AMERICA'S CHARITIES - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Assistant Controller
• Finance

Cody Chandler runs DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering for Legalzoom. For more than 20 years, Cody has worked in every aspect of technology - from internet service providers to commercial space travel. Specializing in the conversion of startup ideas to scalable businesses and transitioning enterprise methodologies to modern DevOps practices, he evangelizes techniques that shift companies left, allowing for faster conception to production iterations. Cody holds patents in technology pertaining to medical devices for seizure monitoring and triage alerting systems. He is passionate about leveraging technology to assist families with Cerebral Palsy and Autism. His love for animals introduced him to his wife, Dr. Diana, DVM, and together with their two children, they have rescued numerous dogs with medical conditions that require special attention. After a successful exit from a startup in 2014, Cody spent two years working solely in corporate social responsibility (CSR) workspace giving, and philanthropy. His work in CSR ultimately led to a partnership with America's Charities. Cody hopes to use his technical experience and contacts to expand into microtransaction donations and corporate asset repurposing. Cody is a huge fan and supporter of the surf therapy nonprofit A Walk on Water and nonprofit animal rescue Marley's Mutts.

Job Titles:

• Vice President of Information Technology

David Stathis is the vice president of information technology (IT) at America's Charities. His role focuses on planning and implementing technology initiatives across the organization. Through developing and executing information security policies and procedures, he ensures that America's Charities meets current security best practices. David manages security audits for external clients to meet their security requirements and implement changes if necessary. Since coming on board at America's Charities, David has been focused on modernizing the IT infrastructure. He provides technical expertise and IT project management on various projects. David spearheads the IT strategic and operational plan to address ongoing data maintenance, including a plan of data recovery, continuity of operations, and timely restoration of service after a system failure. Prior to joining America's Charities, David worked for nine years at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. He led technology initiatives within their internet safety and outreach programs. In this role, he evaluated, procured, and implemented new technology solutions and managed several external websites, overseeing their ongoing development. David holds a Master of Business Administration from James Madison University and a B.S. in Information Technology from George Mason University.

Job Titles:

• America 's Charities Treasurer
• SVP, Corporate Responsibility

Gary R. Levante is SVP, Corporate Responsibility & Communications at Berkshire Bank. Mr. Levante is a dynamic, award winning, purpose-driven executive and speaker with expertise across corporate responsibility, ESG, sustainable finance, corporate culture, reputation management, and corporate affairs. His passion, ability to inspire and motivate those around him along with his unique understanding of business, stakeholders, and society has led to dozens of awards and accolades. By unlocking meaningful solutions that create shared value, Mr. Levante has helped businesses elevate their impact and performance. An active community member, he serves on the boards of local and national non-profit organizations. He holds a B.A. from St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont.

Job Titles:

• Senior Director of Social Impact Programs for Automation Anywhere

Grace Chung is the Senior Director of Social Impact Programs for Automation Anywhere, which is committed to reimagining the future of work for everyone, improving efficiency through process automation, and building AI for good. Prior to joining Automation Anywhere, Grace has led and managed corporate social impact programs at companies such as Zillow Group, AECOM, and Yahoo. At Zillow, Grace created an impact strategy anchored on leveraging Zillow's product, corporate giving, platform, and employee engagement on three focus areas: housing security, economic opportunity, and equitable industry. At AECOM, she built a global corporate responsibility platform from the ground up for its 90,000 employees. She also previously led strategic partnerships at Pledge, a startup modernizing giving technology, securing partnerships with companies such as Zoom, Box, and Cameo. Grace graduated with a BA from American University and a Master in Public Policy (MPP) from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She also serves on the board of Access Ventures, a nonprofit committed to building more inclusive economies through mission-aligned investments.

