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Augusta Babson, U.S. Department of State

Augusta (Gusty) Babson is an International Visitor Exchange Specialist with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). She has been assigned to the Office of International Visitors to manage delegations of visiting foreign leaders and opinion-makers on the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) and to the Office of the Senior Advisor to Secretary Clinton for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies as the office’s public diplomacy lead. Prior to her work at the State Department, Ms. Babson worked for four years at the Institute of International Education (IIE) on the NGO implementation side of the International Visitor Leadership Program and for two years at the Academy for Educational Development (AED), where she engaged in new business development and served as Project Director to both the Study of the U.S. Institutes for Global Student Leaders Program and the inaugural year of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Gifted Students Program, and as Acting Project Director to the new Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching. Her overseas experiences include leading American students to Vietnam on six-week educational summer programs, volunteering in Southern India, studying abroad in Germany and England, and living abroad as a youth in Bangkok, Thailand and Hanoi, Vietnam. She holds a B.A. from Williams College, an M.A. from King’s College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and a Certificate in International Studies from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

Camila Payan, Organization for American States

Camila currently works at the Organization of American States in Washington DC with the Competitiveness and Capacity Building Initiative, which aims to support countries and regions in improving their competitiveness. She is originally from Colombia and has worked in that country as part of the team at Compartamos con Colombia, an organization that supports nonprofits in their institutional strengthening and projects and with Carana, a USAID contractor, on projects to benefit small and medium sized enterprises. Camila obtained her B.S. from Georgetown University and her MSC from the London School of Economics.

Gared Jones, Points of Light Institute (Board Chair)

Gared serves as Vice President, Global Service for Points of Light Institute's Civic Incubator. In this role he is building Points of Light's impact in community engagement and volunteerism around the world, largely by developing Points of Light's international affiliate network, partnerships and relationships with global corporations. Prior to joining Points of Light, Gared served as a senior manager with Deloitte Consulting and focused on delivering strategy, operations and technology projects for corporate and nonprofit clients. Gared's initial work with Deloitte was based in South Africa and supporting client transformation following the fall of apartheid. Gared has also spent a number of years as a director with Ashoka: Innovators for the Public in India, leading the launch of Ashoka's Youth Venture in India and supporting its growth internationally. Gared comes from Novato, California, and has a bachelor's degree in Human Biology from Stanford University and an MBA from Kellogg at Northwestern University.

Jeff Riddle, ReTargeter

Jeff Riddle is an award winning and record breaking sales professional with deep specialization in acquisition and retention strategies. His background includes experience in real estate, SMB marketing services, non-profit, consulting, entertainment, and software. Most recently, Jeff sold his relationship strategy firm Riddle & Company to ReTargeter, an advertising technology company where he now joins their team as Managing Director and runs their east coast offices. Jeff was recently featured as a leader of his generation in best selling author Dr. Sheila Murray Bethel’s book release; A New Breed of Leader. He can often be found on the road speaking around the country about the givegive, a methodology that companies in both the private and non-profit sectors use to build successful relationships with clients and partners in the 21st century. Outside of work, Jeff is an avid runner, enthusiast behind the bbq grill, and loves jamming on his guitar.

Julia Cohen, Voxiva, Inc.

Cohen has 20 years experience in United Nations, government, nonprofit and public health management; civic engagement, advocacy, marketing, fundraising and technology development. Cohen's diverse experience includes directing major initiatives for National Democratic Institute, YouthNOISE, Youth Vote, Rock the Vote, Planned Parenthood and the State Department among others. Currently she is leading efforts to develop global health, political and civic engagement technology applications for Voxiva. She also directs projects for AIDS relief and Tsunami recovery. Cohen is a Board member of WITNESS, founded by musician Peter Gabriel, which uses the power of video to expose human rights abuses.

Lincoln D. Willis, Businessman, Attorney

Mr. Willis is the Executive Manager of Willis Middletown Chevrolet in Middletown, Delaware where he runs the dealership's daily operations. He grew up in his family's central Delaware automobile business, which has grown from a single point Chevrolet dealership founded in 1951 to five franchises in three locations.

A cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College, Mr. Willis earned his Bachelor's Degree in Government. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, several student honor societies, and was active in various service activities. Mr. Willis graduated from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary and was admitted to the Delaware Bar in 2006. During law school, he was active in the William & Mary Bone Marrow Drive, served on the staff of the William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, and worked as a summer law clerk for Chief Justice Myron T. Steele of the Delaware Supreme Court.

Mr. Willis brings lifelong involvement at the dealerships, six years of management experience, and eighteen years of local and national public service to his endeavors. He credits his affinity for community service to both his family and various mentors from high school through law school. As a high school freshman he was elected the youngest-ever student body president of Smyrna High School, a position he held for three years. He was elected Chairman of the National Association of Student Councils and President of the Delaware Association of Student Councils. Mr. Willis sits on various boards and is involved in community activities including Atlas Service Corps (an international non-profit which facilitates international fellowships in the citizen sector), his local chapter of Ducks Unlimited (an international conservation group), his local chapter of Rotary International, and local political election committees. Mr. Willis and his wife, Laura, reside in Clayton, Delaware.

