Our Executives & Advisors
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Gary A. Officer
Founder & CEO
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Diana McFail
Chief of Staff
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Samuel B. Gaillard
Chief Operating & Financial Officer
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Rita Santelli
Chief Growth & Communications Officer
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Paul Irving
Senior Advisor to CWI Labs; Senior Fellow, Milken Institute; Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, University of Southern California
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Julia Pollak
Economic Advisor, CWI Labs; Chief Economist, ZipRecruiter
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Deborah St. Lawrence-Thompson
General Counsel, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Our Board of Directors
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Angela Beddoe
Board Chair; Interim Chief Executive Officer of the American Nurses Association Enterprise and Board Chair
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Polly M. Allen
Vice-Chair; Founder & CEO, AI Career Boost
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Barbara Kaufmann
Board Secretary/Treasurer
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Gary A. Officer
Founder & CEO
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Donna Fisher-Lewis
Senior Vice President, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
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William (Bill) Good
Board Member & CEO, Roofing Contractors Association (retired)
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Bert J. Hash, Jr.
Board Member & Commissioner, MD State Gaming & Licensing Board
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Shelly Kurtz
Founder and Principal of Eagle Pointe Advisors
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Charles (Chuck) Martin
Senior Vice President & Regional Community Reinvestment Manager at M&T Bank
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Michael Parker
President of Business Services, Altice USA
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JT Saunders
Chief Diversity Officer, Korn Ferry
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Janine Vanderburg
CEO of Encore Roadmap