FIGHTING POVERTY WITH MICROFINANCE AND SOCIAL - Key Persons

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• Director

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• Director, Research

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• Director
• Co - Founder and President / NextBrick Solutions Limited

Avanthi Shah is a technology and microfinance entrepreneur who has founded and led innovative businesses from Silicon Valley to India. She is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area as the co-founder and President of NextBrick Solutions Limited, a technology consultancy firm with clients that include NASA, Oracle, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and MetLife. Avanthi is also a Venture Partner at NextGen, a Washington, DC-based venture capital firm. Earlier, Avanthi founded Akshaya Microfinance, a social enterprise based in Rajasthan, India that promotes financial inclusion by offering microcredit services to low-income and rural women. During this time, Avanthi also founded NextGreen Infrastructure, Ltd., an Indian energy company that provides ESC services and investments in renewable energy utilities like solar. In 2008, Avanthi was named a winner of the CRISIL-ICICI-CNBC TV18 Woman Entrepreneur of the Year award. She is an active member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) and Women Corporate Directors (WCD) and serves on the Board of Directors for several nonprofit organizations. Avanthi holds a graduate degree from the premier Indian Institute of Management in Lucknow, India and an undergraduate degree from Osmania University, also in India.

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• Senior Director, Marketing & Communications

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• Legal Compliance Officer

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• Director
• Partner and Managing Director / Boston Consulting Group Washington, DC / Board Member, FINCA International

Chandresh ("Chan") Harjivan has dedicated his career to improving public health, first within the pharmaceutical and health care industries in the public sector. He works with both donors and recipients of funding to align key requirements, set priorities, and define core capabilities-in this way transforming and growing organizations in the public health space. He focuses on accelerating the development of and access to health care innovations, as well as developing organizational strategies for health focused organizations, including full top-down and bottom-up transformations. Chan is known for his unique ability to balance speed of delivery with implementation of lasting change in the health care environment, his hands-on style and his ability to effectively work up and down the organizational chain-from the lab bench or warehouse, to senior executives. His vision to make the world a safer and healthier place is being carried out by bringing his keen insight in both the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries to the Public Sector. Having dedicated his career to improving public health, first with the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry and now in the public sector, Chan is viewed as a thought leader in the community; having spoken or chaired many conferences focused on public health, published many articles and been quoted often in the media. Working with both donors and recipients of funding, Chan has used his understanding of key stakeholders needs to align key requirements, set priorities, and define core capabilities-transforming and growing organizations in the public health space. Chan helped lead the stand-up and development of agency strategies and innovative development/policy models across the Federal Government including HHS, DHS, DoD, worked with Foundations/NGOs, Multilaterals and the Private Sector

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• Director
• Global CEO
• Leader

Charles Trevail is a globally recognized leader in how to reinvent a company and brand through co-creation with customers and stakeholders. He is currently based in New York City as the Global CEO of Interbrand, having joined in 2018. This is Trevail's fifth role at the head of a company, building upon his success at the helm of global customer agency, C Space. Trevail has been a leader in the consulting world for over 20 years. He co-founded the pioneering co-creation consultancy, Promise, in 2003, which merged with C Space in 2012. Prior to that he led FutureBrand and also Enterprise IG (now The Brand Union). He has advised brands and governments around the world, including British Airways, BMW, McDonald's, Telefonica and L'Oréal. He was part of the team that helped realize Canary Wharf in East London; helped British Airways invent and launch "21st century air travel," including the world's first flat beds in business class; and helped create McDonald's "restaurant of the future" pilot in the UK. Charles was also a founding board member for FINCA UK, a charitable partner of FINCA International. He earned his B.A. in Modern History from the University of Durham.

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• Senior VP, Business Development and External Relations

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• Senior Manager, Philanthropy

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• Director
• Partner / Insight Partners Toronto
• Partner at Insight Partners

Mr. Green is a Partner at Insight Partners, a global leadership advisory firm, where he specializes in working with clients in financial services and technology. Over the last 15 years Mr. Green has worked as a consultant to financial institutions building more effective teams and stronger corporate cultures, a mediator during disputes between governments and corporations, and a facilitator of political negotiations in moments of international crisis. Mr. Green has significant experience advising senior leaders in banking during negotiations between banks and regulatory authorities, disputes between senior management teams and boards of directors, transformations of organizational cultures, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructurings. He has trained and advised many of the world's leading commercial and investment banks throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. For roughly 10 years Mr. Green served as a consultant to FINCA's subsidiaries across Latin America, Africa and Eurasia as they transformed from non-profit organizations to regulated financial institutions. Mr. Green holds a bachelor's degree from McGill University and a master's from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