Job Titles:

• CEO
• Director
• President
• President and CEO of America 's

Jim Starr is president and CEO of America's Charities, which inspires employees and organizations to support each other and the causes they care about. Jim has set the organization's focus to raise $1 billion for worthy causes by 2026, as well as its priorities enabling America's Charities to reach that goal. He has led the expansion and growth of America's Charities through strategic partnerships and service offering expansion. Jim is a frequent speaker and writer on topics covering corporate social responsibility, employee giving and volunteering, and employee assistance funds. An accomplished leader with more than 30 years of experience and a proven track record in the nonprofit and healthcare sectors, Jim has served in national and field executive leadership roles with multi-million dollar revenue and expense targets. He also brings a wealth of experience in strategic planning, business development, and partnerships. Prior to joining America's Charities, Jim served the mission of the American Red Cross in a variety of senior leadership roles that touched every aspect of Red Cross services. Preceding his work with the American Red Cross, Jim was a senior management consultant for a strategy consulting firm focused on the healthcare and government sectors. Jim holds an MBA from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a BA in Organizational Communications from George Mason University. Jim Starr is president and CEO of America's Charities, which inspires employees and organizations to support causes they care about. An accomplished leader with more than 25 years of experience and a proven record of accomplishment in the nonprofit and healthcare sectors, Jim has served in national and field executive leadership roles with multi-million dollar revenue and expense targets. He has led efforts to bring corporations and nonprofits together in meaning and impactful ways. He also brings a wealth of experience in strategic planning, business development, and partnerships. Prior to joining America's Charities in December 2014, Jim served the mission of the American Red Cross where his significant career accomplishments include establishing and leading a comprehensive enterprise-wide volunteer engagement strategy, including furthering the engagement of corporate partner volunteers, community partners and board members. Jim also served as Division Vice President of Humanitarian Services, where he was responsible for the provision of Red Cross services in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Caribbean, and worked with a fundraising team and local boards of directors to raise approximately $65 million in revenue annually. He led the Red Cross Greater Alleghenies Blood Region as CEO with a $65 million P/L accountability and was responsible for collecting and distributing over 230,000 units of blood products each year in support of 100 hospitals in his seven state geographic region. He served as Chief of Staff and Chief Strategist to the President and CEO of the Red Cross, supervising the Office of the President and serving as a trusted advisor and spokesperson for the CEO, playing an active role in the management of the organization and acting as a principal liaison to the Board of Governors. As Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Jim led the creation of the enterprise-wide strategic plan and scorecard. Prior to his work with the American Red Cross, Jim was a Senior Management consultant for a strategy consulting firm focused on the healthcare and government sectors, where he led and supported numerous engagements ranging from healthcare system creation, joint venture development, and performance improvement. Jim holds a Masters of Business Administration from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a Bachelors of Arts degree in Organizational Communications from George Mason University.

Job Titles:

• Action for Racial Equity Fellow
• CEO for Action for Racial Equity

As the CEO for Action for Racial Equity Fellow, Jennifer has co-led the pilot Place-based fellowship platform while also leading a team in the planning and creation of the Place-based toolkit/ guide to facilitate the execution of community mappings, city-specific data analysis/research, facilitation of stakeholder and community listening sessions and focus groups. She has trained a team of 10, including leadership, on Equity Design principles including design systems thinking and the development of equity solutions based on targeted universalism and positive deviance concepts. She has advised fellowship leadership on lived experience and interests of Black Oaklanders as a member of the Oakland Place-based Community Advisory Council, researched on over 200+ Bay Area organizations to distill preliminary top 5 racial equity priorities, led a team of 5 in the development of root cause hypotheses based on Oakland/Alameda County-specific data to be tested, and is co-designing listening sessions for Oakland grass tops organizations, community members, and local government to test and refine root cause hypotheses. In addition, she was the Leader of the Racial Equity in ESG fellowship solution: "Racial equity is ESG: What gets measured gets done." She interviewed a variety stakeholder partners from former SEC council members, Big 4 accounting firms, and influencers of federal and state public policy, and synthesized ESG-related information from a variety of sources including webinars, academic journals, SEC ESG subcommittee proposed and final recommendations, public company financial statements, proxy statements, Page 1 of 5 federal and state legislation on several ESG-related topics including human capital, business diversity, climate-related disclosures. Jennifer designed the solution implementation plan to be executed by the fellowship and stakeholder partners, including building out of the solution timeline and criteria of success for each phase. She authored the solution policy memo aggregating information, insights, benefits and tactics for risk mitigation, and she is the ESG fellowship subject matter expert providing guidance to fellows whose signatory companies are interested stronger engagement on ESG-related racial equity strategies Economic Empowerment Leader in the fellowship SWAT Team. Jennifer analyzed agendas of over 10 national government entities and NGOs, identified economic empowerment trends to guide the strategic decisions on the fellowship solution portfolio Founder of the fellowship Black Community Council, and increased the fellowship's practice of human-centered design principles in the successful advocacy for a fellowship Black Community Council (BCC) to represent the interests of our "customer", the Black community. She provided successful nominations of BCC member, CEO of The Greenlining Institute Creator of the fellowship signatory racial equity initiative sentiment survey, and she coordinated with the fellowship Communications team in the creation of a sentiment survey to be completed by 100+ fellows across 100+ organizations. Prior to her work with Action for Racial Equity Fellow, Jennifer had experiences with PwC's Assurance Manager, Southwest Market Black Inclusion Network's Co-Leader, and she worked on the Justice Project for PwC Impact Space - Northeastern University Civil Rights and Restorative, among many other experiences.

