Advisory Board


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Kristen Hess

Kristen Hess

Kristen M. Hess, AIA is an architect, business owner, international fellow, and community organizer. Driven by her passion for sustainable design and an advocacy-centered approach to working with clients, Kristen started HH Architecture in 2005. Since then, her business has grown to nearly 50 employees, designing major landmark projects like the Steve Troxler Agricultural Sciences
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Hollis Meminger

Hollis Meminger

Hollis Meminger is a renowned cinematographer with numerous film and television credits such as: The Blacklist (NBC), Narcos (Netflix) and Younger (TV Land), for which he was Emmy nominated. He is currently working on a sequel to the Academy Award Nominated film, Streetwise. He is a passionate documentarian, focusing on projects which feature marginalized communities.
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Kerry M. Thompson

Kerry M. Thompson

Kerry M. Thompson is the Founder & Executive Director for Silent Rhythms, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to achieving inclusion in the arts while conversely using the arts to promote inclusion in society. She is a renowned dance instructor and has performed worldwide including in Paris and Havana. She has been featured in Boston Globe,
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Emine Bozkurt

Emine Bozkurt

Ms. Bozkurt is the Chair of the EU High Level Group on Gender Equality in Sport. This highlevel group will make proposals for future actions to the Commission, the member states and the sport movement in the field of Gender Equality in sport. Topics related to girls and women’s participation in sport, female coaches, women’s
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Cordell Carter

Cordell Carter

Internationally recognized for cross-sector successes in philanthropy, education, and technology; Cordell is currently managing principal of Expectant Advisory, anequity-focused consulting collaborative, and the executive director of the Aspen Institute Socrates Program, a global education forum. Before his current roles, Cordell held leadership roles with the TechTown Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Business Roundtable, National
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Dean Fealk

Dean Fealk

Dean Fealk is an award-winning international attorney, WSJ bestselling author and civic leader bridging sectors to partner alongside business, government, and NGOs to promote international security, democracy, and shared prosperity. As Northern California co-managing partner of global law firm DLA Piper, he advises multinational companies on key strategic and legal issues related to growing their