CARE's Board of Directors

Richard Almeida is former Chairman and CEO of the commercial finance company Heller Financial, Inc., and worked previously at Citicorp/Citibank. He received his B.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University and his Masters in Public Administration from The Maxwell School of Syracuse University. Richard is active on several corporate, philanthropic and cultural boards. He joined CARE's Board in 2002 and serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Resource Development & Brand Committee.

Joanne Bradford is the Chief Revenue Officer at Demand Media, Inc. where she oversees the growth of brand advertisers on the company's top 20 owned and operated websites and oversees the newly created Business Solutions Group. She most recently served as Senior Vice President at Yahoo! responsible for North American revenue generation activities and built innovative branded entertainment partnerships. Prior to joining Yahoo!, she served as an Executive Vice President, National Marketing Services of Spot Runner, Inc. and Corporate Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing and Chief Media Officer at MSN for Microsoft Corp. Joanne has served on the boards of the Interactive Advertising Bureau and MSNBC. She graduated from San Diego State University with a B. A. Degree in journalism and advertising. She joined CARE's Board in 2010 and is a member of the Resource Development & Brand Committee.

Eduardo Castro-Wright serves as vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. He is president and CEO of Global eCommerce and Global Sourcing, leading Walmart's global e-commerce and multi-channel retailing business, and overseeing the company's global sourcing group. Prior to his current role, Eduardo was president and CEO of Walmart U.S., where he led the transformation of stores, improvements in the customer experience, and the development of a strong leadership team. Before joining Walmart, Eduardo was president and CEO of Honeywell Transportation and Power Systems Worldwide. He holds a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University. Eduardo was elected to CARE's Board in 2009 and serves on the Management Committee.

Gilles Concordel is President and Founder of Tutator Foundation. With his wife and three children, Gilles spent six years traveling from San Francisco to Geneva by land and by sea. During this trip, they visited 85 development projects in 17 different countries, increasing their understanding of the developing world; and studying and promoting the work accomplished there by NGOs. Previously, Gilles founded Redback Networks, a California-based company, and headed its business development. He holds an MS from Ecole Polytechnique, an MS from ENST, and an MBA from HEC, all in Paris, France. He was elected to CARE's Board in 2008 and is a member of the Audit and Resource Development & Brand Committees.

Susan Crown is a partner of Henry Crown & Company, a Chicago-based family firm that manages investments in banking, diversified manufacturing, healthcare, oil and gas, real estate, resort properties and telecommunications. After graduating from Yale, Susan earned her M.A. at New York University. She is a director of Illinois Tool Works and Northern Trust Corporation. She is a fellow of the Yale Corporation, serves on the Executive Committee of Rush University Medical Center and just completed her term chairing Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. She also serves on the boards of Chicago Public Education Fund, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago and the United States Olympic Committee CEO Council. She joined the CARE Board in 2006 and serves as the Co-Chair of the Resource Development & Brand Committee and is a member of the Net Asset II Task Force and Retreat Steering Committee.

Alex Cummings is Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of The Coca-Cola Company, leading key global corporate and technical functions including, Legal, People Function, Global Community Connections, Strategic Planning, Information Technology, Sustainability, Strategic Security and Aviation, Research & Development, Science, Global Quality and Product Integrity, Supply Chain, and Procurement.. Born in Liberia, West Africa, Alex joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1997 as Region Manager, Nigeria and in March 2001, he became President and Chief Operating Officer of the Africa Group, responsible for the Company's operations in Africa, encompassing a total of 56 countries and territories across the continent. Previously, he was Vice President of Finance for Pillsbury International with financial responsibility for a growing $1.2 billion international branded food business with operating companies in 16 countries. Alex holds a B.S. degree in Finance and Economics from Northern Illinois University and an MBA in Finance from Atlanta University.

Bo Cutter is Director of the 21st Century Economy Project at the Roosevelt Institute. Formerly he was Managing Director of the venture capital firm Warburg, Pincus and held several positions at Coopers & Lybrand. He served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy under President Clinton and was Executive Associate Director for Budget of the Office of Management and Budget under President Carter. Bo also worked extensively with the World Bank, leading a large number of Bank missions to Africa and Latin America. He holds degrees from Harvard University, Oxford University (as a Rhodes Scholar) and Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. A Director since 1995, Bo is currently Chair of the Board and serves on the Executive Compensation, Executive Performance, Finance and Net Asset II Task Force. He is Chair of Microvest, an investment firm founded by CARE, MEDA and Seed Capital Development Fund that seeks to build capital markets that work for the poor by expanding the capacity of existing profitable microfinance institutions throughout the world.