Job Titles:

• Vice President, Business Development
• America 's Charities' Vice President of Business Development

Kimberly H. Young, America's Charities' vice president of business development, is responsible for expanding and enhancing employee engagement in the private sector. She also provides leadership support for America's Charities-Community First. Kim brings more than 20 years of experience that intersects the corporate, nonprofit, philanthropic, and faith communities. Prior to joining America's Charities, Kim served as director of corporate services and network developer at the Council on Foundations, a national association serving public and private foundations with global impact. In these roles, she developed and directed programs and services to the Council's corporate giving and foundation members, served as staff liaison for the Council's Corporate Advisor Network, and was a project lead for developing the Leading Corporate Philanthropy Initiative. This signature initiative included research published in 2012, "Increasing Impact, Enhancing Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Leading Corporate Philanthropy, the Increasing Impact, Enhancing Value Corporate Practitioner's Toolkit," and related conference programs. She brings expertise in corporate giving and foundation management, professional development for philanthropy leaders, conference program development, and strategic philanthropic network engagement. Previously, Kim served as a community relations manager for Capital One in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Her career began at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce where she supported their national field sales and membership teams and served on the Government Relations team. Kim holds a Master of Divinity from Evangel Theological Seminary, Bachelor of Business Administration & Human Resources Management from Strayer University, and certifications from Genesis International Coaching & Consulting Institute, LLC, Project Management Institute, and the Northern Virginia Center for Pastoral Care.

Job Titles:

• America 's Charities Chair
• Executive Director of BDO 's Institute for Nonprofit Excellence

Laurie is the Market Managing Partner for assurance services in BDO's Greater Washington, DC market which encompasses Maryland, District of Columbia and Northern Virginia with over 25 years experience in client service and operations. Overseeing a talented team of nearly 200 professionals, Laurie is responsible for guiding industry focused, targeted growth and people strategies in the market. BDO is the fifth largest accounting and consulting firm worldwide serving public and private clients in various industries with particular focus in the D.C. and Baltimore markets in technology, life sciences, government contracting, real estate and construction, professional services, healthcare, and not-for-profits. Laurie also serves as the Executive Director of BDO's Institute for Nonprofit Excellence, guiding the strategy and direction of the Institute's thought leadership and resources nationally. She has over 25 years experience auditing and consulting on engagements for all manner of tax-exempt organizations including charitable and educational organizations, community-based organizations, trade associations, private foundations and colleges and universities. She also has extensive experience auditing large, complex employee benefit plans including defined contribution, defined benefit, health and welfare and multiple employer plans. Laurie is a regular speaker at internal and external seminars on topics including industry trends, governance matters, leadership development and diversity and inclusion. Laurie was awarded one of the 2013 Women to Watch Awards by the Greater Washington Society of CPAs for her contributions to the profession.

