inc., one of the nation's leading cultural brand consultancies. Minelli, Inc. has a unique approach to branding, believing deeply in the power of the social imperative and its essential relationship to brand strategy. As an extension of his personal beliefs, Mark's company is strongly committed to working with institutions and organizations that help shape and foster a better world for us all. Examples of recent clients include the Cook Inlet Tribal Council, the Peabody Essex Museum, Boston's Museum of Science, the Trustees of Reservations, and the YMCA of Greater Boston. A frequent speaker on branding, Mark has presented to audiences such as Harvard University, FleetBoston Financial Foundation, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston University, Council for the Advancement of Secondary Education, American Association of Art Museums, American Marketing Association, National Performing Arts Organization, and Americans for the Arts. Mark also sits on the board of Overssers at the Institute of Contemporary Art. An accomplished painter, Mark is a magna cum laude graduate of the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning at the University of Cincinnati.
Kevin Mitchell
Director, Internal Audit, BreitBurn Energy
Kevin Mitchell is an executive with BreitBurn Energy, a domestic energy company. His specialization is in the areas of internal audit and risk management. Prior to working with Breitburn, Kevin worked for seven years for the Unocal Corporation, and also worked for Lockheed and Hughes and Deloitte and Touche.
Nancy Murphy
Consultant
Nancy Murphy most recently served as senior vice president of The Case Foundation, managing international investments as well as advising on civic engagement initiatives. While at the Case Foundation, Ms. Murphy was on part-time executive loan to one of the foundation’s major grantees, PlayPumps International. PlayPumps International plans to expand across sub Saharan Africa to deliver clean drinking water to 10 million people by 2010. Prior to joining The Case Foundation Ms. Murphy led the corporate responsibility practice for APCO Worldwide’s Washington, D.C., office. Ms. Murphy worked with corporate clients in strategy development, management, and communication of corporate responsibility policies and practices. She also assisted private foundations and nonprofit organizations with strategic planning, program development and communication. Ms. Murphy’s previous experience includes serving as a program officer with federal agency Corporation for National Service, and as director of policy for the Minnesota-based National Youth Leadership Council and manager of Youth Volunteerism Development for a local volunteer center in Columbus, Ohio. Ms. Murphy currently serves as a board member for the National Youth Leadership Council and as Chair of the Board for the Taproot Foundation. Ms. Murphy graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Dayton. She also received a master of arts in public affairs from the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute.
Pamela Roussos
Pamela Roussos works with early stage software companies as a business and marketing strategy consultant helping founders create, refine and execute their business strategy and go-to-market plans. She has over 20 years of experience working in both large and start-up software companies, growing teams and delivering products. Companies she has worked at include Amdahl, Pure Software, Rational Software, 555-1212.com, Consera and Zend. She has worked in various managerial capacities such as Business Unit Manager, VP of Marketing, COO and CEO. Pamela also serves on the board of the International Enneagram Association (IEA) (non-profit) and DriveDev Inc., a software consulting organization. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a BS in Computer Science.
Frank Sims
Retired, Cargill
Frank Sims recently retired as vice president of transportation for Cargill Incorporated, providing corporate leadership for all transportation areas, including development and implementation of transportation policy and oversight of personnel. Sims joined Cargill in 1972 as a CMD [merchant in Chicago and moved up through the ranks from branch manager, to merchandising manager for the producer marketing region in Minneapolis, to vice president of CMD. In January 1998 he was named president of Cargill’s North American grain division, with responsibility for all grain operations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Sims is a member of the Chicago Board of Trade and past member of the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for trade in grain and oilseed of USDA. He also served as vice-chair of the U.S. Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council and past chair of the board of the North American Export Grain Association. He currently serves as director on the Boards of Tennant Company and Piper Jaffray and is chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Sims received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Paul at Quinn College, Waco, Texas in 1972.
Eva T. Thorne
Brandeis University
A native New Yorker, Eva T. Thorne holds an undergraduate degree in history from Harvard University and a doctorate in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Eva is the Meyer and Walter Jaffe Assistant Professor of Politics at Brandeis University. She does research on international development, Latin American politics, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). She is a partner at Deutch Consulting, where she advises clients on political risk. And she is a founder and principal of Corporate Governance Solutions, a boutique firm that advises clients on political and financial risk management. She has lived and worked all over Latin America and the Caribbean and speaks Spanish and Portuguese. Eva has lectured widely on issues of CSR, and political risk in the United States and Europe. She writes and publishes on political risk for business journals. Eva is completing a book on the politics of reform at the World Bank and is working on another book project on land rights, natural resources, and indigenous in Latin America.
David Wilson
David Wilson is a partner in Thompson Hine's Business Litigation practice group. He focuses his practice on complex civil litigation, internal and government investigations, and securities enforcement matters. David has extensive experience litigating cases in both state and federal courts in many jurisdictions, before administrative agencies, and in domestic and international arbitration forums. Prior to joining Thompson Hine, David was a partner in the litigation department of WilmerHale LLP. Mr. Wilson worked for Congressman James Jeffords of Vermont and for the Coalition of Northeastern Governors. He also served as a law clerk to Judge Mark L. Wolf of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He is a member of the Massachusetts, Maryland and District of Columbia bars. Mr. Wilson received a bachelor’s degree cum laude from Harvard University and a J.D. degree cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.