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• Director
• Executive
• Managing Partner

Daniela Mielke is a global fintech executive with extensive experience leading organizations through strategic transformation in the face of rapid technology and dynamic market changes. She is currently based in San Francisco and advises public and private companies as well as Private Equity firms on a variety of strategic topics. Daniela has lived and worked in over 35 countries, leading initiatives for PayPal, Visa, McKinsey and Nestlé. Daniela's fintech experience draws upon serving as Chief Strategy and Product Officer of Vantiv, now Worldpay, a leading credit card processor and the largest U.S. merchant acquirer. As an executive at Vantiv, Daniela guided her C-level peers and the Board of Directors towards a new vision and strategy that resulted in major acquisitions and Vantiv's leadership in the global marketplace. Prior to Vantiv, Daniela served as Vice President of Strategy at PayPal where she led the executive team through a time of significant change in the digital payments industry and spearheaded the repositioning of several overseas markets. Prior to PayPal, Daniela was the Senior Vice President of Strategy at Visa International, helping to lead the effort for Visa's IPO. Daniela first honed her strategy, consulting and boardroom communication skills at McKinsey & Company, after beginning her career as a corporate auditor with Nestlé. Daniela holds a MSc. (equivalent) in Economics and Business from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and an MBA in International Management from IMD, also in Switzerland.

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• Director
• Co - Founder and Co - Managing Member / Infra Holdings, LLC
• Co - Founder and Co - Managing Member of Infra Holdings

David E. Weisman is the co-founder and co-managing member of Infra Holdings, LLC. He has been engaged in the wireless industry as an investor, executive and attorney for more than 40 years. He was the co-founder and CEO of the InSite Wireless Group, LLC until its sale to American Tower in December, 2020. Prior to InSite, he was a co-founder as well as President and CEO of Mountain Union Telecom, LLC from 1999 until its sale in 2006. Prior to founding Mountain Union Telecom, LLC, he practiced law in Washington, DC. Mr. Weisman received his law degree from The George Washington University National Law Center with honors, an LLM in Taxation from The George Washington University National Law Center and is a graduate of Brown University. He is admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland and is a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association. Mr. Weisman serves on the Board of Directors of the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) and was the past Chairman from 2019 - 2021; he is a member of the Board of Directors of The Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA) and FINCA impact, which operates micro lending banks in 19 countries servicing the poorest entrepreneurs needing access to financial resources; the Board of Directors of the National Archives Foundation in Washington, D.C.; the Board of Directors of the Folger Shakespeare Poetry Foundation and the Board of Directors of the Parkmont School in Washington, D.C. He was formerly Vice President/Counsel to Radio Club of America, Inc., one of the oldest wireless associations in the United States.

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• Director
• President / Intuitive Foundation Mountain View, CA / Board Member, FINCA International
• President of the Intuitive Foundation

Dr. Catherine Mohr is President of the Intuitive Foundation, investing in research and development programs aimed at improving the education of medical practitioners around the world and applying novel technologies towards reducing the global burden of disease. As a HealthTech executive with over 20 years of experience in the areas of strategy, research, product development, and organizational change, Catherine brings a diverse background which covers surgery, medical technology, engineering, product design, healthcare, alternative energy, automotive, aerospace, global entrepreneurship, IP litigation, FDA compliance, education, and product development. From this perspective she brings deep insights into emerging opportunities, technology trends, issues and challenges. She has been involved with numerous startup companies in both energy and medical devices, and is involved with entrepreneurship programs worldwide. Dr Mohr serves as a scientific advisor for several international universities, and government technology development programs in the US, UK and her native New Zealand. Dr. Mohr received her BS and MS in mechanical engineering from MIT, and her MD from Stanford University School of Medicine.

