Our Team
Foundation Leadership
Our Board guides Foundation strategy and ensures that we are always pushing forward programming which honors Helen and David’s legacy.
Eve Burton
President
Kim St. Clair Bodden
Vice President & Secretary
Roger Paschke
Vice President & Treasurer
Operations Team
Our Operations team strives to ensure Foundation processes run smoothly, managing both strategic and tactical grantmaking efforts.
Christine Adams
Senior Director of Programs & Operations
Mollyhall Seeley
Senior Grants Manager
Deborah Eaddy
Digital Communications Specialist
Empowering Women
The Program Directors in our Empowering Women vertical lead our BOLD Universe programs, including the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle and the BOLD Women’s Leadership Network, as well as the HGB Presidential Initiative at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
Carol Dunne
BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle
Mish Lenhart
BOLD WLN at Ithaca College
Emily Schwab
BOLD WLN at UConn
Jennifer Tockman
BOLD WLN at Colby Sawyer College
Elaine Orozco Hammond
BOLD WLN at the Middlebury College
Jennifer Bucalo
BOLD WLN at the University of Rutgers-Newark
Empowering Youth
The Program Directors in our Empowering Youth vertical lead our BridgeUP Universe programs, including: BridgeUP + OUT, BridgeUP Environment, BridgeUP STEM, BridgeUP GiddyUP, BridgeUP Bootcamp Company, and BridgeUP Theater in the Schools.
Melissa Orekoya
BridgeUP+OUT
McKrell Baier
BridgeUP GiddyUP
Sherri Sanders
BridgeUP STEM
D’Andrea Allen
BridgeUP STEM
Kevin Thomas
BridgeUP Theater in the Schools
Sam Empey
BridgeUP Theater in the Schools
John Donovan III
BridgeUP Environment
Empowering Innovation
The grantees and Program Directors in our Empowering Innovation vertical are at the forefront of their fields, forging new pathways, providing thought leadership, and questioning the status quo.
Mark Hanson
Brown Institute for Media Innovation
Maneesh Agrawala
Brown Institute for Media Innovation
Michael Krisch
Brown Institute for Media Innovation
Foundation Advisors
Our incredible network of support includes a host of individuals and organizations who lend their time, expertise, and thought partnership to amplify our impact across all our programs and verticals.
Maureen Sheehan
Advisor, Youth Empowerment
Gail Evans
Advisor, Women’s Leadership Programs
Trish Jones
Advisor, Foundation Strategy
Lisa Burton
Advisor, Entrepreneurship
& Innovation
Mike Canencia
Advisor, Contracts & Legal