Board Committees and advisory councils provide an opportunity for dedicated volunteers to share their expertise and experience. Their involvement contributes to Grameen Foundation’s efficiency and innovative approaches to empowering the poorest of the poor to escape poverty through microfinance.
Board Committees
Executive Committee
Paul Maritz, Chair
Robert Eichfeld, Vice-Chair
Alex Counts, President
Rosanna Ramos-Velita, Treasurer
Robert Ottenhoff, Secretary
Richard Gunther, Member
Investment Committee
Robert Eichfeld, Co-Chair
Jim Greenberg, Co-Chair
Susan Davis, Member
Rosanna Ramos-Velita, Member
D. Wayne Silby, Member
Doug Barry, Member
Vinod Khosla, Member
Bridget Liddell, Member
Diane Smith, Member
Camilla Nestor, Staff Liaison
Sustainability Committee
Robert Ottenhoff, Chair
Lucy Billingsley, Member
Robert Eichfeld, Member
Richard Gunther, Member
Janet Thompson, Member
Chris Pascucci, Member
Joshua Tripp, Staff Liaison
Governance Committee
Jennifer Drogula, Chair
Matthew Lesnick, Vice-Chair
Yvette Neier, Member
Craig Sarsony, Member
Julia Soyars, Staff Liaison
Social Performance Committee
David Russell, Member
Janet Thompson, Member
Ricki Tigert Helfer, Member
Jonathan Morduch, Member
Larry Reed, Member
Nigel Biggar, Staff Liaison
Development Committee
Lucy Billingsley, Chair
Steve Rockefeller, Jr., Member
Yvette Neier, Member
Robert Ottenhoff, Member
Anne Guerrant, Member
Susan Russell, Member
Gloria McCall Snead, Member
Sandra Adams, Staff Liaison
Program Committee
Janet Thompson, Chair
Janet McKinley, Vice-Chair
Susan Davis, Member
Richard Gunther, Member
Chris Pascucci, Member
Donna Rohling, Member
Dana DeKanter, Member
David Russell, Member
Peter Bladin, Staff Liaison
Finance Committee
Rosanna Ramos-Velita, Chair
Robert Eichfeld, Vice-Chair
Richard Gunther, Member
Chris Pascucci, Member
Hans Levin, Member
Si White, Member
Joshua Tripp, Staff Liaison
Audit Committee
Robert Ottenhoff, Chair
Erik Miller, Vice-Chair
David Russell, Member
Joshua Tripp, Staff Liaison
India Advisory Council
Vikram Gandhi, Chair
Susan Davis, Member
Robert Eichfeld, Member
Jim Greenberg, Member
Elke Ward-Smith, Member
Deepak Amin, Member
Chandni Ohri, Staff Liaison
Capital Markets Advisory Committee
Robert Eichfeld, Chair
Harmohan Ahluwalia, Member
Roz Hongsarangon, Member
Rosanna Ramos-Velita, Member
James L. Greenberg, Member
Janet Thompson, Member
Jennifer Drogula, Member
Bridget Liddell, Member
Diane Smith, Member
Susan McCaw, Member
Hans Levin, Member
Jill Chen, Staff Liaison
China Advisory Council
D. Wayne Silby, Chair
Lynn Chia, Vice Chair
Richard Gunther, Member
Ying Wang, Member
Jennifer Meehan, Staff Liaison
The Philippines Council
Joe Higdon, Chair
Janet Thompson, Vice-Chair
Janet McKinley, Member
George E. Sycip, Member
Darcy Kopcho, Member
Roberto Atendido, Member
Jennifer Meehan, Staff Liaison
Technology Advisory Council
Paul Maritz, Chair
Deepak Amin, Member
Deborah Arnold, Member
Mary Evslin, Member
Shel Kaphan, Member
Craig McCaw, Member
Rob Mechaley, Member
Anand Narasimhan, Member
D. Wayne Silby, Member
Pradeep Singh, Member
David Stephens, Member
Peter Bladin, Staff Liaison
The Americas Advisory Council
Rosanna Ramos-Velita, Chair
Lucy Billingsley, Vice-Chair
Chris Pascucci, Member
Gary Mulhair, Member
Erica Lock, Member
Pakistan Advisory Council
Robert Eichfeld, Chair
Stephen F. Rasmussen, Member
Maliha H. Hussein, Member
Atif Raza, Member
Faisal H. Khan, Member
James L. Greenberg, Member
Chandni Ohri, Staff Liaison
Africa Advisory Council
Paul Maritz, Chair
Willene A. Johnson, Vice Chair
Lynn McMullen, Member
Jennifer Drogula, Member
Dr. Wolday Amha, Member
Godwin Ehigiamusoe, Member
Peter Bladin, Staff Liaison
Equity Fund Committee
Jennifer Drogula, Chair
Robert Eichfeld, Member
Wayne Silby, Member
James Greenberg, Member
Jill Chen, Staff Liaison
Grameen Foundation Advisory Council
Affiliations given are for informational purposes only.