A marketing and business development professional for twenty years, Kathy Dyer is currently the Chief Talent & Transformation Officer for VivaKi, part of Paris-based Publicis Groupe, a leading agency holding company. She previously held executive marketing and general management positions, including Digitas, Citicorp, Advanta and Sallie Mae. She holds a B.A. from the University of Kentucky and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland. Kathy joined CARE's Board in 2001, and serves as the Co-Chair of the Resource Development & Brand Committee and is a member of the Technology Committee.

Helene D. Gayle is president and CEO of CARE USA. An expert on health, global development and humanitarian issues, she spent 20 years with the Centers for Disease Control, working primarily on HIV/AIDS. Dr. Gayle then directed the HIV, TB and Reproductive Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. At CARE, she heads one of the world's premier humanitarian organizations, with programs in nearly 70 countries to end poverty.

Dr. Gayle has been appointed by the Obama Administration to serve as chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, and on the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. Named one of Foreign Policy magazine's "Top 100 Global Thinkers," Newsweek's top 10 "Women in Leadership" and the Wall Street Journal's "50 Women to Watch," as well as one of the "100 Most Influential Atlantans" and the "100 Most Influential Georgians," Dr. Gayle has published numerous scientific articles and been featured by media outlets like the New York Times, Washington Post, ForbesWoman, Glamour, O magazine, National Public Radio and CNN.

Dr. Gayle was born and raised in Buffalo, NY. She earned a B.A. in psychology at Barnard College, an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Gayle serves on several boards, including the Center for Strategic and International Studies, ONE, the Rockefeller Foundation, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Institute of Medicine. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bretton Woods Committee and the American Public Health Association.

Paul Jansen is a Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm. He is one of the founders of McKinsey's Nonprofit Practice (now called the Social Sector Office) and most recently led the Firm's global philanthropy practice. He took up his nonprofit work after 17 years of service to for-profit companies on issues including corporate and product strategy, operations improvement, sales and marketing, organization effectiveness, acquisitions and alliances. He co-authored a widely publicized article in the Harvard Business Review with former Senator Bill Bradley in 2003, entitled "The Non-Profit Sector's $100 Billion Opportunity." Paul earned a chemical engineering degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a MBA at the Harvard Business School. He was elected to CARE's Board in 2008. He is chair of the Nominating & Governance and Retreat Steering Committee and member of the Management Committee and the Net Asset II Task Force.

Dean Kehler is founder and Managing Partner of Trimaran Capital Partners, a private asset management firm. Dean earned his B.S. degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and serves as a member of the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. A Board Member since 2003, he is the Board Treasurer, and serves as the Chair of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Executive Compensation Committee and Net Asset II Task Force.

Emery Koenig is Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Cargill, Incorporated, member of the Corporate Leadership Team, and leader of Cargill's Agricultural Supply Chain and Energy, Transportation & Industrial platforms. He is a 32-year veteran of Cargill with 14 years of agricultural commodity trading and managerial experience in the U.S. and 18 years in the international trading and risk management arena. He holds a business management degree from the University of North Dakota and joined CARE's Board in 2010.

Richard A. Marin is a 35 year finance industry executive who is currently President of Ironwood Holdings, a mortgage restructuring and rehabilitation business. He also acts as senior advisor to The New York Wheel project, manages private equity investments, consults on major commercial real estate restructuring and teaches asset management at Cornell's Johnson School of Management. Previously, he was Chairman and CEO of AFI (USA), a major commercial property developer, and is the former Chairman and CEO of Bear Stearns Asset Management as well as a long- time executive and member of the Management Committee of Bankers Trust Company, Vice Chairman of BT Alex Brown and Chairman and CEO of Deutsche Asset Management. He is a founder and partner of Beehive Ventures and is a clinical professor of finance at Cornell University. He is Chairman of the Executive Board of the Johnson School's Advisory Council, and serves on the advisory boards of the Cayuga MBA Fund, the Parker Center for Investment Research, the Big Red Venture Fund and the Cornell Financial Engineering Center. He is a member of the Johnson School Hall of Honor. He holds a BA in economics and government and an MBA in finance from Cornell. Rich was elected to CARE's Board in 2008 and is a member of the Finance and Resource Development & Brand Committees.

Doris Meissner is Senior Fellow of the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C. think tank dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide. Previously, she served as the Commissioner of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, directing agency policy and operations from 1993 to 2000. Doris has also held several posts with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the U.S. Department of Justice. She joined CARE's Board in 2003 and serves as Vice Chair of the Board, Chair of the Program & Advocacy Committee and a member of the Executive Performance and Retreat Steering Committees and the Net Asset II Task Force.

