Vice Chair- Julia Satti Cosentino (she/her/hers) is a partner of the law firm of Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, in Boston. At Nutter, she is a member of the Private Client Department and co-founder of the Nonprofit and Social Impact practice group. Julia focuses on complex estate and tax planning, probate and trust administration, and advising family foundations and philanthropists. Julia serves as trustee or director of numerous private trusts and foundations. Julia is active in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the Boston legal community, a Member of the Corporation of Perkins School for the Blind and a representative town meeting member in her hometown. Julia received her B.S. magna cum laude from Boston College and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center

Yasmin Cruz Ferrine (she/her/hers) is a General Partner and Co-Founder at Visible Hands, an accelerator and pre-seed fund that invests in diverse tech founders. Yasmin served as Finance Director for Governor Patrick's 2020 presidential campaign and subsequent affiliated PAC, TogetherFUND. In her prior role, Yasmin was Head of Strategy and Growth for Brown Advisory’s Boston Office. Yasmin spent eleven years at John Hancock, ultimately providing oversight as Director of Corporate Responsibility of John Hancock’s Community Investment Strategy. Yasmin remains dedicated to enabling sector-wide and deep impact on the most pressing social problems through board work – currently serving as Board Director at the Lenny Zakim Fund, Advisor at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and as Corporator at Eastern Bank. Yasmin earned her MBA from Boston College and Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Babson College.

Ryan (he/him/his) serves as the founding chief executive officer of ClimateHaven, a passionate community of climate technology companies and the people that support them. Rooted in New Haven, CT, ClimateHaven provides incubation, targeted programming, and valuable networks to climatetech entrepreneurs working to build and scale the technologies we need to decarbonize the planet. In addition to his role at ClimateHaven, Ryan is a venture partner for Connecticut Innovations’ new $100M ClimateTech Fund, which is designed to invest capital and strategic support in early-stage companies whose technologies will address the many challenges presented by climate change. 

Prior to these roles, Ryan served as the Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel of Greentown Labs, North America's largest climatetech incubator with locations in Somerville, MA and Houston, TX. Prior to joining Greentown Labs, Ryan served as the Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel of Sunwealth, where he helped launch the Solar Impact Fund, which invested in the development and long-term ownership of commercial solar projects throughout the United States. Ryan also served on the executive team of venture-backed prefab home builder Blu Homes and has advised numerous early-stage clean tech and building tech companies over the past 15 years. Before launching into clean technology, Ryan started his career practicing commercial real estate law in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ryan holds graduate degrees in law from Wake Forest University School of Law and in design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and a Bachelor of Arts from UNC-Chapel Hill.   

Emily Fish (she/her/hers) is a criminal justice reform advocate and a direct-service provider for the highest risk youth in Greater Boston’s most marginalized communities. Currently, she is an Assistant Director at Roca Inc., an organization focused on disrupting cycles of incarceration and poverty.

Emily helped open and now runs Roca’s Lynn site, which serves the North Shore, where she oversees all youth work, stage-based programming, subsidized employment, and behavioral health services there. In 2018, she held Massachusetts’ first restorative justice process inside a jail between incarcerated people and correctional officers. 

Emily has also worked for organizations focused on housing insecurity, immigrant rights, homeless youth, and behavioral health as well as working as a cook and carpenter where she taught pre-vocational skills to high-risk youth in both fields. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Wesleyan University and graduated from the Tisch College of Civic Life’s Non-Profit Management and Leadership Program at Tufts University. Emily also serves on the Board of the ACLU of Massachusetts.

Katherine Gross (she/her/hers) is the Director of The Charlotte Foundation, an innovative family foundation that provides high-performing nonprofits with strategic advice along with funding. Katherine has also worked to improve the efficacy of local philanthropy through collaboratives such as the Social Innovation Forum, EdVestors, where she serves on the board, and Associated Grant Makers. She began her career as a commercial banker working with small businesses in inner city communities. Subsequently, Katherine managed an investment fund focused on fostering business growth in low-income communities. She received an MBA from Yale School of Management and an undergraduate degree from Stanford University. 

Amanda Hahnel (she/her/hers) is the Director of Emerging Products at Fidelity where she builds solutions to help people manage, pay down, and avoid student debt. Amanda has previously worked for non-profits creating system-wide innovation to reduce financial insecurity in the US and to improve access to financial products, education, and health care internationally. Amanda holds an MBA from Penn State, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University.

Board Chair - Weston (Tony) Howland III (he/him/his), CFA, is Chairman and CEO of Howland Capital Management, where he also serves as a trustee and portfolio manager. Tony joined Howland Capital in 1984, after working for C.T. Bowring, Lloyds of London, and Atlantic Mutual Insurance. Tony graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Ohio Wesleyan University and is a CFA charterholder. At Howland Capital, Tony is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society and serves on the board of Redtail Solutions. He is a trustee at the Fenn School and Manomet Inc. and serves on the boards of several other local nonprofit organizations.