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• Director
• Co - Founder / Chicago Trading Company

Eric co-founded Chicago Trading Company ("CTC") in 1995. CTC is an industry leader in analytics-based options and derivatives trading and risk management with offices in Chicago, London and Hong Kong. Eric serves on CTC's Board of Directors and focuses on CTC's external engagement, advocacy and corporate citizenship efforts. From 2009 to June 2019, Eric led CTC as Chief Executive Officer. Eric established the firm's Global Risk Management function and has been involved in the financial markets since 1992. Previously, Eric traded US equity index options at O'Connor Associates/Swiss Bank Corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in General Engineering with high honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Eric has been a key driver of CTC's corporate social responsibility efforts. The company has done extensive philanthropic work to effect meaningful change in a number of areas, including educational equity, diversity and inclusion, reforestation, autism, and supporting marginalized and underserved communities. Eric co-chairs the FINCA International Advisory Council and serves on the boards of the Chicagoland Chapter of Autism Speaks, A Better Chicago, Commodity Markets Council, the MSFE Advisory Board at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Advisory Board of the Glenbrook North High School Business Incubator Program. Additionally, Eric is a member of YPO Chicago. Eric resides in Northbrook with his wife, Laurie, and their three children, Dylan (20), Jane (17) and Arielle (17).

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• Senior Data Analyst

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• Director, New Business Development

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• Director
• Greenwood Village, CO / Board Member, FINCA International

John Elkins previously served as President of International Regions at First Data. Before that he was senior advisor at McKinsey & Company, and Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Visa International, where he oversaw worldwide branding and advertising for one of the world's most recognized brands. Before joining Visa, Mr. Elkins was founder, chairman and CEO of FutureBrand, a leading global brand consulting firm. Mr. Elkins also served on the United Nations Advisory Board for Inclusive Financial Services. He holds a B.Ed. from the University of Exeter, England and an M.S. from the University of Oregon.

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• Member of the Board
• Founding Member / Santa Fe, NM

Born the son of a mother whose ancestors were Spanish conquistadors and a father descended from Mayflower pilgrims, John's first passion was History (BA, Johns Hopkins University, 1962). After serving four years with the Peace Corps as a volunteer in Colombia and Peru as a regional director, John returned to earn an MA in Latin American History and a PhD in Economic Development from the University of Wisconsin. While working on his doctoral dissertation, John spent two crop cycles working as a hired laborer to 30 subsistence farmers in Peru, documenting the lives and farming practices of the rural poor. After obtaining his doctorate in 1976, John founded an international consulting firm-Rural Development Services-which in the ensuing decade completed over 50 contracts in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. In 1983, John invented a new microcredit methodology-Village Banking™-targeting single mothers seeking to lift their families out of severe poverty. In order to promote this methodology worldwide, John co-founded FINCA in 1984. Over the next two decades, as FINCA expanded its operations to 20-plus countries, John taught the Village Banking™ methodology to 32 other nonprofit agencies. He also served as Chief of Party to FINCA programs in Bolivia, El Salvador and Guatemala, and as Research Director at FINCA's global headquarters in Washington, DC. In 1996, John co-founded the Microcredit Summit Campaign (MSC ), which today represents some 3,000 microcredit organizations that boast a collective service outreach to over 95 million severely poor families, and which has pledged, through the Manila Declaration of 2013, to end severe poverty on the planet by the year 2030. Upon John's retirement from FINCA in 2007, he and his wife Mimi moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where they dedicate themselves to gardening, watercolor painting, quilting, fundraising for programs that serve the homeless, and frequent visits to their 12 grandchildren. John is also writing a novel about his conquistador ancestors.

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• Director
• Founder
• Managing Director
• Principal

Jordan Greenaway is Managing Director, Founder, and Principal Shareholder of Transmission Private, the global communications agency. Based in London, UK, Mr. Greenaway has advised many of Europe, North America, and Asia's largest family offices and family foundations on their strategic communications and investor relations strategies. In recent years, he has stepped back from day-to-day advisory within the business to focus on the growth of the communications group, both organically and through strategic acquisition. He founded the group in 2014. Mr. Greenaway has significant experience working with the high-net-worth and donor community globally, especially next-generation family members. He brings to the Board deep insight on the changing nature of communications, public relations, and branding, especially as it concerns connecting with younger socially conscious consumers on new and emergent platforms, as well as updating positioning to align with changing societal demands around ESG, diversity, and inclusion. He started his career as an Aide to a former Shadow Minister in the British Government. He subsequently helped launch the first international presence for a UK-based public relations agency in New York, Los Angeles, and Singapore. He is an Adviser to The Entrepreneurs Network, the Westminster, UK-based think-tank that advocates for enterprise globally. He has been involved in FINCA's work since 2014, and sits on the Board of Trustees of FINCA UK, FINCA International's UK affiliated charitable organization. Mr. Greenaway received his MA in Philosophy from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He also studied at The College of William & Mary in Virginia.