Rim Abboud, Vice President for Programs, Mosaic Foundation
Fouad Abdelmoumni, President and CEO, Al Amana
Harmohan Ahluwalia , Capital Markets Committee, Grameen Foundation
Zahirul Alam, Managing Director, Integrated Development Foundation
Aris Alip, Chair, Center for Advanced Rural Development
Deepak Amin, Co-founder and CEO, Covelix, Inc
Roberto Atendido
Her Excellency Gloria Arroyo
Shaukat Aziz
Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Community Affairs, Microsoft
Doug Barry, Partner, Selby Venture Partners
Dipal Barua, Deputy Managing Director, Grameen Bank
Michael Callen,Former Board Member, Grameen Foundation
Lynn Chia, Manager, Bearing Point
Amb. A. K. Chowdhury, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, United Nations
Bill Clapp, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Global Partnerships
Mrs. Trammell Crow, Trammell Crow Company
Sam Daley-Harris
Dana DeKanter
John De Wit Managing Director, Small Enterprise Foundation
Shafiq Dhanani, Mitra Bisnis Keluarga (MBK)
Xiaoshan Du, Founder, Funding the Poor Cooperative
Mary Evslin, Chairman of the Board, Vermont Telecommunications Authority
Reham Farouk, Al Tadamun
Anne Guerrant
Honorable Tarja Halonen, President, Finland
Joe Higdon, Philippines Advisory Council, Grameen Foundation
Roz Hongsarangon, Capital Markets Committee, Grameen Foundation
Maliha Hussein
Mohammed Jameel, Chairman and CEO, Abdul Latif Jameel Group
Paul Kane
Shel Kaphan, Grameen Technology Council, Grameen Foundation
Faisal Khan
Darcy Kopcho, Philippines Advisory Council, Grameen Foundation
Udaia Kumar, Managing Director, SHARE
H. I. Latifee, Managing Director, Grameen Trust
Matthew Lesnick, Attorney, Bingham McCutchen
Hans Levin
Bridget Liddell
Erika Locke
Graca Machel
Craig McCaw, CEO and President, Eagle River
Janet McKinley, Former Chair, Income Fund of America
Rob Mechaley, Founder, RadioFrame Networks
Erik R. Miller, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Gary Mulhair
Anand Narasimhan, Co-Chair, Voxiva
Reed Oppenheimer, Founding Chair, Grameen Foundation
Atif Raza
Vinatha Reddy
Steven C. Rockefeller, Jr.
Donna Rohling, Program Committee, Grameen Foundation
Susan Russell
Craig Sarsony
Marshall Saunders, Founder and Managing Director, Grameen de la Frontera, Mexico
Ismael Serageldin, Director, Library of Alexandria, Egypt
Khalid Shams, Deputy Managing Director, Grameen Bank
Pradeep Singh, Founder, Aditi Technologies and Talisma Corporation
Clare Brett Smith, President, Aid to Artisans
Gloria McCall Snead
Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain
David Stevens, Co-founder, OnSat Technologies
George Sycip, President, Halanna Management Corporation
Janet Thompson
Delores Torres, Executive Director, Center for Advanced Rural Development (CARD) Philippines
Ying Wang, Co-President, Carret China Opportunity Fund
Elke Ward-Smith
John C. Whitehead, Chairman, Goldman Sachs Foundation
Karen Wong
Mekonnen Yelewemwessen
Patricia Young, Volunteer National Coordinator, World Food Day
Roshaneh Zafar, Managing Director, Kashf Foundation
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