Jordan Krasnow (he/him/his) is Of Counsel at the law firm of Goulston & Storrs in Boston. Prior to becoming Of Counsel, Jordan was a Director at the firm for 26 years. During his 46 year career, Jordan specialized in local and national commercial real estate transactions, financing and development. Since his retirement as a Director, Jordan has engaged with a number of nonprofits in greater Boston. He serves on several other boards, including Habitat for Humanity Greater Boston, Playworks New England, Veterans Legal Services, and the Roxbury Preparatory Charter School Foundation. Jordan is an Access to Justice Fellow, is a volunteer at Playworks as a recess coach at the Eliot School in the North End, and is a real estate and organizational development advisor to several small nonprofits, including 2018 Social Innovator, Fathers’ UpLift. Jordan received his A.B. from Clark University and his J.D. magna cum laude from Boston University Law School.

Delphene Mooney (she/her/hers) is the Executive Director of On The Rise, Inc. in Cambridge. She is a relationship-builder and leader in fundraising, community engagement, management, racial equity, and strategic planning. With more than 15 years in the philanthropy and nonprofit sector, her areas of expertise span multiple fields, including healthcare, human services and higher education. Delphene is a strategic leader of diverse people and perspectives and has a proven track record of building teams that create values-driven impact for those with the fewest options. Delphene received her undergraduate degree from Boston University and her MPA from Suffolk University Sawyer Business School.

Susan Musinsky (she/her/hers) has served as Director of the Social Innovation Forum for 10 years. Under Susan’s leadership, the Social Innovation Forum has grown from a small volunteer initiative at Root Cause to a stand-alone respected model for directing resources for solving social problems to the best available approaches. Previously, Susan was executive director of the National Conference for Community and Justice's (NCCJ) Boston office. She has participated on many local boards, including serving as past chair of Congregation Beth El's Tzedkah Hevra group, and as a founding member of the Watertown Community Foundation's Board of Directors. Susan holds an EdM from Harvard University, and a BS from the University of Vermont.

Andrea (she/her/hers) is a Senior Program Officer at Fidelity Foundations on the Economic Opportunity team. Prior to this role, Andrea was the Associate Director for Pilot Projects at Harvard Radcliffe Institute overseeing two strategic focus areas– youth leadership and law, education, and justice. Andrea also served for eleven years as the Executive Director of YouthConnect, a program of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston that places clinical social workers inside Boston police stations to work with youth and families involved in the criminal legal system. Andrea has over 20 years of experience working directly with Boston’s most vulnerable youth, including her work as a VISTA volunteer creating mentoring programs for Boston Public Schools, in a juvenile court clinic, with a teen parenting program, and as a member of an on-call trauma response team.  She earned her undergraduate degree at Smith College, and her MSW at Boston College School of Social Work. In 2012, the White House named Andrea as a “Champion of Change” for youth violence prevention. She is an alumna of the Boston University Institute for Non-Profit Management and Leadership program and a 2015 graduate of LeadBoston.

Vikram Punwani (he/him/his) was previously the Chief Risk Officer for Katsumi Global, a supply chain finance company that Vikram helped launch and grow to over $1B in asset purchases. Prior to Katsumi, Vikram was a Managing Director at Bain Capital, where he was employed for 19 years. During his time at Bain Capital, Vikram was involved in expanding Bain Capital Credit’s investing capabilities in the Business Services, Software and Ground Transportation sectors by sourcing opportunities, conducting due diligence and executing over $1B of debt and equity investments across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America. Vikram also temporarily relocated to Sydney, Australia, in 2017-18 to help lead the firm’s Direct Lending and Distressed and Special Situations investments in the region. Earlier in his career, Vikram was an Associate Consultant at Bain and Company, where he worked with clients in the technology, telecommunications, and private equity sectors. Outside of work, Vikram has a passion for community involvement. He helped create an after-school program for recent immigrants into the Cambridge community that assisted students with applications for college, finding summer internships, and the development of various life skills. Vikram holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.

Nageeb Sumar (he/him/his) 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 joined Fidelity Investments in August 2022 as its inaugural Head of Social Impact, leading a new initiative called “Invest in My Education” to support underserved students with scholarship and wrap-around support as they earn postsecondary credentials.

For four years, Nageeb served as a Vice President of Philanthropic Strategies at Fidelity Charitable, where he partnered 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 advance various social goals.

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 foundation grantmaking experience in 9 countries. Nageeb holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Urban Studies from Cornell University, a master’s degree in international finance from Queen’s School of Business, and law degrees from McGill Law School.

Colby (Colby) Swettberg has been Chief Executive Officer of Silver Lining Mentoring since 2009. Under Colby’s leadership, Silver Lining has grown to serve more than eight times as many young people and has more than quadrupled its budget. Silver Lining was named as a Social Innovator in 2014 for “providing a sustainable solution to one of the region’s toughest social issues,” and was subsequently selected as a three-year investee by Social Venture Partners as a result of the organization’s high impact, results-driven model. Colby came to Silver Lining Mentoring after working at The Home for Little Wanderers, where Colby opened and oversaw a group home for LGBTQ teenagers, did clinical work in adoption and family stabilization and provided training and consultation nationwide on LGBTQ issues. Colby was honored to be chosen by Senator John Kerry for the “Angel in Adoption” award for advocacy efforts on behalf of youth in foster care and later as a Barr Foundation Fellow in recognition of their leadership in foster care and mentoring innovation. Colby holds a master’s degree in Education from Harvard University and a master’s degree in Social Work from Simmons School of Social Work.