Job Titles:

• Vice President, Charitable Funds Management Solutions

Lavelle Donnelly leads the Charitable Funds Management Solutions department, providing oversight, leadership, and guidance to the team. Lavelle has been involved in processing funds for America's Charities' private and public sector campaigns since 2002. Rising through the ranks at America's Charities, she has gained an in-depth perspective and skill to implement quality control procedures that allow the easy tracking of funds and data. Her experience is focused on the use of technology to provide solutions to a client's customized needs while ensuring the accuracy of funds distribution. In looking for ways to retain clients by providing good customer service, Lavelle established America's Charities' Help Desk serving thousands of donors and charities each year. Her success in managing high revenue accounts started half-way around the world in the Philippines, where she was a money-market trader managing the funds of high net-worth individuals and various top 100 corporations at one of the nation's largest banks. Lavelle received a B.S. in Tourism Management with a minor in Economics and has done post-graduate studies in Educational Psychology from the University of the Philippines. She also has a Project Management Certificate from George Mason University.

Job Titles:

• President and Chief Executive Officer of Future Caucus

Layla Zaidane is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Future Caucus. She joined the team in 2016, previously serving as the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, where she advised on strategy across MAP's teams and programs, and managed the organization's staff and operations. A nationally recognized expert on youth engagement, Layla has been featured in outlets including Forbes, The Washington Post, New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, Refinery29, The Huffington Post, and McClatchy.

Marc Johnson is VP of Corporate Communications at Meta. Previously, Mr. Johnson was managing director of APCO Worldwide's New York office and the firm's global Digital practice lead where he helped clients accomplish their strategic objectives through digital tactics and methods. He has extensive experience in managing highly technical projects and helping clients build custom online applications that achieve specific goals and objectives. He has created winning strategies that drive specific business goals for numerous consumer and association brands. In addition, Mr. Johnson has helped these consumer clients with brand positioning and crisis management through social media platforms, which has forged brand equity growth at an accelerated rate. In addition to consumer client work, Mr. Johnson has worked with a foreign government to create a social media strategy including a training program for 400 government officers on using social media tools to engage public constituents. Prior to joining APCO, Mr. Johnson was an associate account director for Mindshare Interactive Campaigns in Washington, D.C. At Mindshare, he focused on the areas of health care, education, and advocacy, and used his expertise to manage a number of highly successful projects. For example, he managed the redesign and advancement of digital strategy for Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and created specific advocacy tools that won the Webby Award within the advocacy and nonprofit category. Mr. Johnson also worked with The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) to build an online learning network (NetLC). NetLC used online simulations and document recommendation engines to help state school officers learn best practices for managing and eliminating administrative issues in school districts. Earlier in Mr. Johnson's professional career, he served as a marketing and communications specialist and webmaster at America's Charities, where he developed and managed the America's Charities website, created marketing collateral, and assisted with the external communications strategy. Mr. Johnson holds a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising and Mass Media Communication from Hampton University and is an avid volunteer at the Lifting As We Climb Foundation as well as the Lamond Riggs Athletic Association.

Job Titles:

• America 's Charities Secretary

Marly Leighton-Colburn leads Corporate Cause Marketing Partnerships at the Human Rights Campaign. Marly brings expertise in creating and nourishing impactful partnerships with major brands. In her roles as Director, Partner Impact at Discovery Education, and Chief of Staff at DoSomething.org, she secured and managed cause marketing partnerships with CVS, 3M, PwC, Taco Bell, General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, General Mills, Garnier, and other top brands. She was also a key member of DoSomething.org's Get Out the Vote task force in advance of the 2020 Election, which garnered 250,000 voter registrations. Prior to her roles in the impact partnerships space, Marly served as a publicist at Polk & Co. representing a portfolio of Broadway productions and performing arts projects including Wicked, If/Then, and The Color Purple. Marly champions a culture of giving and has volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters NYC, Bike New York, Crisis Text Line, and New York Cares.

Rebecca is a human resources professional with more than 25 years of experience in consulting to private and nonprofit organizations. She is the President and CEO of SmithPilot, a consulting firm focused on nonprofit compensation. In addition to leading the firm, she directs a variety of client engagements involving nonprofit compensation and benefits issues. Prior to joining SmithPilot, Ms. Pilot served as human resources director for a variety of nonprofit organizations, leading the human resources functions for these nonprofits as well as designing and implementing new programs as necessary. Ms. Pilot's experience also includes advising executives at Accenture on a wide variety of HR issues including staffing, leadership development, compensation planning, performance management, succession planning, and diversity. Prior to her tenure with Accenture, she managed graduate student and alumni programs in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Rebecca received her undergraduate degree from Lafayette College and earned a Master of Arts in Communication, Culture, and Technology from Georgetown University. Active in school and community affairs, she and her husband and their three children live in the Greater Washington DC area.

