Board of Directors

Hope Lyons is a consultant providing philanthropic advising services and working with nonprofits, foundations, and businesses to center people and mission in their processes and evaluation work. Ms. Lyons brings twenty years of experience across the nonprofit sector, most recently at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund where she served as director of program management, overseeing the Fund's program operations and philanthropic stewardship grantmaking, with a particular focus on community philanthropy. Ms. Lyons holds a BA in economics and international studies from Johns Hopkins University, an MPA from New York University, and served with the Peace Corps in Romania. Ms. Lyons is the Board Chair of Charity Navigator and the global advisory council for the Radical Flexibility Fund.

Michael Cooney is a partner at the international law firm Nixon Peabody LLP and the head of its higher education and exempt organizations groups. He has spent more than three decades at the firm representing a range of colleges and universities, healthcare providers, foundations, cultural and religious Organizations. Mr. Cooney provides the nonprofit corporate and tax-exempt context in which these organizations can drive mission and margin. Mike is proud to have served as the first non-business officer board member of the Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers. Mike serves as a senior fellow to the Association of Governing Board of Colleges and Universities, and was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2021 in the fields of Nonprofit/Charities Law and Tax Law. Mike has been listed in Best Lawyerssince 2007, and was named Best Lawyers® 2017 and 2019 Non-Profit/Charities Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Washington, DC. Mike is a member and past speaker of the National Association of College and University Attorneys. He is a volunteer board member of the George Eastman Museum, Charity Navigator, and Mother Cabrini Health Foundation.

Beth is currently General Manager of Worldwide Technical Sales and Customer Success, IBM Technology. In this role, Beth is responsible for designing, optimizing and executing IBM's technical go-to-market strategy supporting IBM Cloud & Cognitive Software, IBM Public Cloud and IBM Systems. Beth is dedicated to developing technical eminence and driving exemplary customer engagement to deliver IBM's unique value in transforming mission critical workloads and supporting businesses in achieving their competitive advantage. More broadly across IBM, Beth contributes to technical and business strategy as a member of several senior leadership teams responsible for shaping key strategic initiatives across the corporation. Prior, Beth was General Manager of IBM Watson AI, where she led the global product business including strategy, engineering, and go-to-market. In that role, Beth was featured in news media and analysts reports discussing the relevance of Artificial Intelligence in today's world. Recent media segments include: Yahoo Finance, "Artificial intelligence will dominate 2020, according to IBM" and Bloomberg, "Ethics of AI". Beth's passion for technology took root in 1987 with her first role as a programmer in Cary, NC. Over the years, she has held several executive roles in IBM including General Manager of IBM's Information Management and Analytics Platform; VP of WebSphere; and VP of WebSphere Business Development where she led mergers and acquisitions. Beth is a member of the Board of Directors for Charity Navigator, the largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities in the U.S. Additionally, she is a member of the Product & Strategy Expert Group. Beth is Co-Chair for the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) Roundtable, where senior female executives discuss issues facing women leaders and share resources to empower women to achieve both career and personal success. Beth holds a B.S. in Computer Science from North Carolina State University. She was recently inducted into the NCSU Computer Science Alumni Hall of Fame and serves on the Strategic Advisory Board for the Computer Science Department.

Rhoden Monrose began his career as a derivatives trader at Citigroup. While the work was rewarding he felt something missing. In 2011, he found a circle of like-minded individuals who found purpose in using their time, talent, and money to make an impact. In 2015, he founded CariClub, a unique online platform built for professionals who want to achieve more impact and excellence in their lives. In addition to serving as Secretary of the Board at Charity Navigator and on the governing board of Row New York's associate board, Rhoden is a member of the Board of Fellows at Trinity College and the Alumni Association Board at Middlesex School.

Tamsin Chen currently leads the development of the International Foundation for Valuing Impact's (IFVI) Social Impact methodology. IFVI is creating a new system of impact accounting that takes due account of the social and environmental impacts of corporations and expresses those impacts in money terms that are usable alongside financial accounts. Tamsin was a founding team member at ImpactMatters and led the research team to produce the largest-ever public collection of nonprofit impact ratings. Impact Matters was acquired by Charity Navigator in 2020. Tamsin is passionate about working for a future where good information about impact drives resource allocation. Tamsin graduated with a BA in International Studies & Economics from Vassar College and a Masters of Public Policy from Duke University. In addition to serving on the governing board of Charity Navigator, Tamsin also serves on the board of the Common Approach to Impact Measurement.

Dorothy Crenshaw has provided the inspiration and initiative behind a range of high-profile and award-winning campaigns for clients, including those in CE and digital technology, retail, consumer products, and health promotion. Before opening her namesake agency, Dorothy was President of Stanton Crenshaw Communications, which she helped build into a premier mid-sized New York PR agency over 13 years. Earlier she was Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Worldwide Consumer Marketing at the PR unit of Grey Advertising. Prior to Grey, she was with Edelman Worldwide. An industry influencer, Dorothy speaks frequently on brand-building, marketing to women, and brand reputation topics. She currently serves on the Board of Charity Navigator and was formerly a Board member of The New York Women in Communications Foundation and, prior to that, Cancer Care. Dorothy was named one of the industry's 100 Most Powerful Women by PR Week. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, she graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Along with her husband and young daughter, Dorothy is proud to be a resident of New York City.