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• Member of the Board
• Manager, Special Projects

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• Development Operations Associate

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• Vice President of Finance

Kuo-Wei Wang leads FINCA International's finance department. He brings over 20 years of accounting and management experience, including both public accounting and nonprofit industry work. Before joining FINCA International, Kuo-Wei worked for American Institute for Cancer Research / World Cancer Research Fund for over 15 years. His experience included global financial operations, financial reporting and analysis, budgeting and tax filings. A native of Taiwan, Kuo-Wei holds a bachelor's degree from National Cheng-Chi University (Taiwan) and a master's degree in accountancy from Case Western Reserve University. He holds both CPA and CGMA certificates.

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• Director, Business Development

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• Investment Manager

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• Senior Manager, Digital Marketing

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• Manager, Digital Marketing

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• Managing Director, FINCA Ventures

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• Employee Engagement & Corporate Partnership Officer

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• Philanthropy Officer

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• Member of the Board
• Founding Member / Scottsdale, AZ

With over 30 years of financial management and restructuring experience, Mr. Williamson has assisted companies in developing financial, operational and organizational strategies for distressed situations. Previously, Mr. Williamson was a partner of a Big Five accounting firm, and spent ten years in private practice. A licensed certified public accountant and a certified insolvency and restructuring advisor, he is also a member of the Turnaround Management Association, American Bankruptcy Institute and the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors. Mr. Williamson served as chief executive officer of FINCA International from 1990 to 1993.

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• Manager, Communications

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• CEO
• Chairman
• Founding Member
• Chairman and CEO / Cereal Ingredients, Inc.

Robert W. Hatch is the Chairman and a Founding Member of FINCA International and Chairman and CEO of Cereal Ingredients, Inc., a specialty food ingredients manufacturer he founded in 1990. He also serves as CEO of Great Plains Analytical Laboratory and Maverick Converting. Previously, Mr. Hatch served as Chairman, President and CEO of Interstate Bakeries Corporation, and worked for General Mills, Inc., rising to the position of Executive Vice President. Mr. Hatch holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College.

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• CEO
• Co - Founder
• Member of the Board
• President
• Co - Founder, President & CEO / Washington, DC
• Economist
• President and CEO of FINCA International

Rupert Scofield is an agricultural economist with 40 years of experience in developing countries. He co-founded FINCA in 1984 with John Hatch and together they helped inspire and build the global microfinance movement. Their work was rooted in the belief that market-based principles, trust in individuals and involving women in local business activities were critical to the economic and social well-being of communities. Since 1994, Rupert has served as President and CEO of FINCA International, the majority-owner of 20 community-based microfinance institutions and banks across Africa, Eurasia, Latin America, the Middle East and South Asia. Through this global network-known as FINCA Impact Finance-FINCA International is enabling access to responsible and innovative financial services for those living at the bottom of the pyramid. Under Rupert's leadership, FINCA has grown from a credit-only, group-lending program-the original Village Banking™-with 60,000 clients and a loan portfolio of $5 million to a network of innovative microfinance institutions offering a range of financial services across five continents with two million clients and a loan portfolio of over $1 billion. After more than two decades of growing and scaling a global microfinance network, Rupert is now leading FINCA International on the next leg of its journey: supporting the rise of social enterprises delivering basic service and financial innovation. This work is expanding access to essential products in energy, water and sanitation, education, health, agriculture and fintech for the world's poor. Combined, FINCA International's work in microfinance and social enterprise catalyzes greater resilience and opportunity, and helps low-income families achieve a better standard of living. Beyond his leadership role in FINCA International, Rupert also serves on the boards of FINCA Canada and FINCA UK, two independent but affiliated charitable organizations. In 2011, Rupert helped champion the launch of the Partnership for Responsible Financial Inclusion (formerly the Microfinance CEO Working Group), a collaborative effort of leading international organizations advocating for responsible financial services and promoting financial inclusion around the world. Rupert served as the organization's Chair for seven years before stepping aside and assuming the role of Chair Emeritus. As a frequent keynote speaker on microfinance, social enterprise and impact investing, Rupert is passionate about inspiring the next generation of leaders who want to solve big problems like world poverty. His book, The Social Entrepreneur's Handbook: How to Start, Build and Run a Business that Improves the World (McGraw-Hill, 2011), tells the story of how FINCA was built, with practical advice for other entrepreneurs intent on creating large-scale, lasting social impact. Rupert is also the presenter of The Social Enterprise Podcast, a monthly audio series that explores the ins and outs of social entrepreneurship. Prior to FINCA, Rupert was the CEO of Rural Development Services, a consulting firm, and Country Program Director of the AFL-CIO's Labor Program in El Salvador. He served in the Peace Corps in Guatemala, where he made his first microloans in the early 1970s. Rupert has M.A. degrees in agricultural economics and public administration from the University of Wisconsin, a B.A. from Brown University and an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Roehampton in the UK. Born in New York in 1949, Rupert resolved at an early age that he would never work for "the man" and would never, ever, have a career in banking. His accident-prone career has meant of lifetime of dodging revolutions, earthquakes and assassins across the developing world, and once running for his life from a mob in Mogadishu, Somalia. But it has also brought moments of such joy and satisfaction that can only be found in helping others to gain control over their lives, achieve financial independence, access life-enhancing goods and raise their standard of living. Rupert Scofield has dedicated his life to alleviating poverty. As a founding member and FINCA International's President & CEO, he has led the organization through decades of growth and change. Under Rupert's guidance, FINCA has continuously adapted its approach. He ensures that we stay grounded in our customer research and the insights of the entrepreneurs we back and always keep the goal to alleviate poverty at the heart of our mission.

