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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.

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Eve Burton

President

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Kim St. Clair Bodden

Vice President & Secretary

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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

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Laurie Glimcher

HGB Presidential Initiative at Dana-Farber

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Emily Schwab

BOLD WLN at UConn

Jennifer Tockman

BOLD WLN at Colby Sawyer College

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Elaine Orozco Hammond

BOLD WLN at the Middlebury College

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Jennifer Bucalo

BOLD WLN at the University of Rutgers-Newark

Mish Lenhart

BOLD WLN at Ithaca College


Empowering the Future

The Program Directors in our Empowering the Future 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

Rob Grant

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

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Gail Evans

Advisor, Women’s Leadership Programs

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Trish Jones

Advisor, Foundation Strategy

Lisa Burton

Advisor, Entrepreneurship

& Innovation

Mike Canencia

Advisor, Contracts & Legal