Michael enjoys finding the beauty in a problem and addressing it in simple ways. When he and Greg Amrofell founded Intentional Futures in 2010, Michael built on his experience establishing an Internet venture in China, running a new practice at Siegel & Gale and solving product and marketing challenges at Microsoft. Michael is particularly devoted to music, wine, tennis, two nonprofit boards and, most of all, to his partner Denise and their magical little sons Nathaniel and Julian.

Raj Doshi is the Chief Growth and Marketing Officer of Blucora, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOR), where he oversees Blucora's consumer and B2B marketing efforts, business development and company-wide strategic initiatives. Prior, Raj has been an innovator and leader at organizations including: Updater, Google and McKinsey & Company. Raj graduated from The University of Virginia with a BA in Economics and Mathematics, earned his MPA in Economics at Harvard University, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. In addition to serving on the governing board of Charity Navigator, Raj also serves on the board of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area.

Esther Dyson(@edyson) is an executive founder of Wellville (@WaytoWellville), a 10-year project to nudge society towards long-term and equitable thinking by showing the social and financial value of investing in health for all. She advocates long-term thinking, including putting externalities into pricing, such as taxing sugar and subsidizing care work (nurses, child care workers, gym teachers, prison guards, etc.). A longtime tech analyst and investor, Esther is now exploring the etiology of addiction and the path to both individual and institutional behavior change. She has had a long-time interest in philanthropy and social change, and believe implementation beats innovation. The Wellville team of six coaches leaders in five US communities who are working to improve the physical, mental and financial health of their residents. One of the communities is Lake County, CA, just three hours north of Mountain View and adjacent to Napa and Sonoma Counties. The communities are all under 200,000 in population: Clatsop County, OR; Lake County, CA; Muskegon County, MI; North Hartford, CT; and Spartanburg, SC. Dyson is the Wellville lead for Muskegon, and is actively involved in overall policy and fundraising for the project. As noted, Wellville favors implementation over innovation: applying approaches known to work, at scale in small communities where scale is relatively easy to achieve in terms of both resources and political buy-in. Each community sets its own priorities and goals around issues such as early childhood experiences, obesity/diabetes, mental health, dental health, smoking, addiction, high care utilization and overall human capacity and health disparities; Wellville assists in finding partners and funders and in managing accountability. Over its 10-year life (through 2024), Wellville will measure its progress both year by year and at the end, using both specific program-based metrics and also overall population-health metrics. Its mission is not just to help five small communities get healthy, but to scale by inspiring other communities and funders to copy its example. Its motto is "Don't rent your health. Invest in it!"

Deana is vice president of finance, investor relations at IBM Corp., a position she has held since 2019. In this role, Ms. Korby leads communication and outreach with the investment community regarding IBM’s business performance and strategy. She has spent her entire career at IBM in a variety of roles across several key disciplines. Immediately prior to joining investor relations, she was vice president and chief financial officer of the Watson Data & AI and Watson Content & IoT businesses. She focused on the development and monetization of IBM’s core artificial intelligence technology. Her prior roles include serving as chief of staff to IBM’s chief financial officer and holding critical positions within Corporate Development. She began her IBM career as a semiconductor process engineer. Deana holds a B.S. in material science and engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She enjoys gardening, art and traveling with her husband and daughter.

Shannon McCracken is the founding CEO of The Nonprofit Alliance (TNPA), an association launched in 2018 with unprecedented support to promote, protect, and strengthen the nonprofit sector. She was named to The NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50 in 2022 and 2023. Prior to her role with TNPA, Shannon spent two years as Charity Navigator’s Chief Development Officer, facilitating communication with nonprofit organizations and dramatically increasing resources to ensure successful implementation of a new strategic plan. She now serves on Charity Navigator’s board of directors. Shannon spent 17 years with Special Olympics International, most recently as Vice President of Donor Development, building and managing a collaborative individual fundraising program on behalf of the global HQ and North American chapters. Shannon served as the DMA Nonprofit Federation Advisory Council Chair and Chair of the Ethics Committee. She is a Certified Association Executive with a master’s degree in Nonprofit and Association Management.

