Independent Voting Member
Board Chair
Fran Hauser is President of Digital for Time Inc.'s Style and Entertainment (SEG) and Lifestyle Groups. In her role, she oversees PEOPLE.com , StyleFind, myrecipes.com and the digital properties for brands including Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, Essence, PEOPLEenEspanol and Real Simple. These sites reach over 38 million unique visitors each month and generate more than one billion page views. Hauser is also responsible for SEG's mobile and tablet strategy, which included the launch of over 20 products, reaching more than 4 million users, available on the mobile web or as applications. Hauser's career at Time Inc. began in 2003 when she was named Executive Producer, Time Inc. Interactive (TII) and she was later promoted to General Manager of TII. Prior to coming to Time Inc., she was a Vice President of AOL's Programming Group and also spent four years at Moviefone, where she played an integral role in the $400 million dollar sale of Moviefone to AOL. In 2011, Hauser was named to the FOLIO: 40, a list of some of the most distinguished magazine and media professionals from every corner of the industry. A summa cum laude graduate of Pace University, Hauser received both a BBA and MBA. She serves on the Board of Directors of both the Online Publishers Association (OPA) and the Young Women's Leadership Network.
Independent Voting Member
Suhas Apte is a senior executive with thirty four years of professional experience (3 years in Europe, 12 years in Asia-Pacific, 19 years in USA) covering all facets of business management – strategic planning, marketing, finance, product development, operations, alliances, acquisitions, customer and supply chain management. He joined Kimberly-Clark in 1978, and has developed a valuable global perspective and extensive industry experience working in roles which include Vice President & Global Sustainability Officer, President, Europe Family Care, Vice President Developing & Emerging Markets-Baby and Child Care and Vice President Personal Care Sector Asia-Pacific. Suhas holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Univ. of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. Suhas and his wife Megha live in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Independent Voting Member
Prior Board Chair
Tom Bird is a Managing Director of Sonen Capital LLC, where he serves as a senior member of the investment team and chair of the governance committee. He has served on numerous boards and invested across a wide spectrum. In addition, Tom is founder and president of the multi family office FARM Capital Services LLC, where he created the FARM Fund as an early stage direct impact investment donor advised fund. Previously he was chairman and CEO of FARM, Inc., a venture backed Silicon Valley information management firm that provided data storage and retrieval services from 1988 until the company was sold in 1999.
Tom serves on the board of the developing world food fortification company Sankhu, the investment committee of the Patient Capital Collaborative, and the University Council as a former trustee and investment committee member of the American University in Bulgaria. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College, an M.B.A from Stanford University, and a Master of Theological Studies degree with an emphasis on ethics from Harvard University.
Independent Voting Member
Maulik Doshi is a Managing Director at BlackRock Solutions, the risk and advisory services group of global investment manager, BlackRock. He is responsible for managing relationships with BlackRock Solutions' enterprise risk management and advisory services clients. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2001, he served in various roles at KPMG and Freddie Mac in structured finance, operations and analytics. Maulik has served on the alumni board for JMU's school of business and also served as a charter member of TiE, a non-profit organization that fosters global entrepreneurship through mentoring, education and networking.
Maulik earned a Bachelors degree in finance from James Madison University, and a Master's degree in finance from American University.
Independent Voting Member
Treasurer
A. J. Wasserstein is a private investor, with a long-term orientation, interested in lower middle market businesses, and philanthropic organizations, where he can be positively impactful using his experiences, time and capital. A. J. was the founder and CEO of ArchivesOne, the third largest records management company in the United States. He successfully built ArchivesOne into a super-regional records management company employing 400 people before selling to Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) after 17 years of operation. At ArchivesOne, 38 acquisitions were successfully completed to supplement growth. A. J. graduated from Colgate University and received his MBA from New York University. He completed the Owner/President/Manager Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School. A. J. is the Chairman of American Auto Auction, LLC; a board member at Facility Maintenance, LLC; an Operating Partner at Baird Capital Partners; a trustee at the Connecticut Community Foundation and a trustee at Waterbury Hospital.
Dennis Whittle is co-founder of GlobalGiving, where he was CEO from 2000 though 2010. Currently he is President of The Whittle Group, an advisory practice that helps organizations and companies invent the future. During 2011-2012 he was also Visiting Lecturer at Princeton University and Global Social Entrepreneur in Residence at UNC-Chapel Hill. From 1997-2000, Dennis was part of a troika that led the World Bank's Corporate Strategy and Innovation units. From 1992-1997, he led a variety of initiatives in the Bank's Russia program, including housing reform, energy efficiency, and structural adjustment programs. From 1987-1992, Dennis was an economist in the World Bank's Jakarta office advising the Indonesian Ministries of Finance and National Development, and managing projects in the agriculture and forestry sectors. Before joining the World Bank in 1986, Dennis worked in the Philippines with the Asian Development Bank and with USAID. Dennis graduated with honors in religious studies from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar, and did his graduate work in development studies and economics at Princeton University. Dennis also completed the Executive Development Program at Harvard Business School.
Independent Voting Member
Chris is President and CEO of Forum One Communications, overseeing overall business strategy and operations and advising clients in implementing innovative online services to accelerate their impact on important global problems. Chris is a regular speaker and trainer on online strategic communications for policy-focused organizations, web 2.0 for issue impact, the use of blogs and online collaborative tools, and building organizational structures to run successful web operations. Chris has worked in international development in rural Nepal, and as an environmental policy analyst in the Executive Office of the President/Office of Management and Budget. He has a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
Last Updated: January 22, 2013
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