Job Titles:

• Vice President, Client Engagement Team

Robyn Neal joined America's Charities in 2001 and became vice president of the Client Engagement Team in 2015. Prior to joining America's Charities, Robyn was engaged in the practice of law. Robyn oversees the Client Engagement Team, which is responsible for managing all client and member charity relationships. The Client Engagement Team provides consultative services and counsel to maximize campaign efforts and results, including facilitating the client onboarding, renewal and application process, and supporting campaign events and promotions. Robyn is extremely proud of her work to further the mission and vision of America's Charities, especially her role as an advocate for our clients towards the goal of growing and transforming philanthropy, increasing employee engagement and sustaining charitable choice. She has a B.A. in Political Science from Binghamton University and a J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law.

Job Titles:

• Vice President, Marketing
• Vice President, Marketing and User Experience

Sarah is Vice President, Marketing and User Experience at America's Charities where she implements the organization's marketing communications strategies, campaigns, events, and partnerships that drive success and growth for America's Charities, and the employer clients and nonprofit members we serve. Since joining America's Charities in 2011, her role has continued to grow with the organization's evolving strategy and needs. Starting out as Marketing and Customer Service Associate, Sarah provided workplace giving design and communications support to campaign coordinators, provided troubleshooting and Help Desk services to employee donors, and helped streamline America's Charities' Help Desk process. In 2014, her role expanded to include the management of all aspects of America's Charities' digital marketing, content creation, and lead generation activities (including Google AdWords, paid social, email marketing, social media, and SEO). In 2023, Sarah's role expanded to include leading configuration, site testing, implementation, and overall user experience for America's Charities clients. Prior to joining America's Charities, Sarah supported marketing and business development initiatives for Industrial Federal Credit Union's ten regional branches, lead the credit union's involvement in community events, and enjoyed growing the ‘Kids' Club' youth financial literacy program which is one of many causes Sarah passionately supports. Sarah holds a B.S. in Marketing with a minor in Psychology from Valparaiso University.

Job Titles:

• CEO of Miriam 's Kitchen

Scott Schenkelberg is the CEO of Miriam's Kitchen. Since 2002, he has been responsible for setting the strategic vision and planning, implementing strategic communications and increasing revenue to support the organization's growth. Scott has 25 years of nonprofit management experience. Under Scott's leadership, Miriam's Kitchen was awarded the Center for Nonprofit Advancement's 2012 EXCEL Award for excellence in chief executive leadership. During his tenure Miriam's Kitchen was also a finalist for the 2012 Board Leadership Award from the Center for Nonprofit Advancement and received an honorable mention for our impressive board practices. Recently, we have been named Washington Business Journal's Best Place to Work in Greater Washington in 2009, 2010, and 2016 and Washingtonian's Great Places to Work in 2011 and 2013. Scott was part of the 2013 class of Leadership Greater Washington and was awarded the 2010 Meyer Foundation Exponent Award given to five nonprofit executives in DC to recognize their strong and effective leadership and a track record of accomplishment. Before joining Miriam's Kitchen in 2002, Scott was Development Director at Bread for the City and Resource Coordinator at So Others Might Eat, both in Washington, DC. He holds a BA from Grinnell College.