Nageeb Sumar is an expert on philanthropy and global development diplomacy, with over 20 years of experience partnering with organizations and philanthropists to create global change. He currently serves as Head of Social Impact at Fidelity Investments, where he is leading a team to create a signature multi-year corporate philanthropic initiative. For four years, Nageeb served as Vice President of Philanthropic Strategies at Fidelity Charitable, partnering with the nation’s most generous donors in their efforts to catalyze social change in the US and abroad. Previously, Nageeb worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's D.C. office, where he oversaw an international team which engaged governments, foundations and philanthropists to improve the overall effectiveness of the charitable sector. From 2009 - 2015, Nageeb spearheaded the Gates Foundation's strategic partnerships with various G20 governments that provide international aid. He acted as the Gates Foundation's lead representative and spokesman in Canada and Australia across all global issue areas, oversaw its partnership with Japan and Korea, and strengthened its partnership with the US government around polio eradication and childhood vaccines. Nageeb began his career at Oxfam America, where he helped develop and train community savings groups. Through his international engagements, he has work experience in 17 countries and grantmaking experience in 9 countries.

Katy is a CPA and a tax partner at Armanino LLP, where she leads the firm’s Nonprofit Tax practice, a nationwide team of experts who work exclusively with tax-exempt organizations of all types. She works with hundreds of nonprofit leaders throughout the country to help them make smart business decisions that protect their organizations’ tax-exempt status and to present transparent and accurate annual public information returns. She works with clients in the social services sector, foundations and grantmakers, performing arts and museums, animal welfare, conservation, private K-12 education, higher education, lobbying organizations, cemeteries, religious organizations, and membership associations. Katy earned a B.A. in Foreign Languages from George Mason University, an M.A. in French literature from the University of Arizona, and an M.S. in Taxation from Golden Gate University.

Geoff George is the CEO and CIO of a single-family office, heading investments for a private family. Geoff started in this role in 2017 following an 11-year career at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch in the structured equity derivatives group of the capital markets division. Geoff’s role in the family office also involves serving as the President of the family’s private, grant-making foundation. Through this role, Geoff has collaborated with a number of nonprofits, including a current seat on the Board of Directors at Row New York and special projects with other nonprofits in New York City and across the United States. Outside of work, Geoff enjoys traveling, finding new restaurants in the city, CrossFit, and embarrassing himself on the golf course and tennis court.

Claudio Silva is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer at World Food Program USA, a non-profit organization with the mission of ending the world’s most solvable problem: global hunger. Claudio started at WFP USA in 2019 after spending seven years at the International Budget Partnership, where he served as the organization's Chief Financial Officer. In his current role, Claudio is responsible for World Food Program USA’s finances and operations. Claudio provides essential leadership across the organization and drives organizational initiatives and strategies to better serve WFP USA’s mission. He is the most senior advisor to the Chief Executive Officer and leads a number of teams, including finance and accounting, human resources, and information technology. As a senior leader at a rated charity, Claudio brings a unique perspective on the complex reality of charity finances and operations to the Charity Navigator board. Claudio holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from George Mason University’s Costello College of Business and is a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant.

Dan Weiss has spent 40 years in the book publishing business in a variety of executive roles, including Publisher at Large at St Martin's Press, President, Barnes and Noble Educational Publishing and CEO, Daniel Weiss Associates. Weiss serves as a board member of Echoing Green and Third Street Music School and is an advisor and investor in several educational technology and social action early-stage companies.

Marie Wieck is a hands-on senior technology executive and board member with significant experience capitalizing on emerging technologies to create new markets. She is passionate about the power of diversity to accelerate innovation, and is an advocate for women in technology. Marie is an executive partner of Ethos Capital focused on accelerating company growth through digital transformation. She recently retired after 30+ years with IBM. Marie has led global teams across hardware, software, cloud and services business units with a key focus on emerging technologies. She pioneered new growth platforms including Java, WebSphere and MobileFirst. In her most recent role, Marie led IBM's entry into Blockchain and the development of the market leading enterprise IBM Blockchain Platform, tools and new supply solutions like TradeLens and Food Trust. Marie holds an M.B.A. from New York University, an M.S. in Computer Science from Columbia University and a B.S. in Engineering from The Cooper Union. She is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Marie is on the boards of Daimler AG, Mercedes Benz, Charity Navigator, Columbia University Engineering Board of Visitors. Marie was named to the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame for her passionate support of women in technology. Marie was recognized as a Women of Vision STEM Champion by NAFE for her diversity mentoring. She received the SWE Work/Life Balance Award for pioneering work/life flexibility programs, and The Cooper Union President's Citation for leadership in innovation.

Ms. Black is a senior Managing Director at J.P. Morgan, focusing on providing wealth management solutions to ultra-high net worth individuals, families, endowments and foundations. Ms. Black joined JPMorgan Chase in 1985. After completing the Chase Credit Training Program, she joined the Real Estate Finance group where she specialized in construction lending, workouts, and managing owned real estate. In 1994, Ms. Black became a banker in the Financial Institutions Group of the Investment Bank and later became the group's Business Manager. In 2000, she was asked to lead the Investment Bank's Client Relationship Management Initiative. Ms. Black joined the Private Bank in 2004 as the Chief Operating Officer of the Business Leaders Group. Ms. Black graduated from Binghamton University and earned an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University. Ms. Black was ranked by Barron's as one of New York's top 100 Financial Advisors in February 2009.