Archives: Community Members

Jo Ann Jenkins

As CEO of AARP, Jo Ann Jenkins leads the world’s largest non-profit, nonpartisan membership organization, harnessing the power and passion of almost 2,300 staff members, 60,000 volunteers and numerous strategic partners. Since 2014, Jo Ann has transformed AARP into a leader in social change empowering all people to choose how they live as they age. […]

David Jacob

ThinkGenetic is a personal journey for me having lived with a rare, genetic disease for far too many years without a diagnosis. ThinkGenetic in a machine learning partnership with Davalen, ROKKIT Marketing and Emory University will help others navigate the genetic journey from diagnosis to living with one of these rare diseases – sort of […]

Nene Ibezim

Nene Ibezim has eight years of experience in the nonprofit sector, and earned a Bachelor of Arts Education in English from the University of Lagos in Nigeria. She is the founder of Leading Kids Program, a leadership development training program specifically designed to empower children in underserved public primary schools to achieve their full leadership […]

Maggie Hug

Maggie is the Director for Regional Education Initiatives and Partnerships at the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. She leads the hemisphere-wide initiative – 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund — the public-private sector collaboration among the Department, U.S. embassies, private sector, foundations, regional governments, NGOs, and higher education […]

Dr. Sharon Hesterlee

Dr. Hesterlee is Executive Vice President, Chief Research Officer of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. She previously headed Portfolio Development and Neuromuscular programs for gene therapy company Asklepios Biopharmaceuticals, Inc (Askbio), and led Lion Therapeutics as CEO of this neuromuscular-focused special purpose entity of Askbio before Lion was rolled back into Askbio as part of its […]

Christian Hadjipateras

Christian is a London-born published writer, screenwriter and motivational speaker. He was born with complex craniofacial anomalies and underwent multiple reconstructive surgeries in the UK, US, France and Italy up until his mid-20s. In recent years Christian has become determined to be a voice for those living with facial differences- his loudest message, drawn from […]

Paul Gunstensen

Paul is the Stone Family Foundation’s Director of WASH and has been working over the last five years to design and deliver a growth strategy for the Foundation in its flagship portfolio. This has included a strategy refresh and the inclusion of a mixture of philanthropy, impact investment and start-up / venture development / enterprise […]

Patrick Gelsinger

Patrick (Pat) Gelsinger is chief executive officer of Intel Corporation and serves on its board of directors. On Feb. 15, 2021, Gelsinger returned to Intel, the company where he had spent the first 30 years of his career. Before rejoining Intel, Gelsinger was CEO of VMware. In that role, he transformed VMware into a recognized […]