Manmeet Mehta, Global Giving

Manmeet Mehta is responsible for GlobalGiving's open access initiative and increasing the presence of youth social entrepreneurs on GlobalGiving. She recently completely here Masters in International Relations at the Maxwell School of Citizenship andPublic Affairs at Syracuse University . She also holds an MBA from the Symbiosis Institute of International Business in India and a Bachelor’s in Economics from Lady Shir Ram College , Delhi University in India . Manmeet is originally from New Delhi , India and has worked as a Program Development Manager at the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation and as a Marketing Manager for the Tata Group. She brings years of business and nonprofit experience and a strong insight into Indian nonprofit organizations to the Board of Atlas Corps.

Michael Schreiber, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GBC)

Michael Schreiber is GBC's Senior Vice President of Membership and Chief Development Officer. Michael's previous positions include President & CEO of United eWay, and President of Truist. Michael's position at GBC focuses on developing innovations to speed progress and support performance improvements in corporate disease-fighting. Michael's background includes extensive, practical, front-line experience on social and economic development in emerging markets-with corporations, civil society and governments. Throughout his career, he worked with both government agencies and corporations in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia and The Gambia. Michael has an MBA from Duke University and BA in Economics from Stanford University.

Oni Blair, U.S. Department of State

Oni Blair is a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State, where she currently serves in the Office of Pakistan Affairs. Previously, Oni served as the Staff Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Near Eastern Affairs. She has also been assigned overseas to the U.S. Embassies in Islamabad, Pakistan and Amman, Jordan, in addition to holding a fellowship at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Throughout her career, Oni has been recognized with the Superior Honor Award and three Meritorious Honor Awards. Wherever she is located, she has played an active role in her community, including holding several leadership positions: Islamabad U.S. Employee Association Social Committee Co-Chair (2008); Islamabad Fourth of July Community Celebration Co-Chair (2008); Amman American Embassy Community and Service Association Secretary (2006-6007); Jordan African-American History Month Chair (2006 & 2007); and Harvard Journal of African-American Public Policy (2002-2004). Oni is a member of Foundry United Methodist Church, where she is part of the leadership council and heads the scholarship committee. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science from Texas A&M University and a Master in Public Policy with a concentration in international security from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Oni resides in Washington, D.C. with her husband Chris Hensman.

Pratichi Shah, President and CEO, FTMS

Pratichi Shah is an HR executive with over fifteen years of talent management strategy experience. She is the President and CEO of Flourish Talent Management Solutions (FTMS), specializing in HR strategy, training and organizational development, and coaching. Prior to launching FTMS, Pratichi was the Chief Talent Officer for Independent Sector (IS), where she created and led the organization's human capital programs. Before joining IS, she was the Global Director of the Employer of Choice (EOC) function for Watson Wyatt Worldwide (now Towers Watson), responsible for the firm's Communications, Employee Relations, and Training areas, as well as initiatives including climate surveys, introduction of elearning and executive coaching implementation.

She holds an MBA in HR from American University, a BA in Psychology/Management from Eckerd College and a coaching certification from the Newfield Network.

Steve Wozencraft

Steven Wozencraft of New York City and Laguna Beach has spent the last 30 years of his professional career working with NGO’s and Not for Profit organizations.

He has sat on the Boards of various organizations, regional and global, with a personal interest in Global Health, Reconciliation, Veterans Issues and Social Justice. Some of the organizations he has worked with around the globe include The Boys Club of New York, Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, The William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Foundation, the African Medical Society, Jewish Board of Family and Children Services, Israeli Guide Dogs, The Empire State Pride Agenda and Kids Peace.

In addition to being a member of The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), since its inception, and CGI America where he sits on the Service Corps group, he sits on the Advisory Board of vetvoicefoundation.com, PYP Foundation, the University of Michigan Center for Global Health External Advisory Council, Friendfactor.org Advisory Board the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce National Board of Directors and now Atlas Corps.

He is a past member of the national Board of The Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Defamation and one of the 60 inaugural members of the White House Next Generation Leadership program which was created by the White House Office of Public Engagement and a Founding Board member with Dr. Robert Gallo of the Global Viral Network.

In 2010, he took part in convening a full day of meetings at the United Nations around the topic of Youth and Philanthropy and was one of the organizers of the Nexus Global Youth Summit in 2011 which was sponsored by the United Nations Development Progamme. Currently, he consults with private foundations, not for profit and for profit institutions to help them build sustainable models and values to accomplish their missions all the while using his expertise and ties to individuals and organizations around the globe to enhance his work.

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