Afaf Meleis is the Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, a Professor of Nursing and Sociology, and Council General of the International Council for Women's Health Issues, an international consortium of scholars, clinicians, and educators who seek global solutions to health care. She joined the University of Pennsylvania following a 34-year tenure at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was both a professor in the Department of Community Health Systems in the School of Nursing, and an associate in nursing for the Nursing Service. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Afaf is a prominent medical sociologist and a sought-after researcher and speaker on the topics of women's health and development, immigrant health care, international health care and knowledge development. She joined CARE's Board in 2004 and is a member of the Program & Advocacy Committees.

John Morgridge is Chairman Emeritus of Cisco Systems. Prior to being appointed to his current position, John was Chairman of the Board and President and CEO of Cisco. As Chairman, John dedicated his time to Cisco's education and government initiatives. He teaches part-time at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. John joined CARE's Board in 1999 and serves as Chair of its Executive Performance Committee and is a member of the Program & Advocacy Committee.

Randy Pond is Executive Vice President of Operations, Processes, and Systems for Cisco Systems, overseeing the organizations of Corporate Quality, Customer Service & Operational Systems, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal Affairs, and Worldwide Manufacturing. He has been at Cisco since 1993, holding various positions within the Worldwide Manufacturing organization with increasing responsibilities. He has a bachelor's degree in accounting and economics from Ball State University. Randy joined CARE's Board in 2007. He is chair of the Net Asset II Task Force and is a member of the Management and Technology Committees.

Ginger Sall is Co-founder and Trustee of Cary Academy, an innovative middle and high school in North Carolina, and Co-founder and Director of the Sall Family Foundation. Ginger's passions are health and nutrition for mothers and children, as well as conservation and the environment. For more than 20 years, she has been a member of La Leche League International, volunteering to help mothers breastfeed their babies, and serving as Board Chair from 2000 to 2001. Ginger serves on the World Wildlife Fund - U.S. Board of Directors. She holds a B.A. in Physics from Rice University and studied biostatistics at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health. Ginger joined CARE's Board in 2005, was elected vice chair in 2010 and is a member of Resource Development & Brand, Technology, and the Retreat Steering Committees. She also serves as the CARE USA representative on the CARE International Board.

Ranvir Trehan is a technologist, an entrepreneur, and more recently a philanthropist based near Washington D.C. Ranvir is the retired Founder CEO of SETA Corporation. He was Vice Chairman of Apptis Holdings, Inc., a professional services and technology deployment company. A native of India, Mr. Trehan received his Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India, a Master's in Operations Research from the University of Michigan, and a MBA from the University of Dayton. He has also completed Ph.D. coursework at George Washington University. Ranvir serves on the Board of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and is active in several charitable and cultural organizations. He joined CARE's Board in 2009 and serves on the Program & Advocacy and the Nominating & Governance Committees.

An investment banker for more than 20 years as well as a venture capitalist and private equity investor, Bruce Tully is Managing Director of Beehive Ventures, LLC. He received his B.A. in Government and International Relations from Carleton College and his M.B.A. in Finance from The Stern School of Business of New York University. He is a director of Beehive Ventures, LLC, eMarketer, Inc. and other private companies as well as Americans for UNFPA and Microvest, an investment firm founded by CARE, MEDA and Seed Capital Development Fund that seeks to build capital markets that work for the poor by expanding the capacity of existing profitable microfinance institutions throughout the world. Bruce rejoined CARE's Board in 2009 and serves on the Audit, Program & Advocacy, Nominating & Governance and Retreat Steering Committees.

Bill Unger, Partner Emeritus of Mayfield Fund, has been in the venture capital industry for 20 years. His career has focused on enterprise software and companies related to the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining the Mayfield Fund, Bill was in the executive search business and founded Positek, an executive search company for the high technology industry. Bill currently dedicates his time to philanthropic activities. He joined CARE's Board in 2003, and serves as the Chair of Technology Committee and is a member of the Finance, Nominating & Governance and Retreat Steering Committees.

Deidra Wager retired from Starbucks Coffee after a successful 13-year tenure having been instrumental in building the business and developing the operating infrastructure of the company. She retired in 2005 to devote more time to growing interests in sustainable agriculture and non-profit work, including The Lacewing Foundation, YouthCare and the Women's Leadership Board of Harvard's Kennedy School for Public Policy. She earned her bachelor's in economics from the University of Minnesota and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Deidra joined CARE's Board in 2007 and is a member of the Management and Audit Committees.