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• Vice President, Research & Data Science
• Vice President, Research & Data Science / Vice President of Research and Data Science

Scott Graham has extensive experience in microfinance and social performance management. He spent eight years overseas leading FINCA's microfinance operations in Malawi and South Africa. After returning to the United States, Scott was instrumental in introducing new products and delivery channels benefiting low-income clients, especially savings, insurance and agency banking. He established BrightLife, a social enterprise by FINCA International in Uganda providing last-mile distribution and end-user financing for solar home systems, improved cookstoves and other basic needs products. More recently, Scott helped to establish and lead FINCA's customer research and field data services, covering areas such as financial inclusion, household consumption and living standards, business income and job creation, women's empowerment, and the impacts of off-grid products. He has published several papers and articles on topics related to microfinance, social performance management and customer impact.

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• Member of the Board
• Co - Founder and Managing Partner of the Areté Group
• Managing Partner / the Areté Group

Mr. Hassel is the co-founder and Managing Partner of The Areté Group. Areté was founded as a special situations advisory firm providing independent fiduciary and board services to companies experiencing rapidly evolving operational and financial circumstances. During the last 26 years as a private equity investor, interim C-Suite executive and strategic advisor, he has worked in and with businesses across a wide range of industries. He has sat on both sides of the restructuring table, advising companies as well as their creditor constituencies, working with the decision makers of boards, management, equity sponsors, bond holders and lenders. He has served and continues to serve as a member of multiple boards. Mr. Hassel has been involved with FINCA for over 15 years in various positions including as a board member of both FINCA International and FINCA Impact Finance. Prior to Areté, Mr. Hassel was the Managing Partner of Bestige Holdings and a Managing Director of Alvarez and Marsal where he served on the firm's restructuring executive committee.

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• Chief Operating Officer

Stefan Grundmann is responsible for the performance and operations of all departments and subsidiaries within FINCA International, including BrightLife. He has a strong track record of innovation and entrepreneurship in the nonprofit and social enterprise sectors. Prior to becoming COO, Stefan served as the President and CEO of BrightLife, a social enterprise in Uganda that provides last-mile distribution and end-user financing for basic service products, including solar home systems, improved cookstoves and productive use assets. Before that, he worked closely with the FINCA International President and CEO on organizational strategy and planning, FINCA Ventures and BrightLife. Earlier in his career, Stefan worked for Population Services International (PSI), managing a $40M portfolio of projects funded by USAID, DFID, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Global Fund, among others. In 2010, Stefan co-founded a sustainable waste management company in Washington, DC that specialized in turning organic "waste" into high-grade nitrogen-rich compost. While in graduate school, Stefan was a Summer Associate for BIMA Mobile in Indonesia, a graduate intern for Omidyar Network's Financial Inclusion team in Washington, DC, and consulted with The World Cocoa Foundation. Stefan holds a master's degree in Global Human Development from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, with a focus on private sector development and social enterprises. He also holds a BA in African Studies from Dartmouth College.

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• AP & Administration Coordinator

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• Director, Strategic Initiatives