Job Titles:

• Director of Diversity

Shani M. Waugh is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Google. In this role, she is responsible for developing and implementing the diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy for the Google Cloud business which consists of more than 40,000 employees worldwide. Waugh has more than 25 years of progressive human resources experience with Fortune 500 companies in the technology, pharmaceutical, and defense industries. Prior to Google, she led Talent Management for LMI in Tysons, Virginia, where she was responsible for designing and implementing the company's talent strategy in the areas of employee and leadership development, workforce succession, and inclusion engagement for more than 1700 employees nationwide. For more than a decade, she also worked at Lockheed Martin, where she provided strategic human capital leadership to support business area operations, enterprise diversity and inclusion, and the integration of acquisitions. She has also held human resources roles with Bristol Myers Squibb and Intel Corporation. Waugh holds a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the Lubin School of Business at Pace University. She currently serves on the Cornell University Council where she plays an active role in the engagement of the university's connection of students, alumni, and faculty. In her local community, Waugh is a Board member of the Patuxent River, MD, chapter of The Links, Inc., which provides transformational programming and services that enrich the quality of life of the residents of Upper Montgomery County. She is also a member of the Montgomery County, MD, chapter of The Society Incorporated and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. Waugh lives in Upper Montgomery County, Maryland, and enjoys traveling with family to beach towns and visits to local theaters and museums.

Job Titles:

• Certified Public Accountant
• Finance
• Financial Controller
• Financial Controller for America 's

Sook Suragiat is the financial controller for America's Charities. In this role, she has overall responsibility of America's Charities' financial reporting, budgeting, annual audit and internal controls. She joined America's Charities in 2001 and became a financial controller in 2011. Prior to joining America's Charities, Suragiat held similar roles at both profit and not for profit organizations. Suragiat was responsible for daily accounting department operations, cash management, budgeting, annual audit, corporate tax returns, monthly financial statements and financial analysis. She also served as a volunteer treasurer at Westfield High School Choral Boosters for three years. Suragiat is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and is a member of Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA) and AICPA.

Job Titles:

• Community First Secretary / Treasurer

An employee of Washington Gas since 1988, Tracye Funn represents the company in her capacity as Manager of Corporate Contributions, responsible for identifying and analyzing national, regional and local corporate social responsibility trends and developments impacting the natural gas industry. Primarily, she serves as liaison with internal business units and engages dialogue with external stakeholders involved with initiatives relating to education, health and the environment. Additionally, she is responsible for management and distribution of funding and in-kind support to non-profits throughout the Washington metropolitan area which has resulted in more than $13 million in corporate contributions since she assumed this position. Funn also serves as the campaign coordinator for the company's employee workplace giving campaign. Funn is an alumni of Leadership Greater Washington (2021) and Leadership Prince George's (2011); serves as a board member for America's Charities and Secretary/Treasurer for Community First; is a founding board member and past chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Council of Government's Clean Air Partners; past chair of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers (WRAG); former member of the Prince George's Chamber of Commerce having served as the first Afro-American female Chair of the Board of Directors; past president of the Prince George's Public Relations Association (2 terms); past president of Global Developmental Services for Youth - Guardians Auxiliary; is an inaugural member of the Andrews AFB

Job Titles:

• Community First Chairman / Partnership for Education Advancement
• Executive Director, Institutional Partnerships for Partnership for Education Advancement

Wendell D. Hall, Ph.D., is the Executive Director, Institutional Partnerships for Partnership for Education Advancement. He was formerly the Senior Director, Higher Ed Outreach and Partnerships, in the College Board's Higher Education division. Since joining the College Board in 2013, Hall has focused on developing and advocating for policy positions that promote access and equity for all students. Currently leading the organization's Access & Diversity Collaborative (ADC), Hall works directly with institutional leaders and higher education membership organizations to craft and implement their mission-focused diversity-related policies within an evolving legal landscape. Hall serves as an organizational spokesperson and frequently speaks at conferences and invited speaking engagements. Prior to the College Board, Hall held leadership positions at the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), and the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, an independent federal committee chartered by Congress and tasked with advocating for low and moderate-income students. Hall earned his Ph.D. in higher education policy from the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his master's degree in secondary science education from The George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Hampton University. Hall has authored or co-authored several articles and book chapters for higher education publications. Hall, also a former high school science teacher, is well versed on issues around college access and success, educational equity, and institutional diversity initiatives. He currently serves as an EMERGE Mentor, was previously the Board Vice Chair of DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative (DCPNI), and served as a founding Board Member for College and Career Pathways (CCP). Hall, who called Washington, DC, home for most of his life, now resides in greater Houston with his wife and two children.