Board

April Young is Managing Director at Hercules Technology Growth Capital, the largest publicly-traded specialty finance company addressing the capital needs of venture capital and private equity-backed companies.

Bill is a Director with BDC Advisors LLC in Washington, D.C., where he leads the firm’s physician engagement practice and provides consulting services to healthcare providers and health plans in strategy, business development and facilitating complex business relationships. He began his career in Booz Allen’s healthcare practice and has also worked as a senior executive at Marriott and at Manor Care.

Kim’s interest in serving the poor in developing countries stems from a St. Lawrence University semester abroad experience in Nairobi, Kenya, during the spring of 1977.  Kim is a graduate of St. Lawrence with a bachelor’s degree in government. Her career in non-profit fund-raising started at Harvard Business School, followed by DePaul University and the Wolf Trap Foundation. 

Fred is a Financial and Management Consultant with 25 years of experience in financial management; project analysis and supervision; corporate planning and budgeting; resource management and program monitoring and evaluation.

Hooks is a founding general partner of Valhalla Partners, a $177 million venture capital based in Vienna, Va. Prior to founding Valhalla Partners, Hooks was a managing director at FBR Technology Venture Partners (FBRTVP) after serving as president and chief operating officer of The Descartes Systems Group, a publicly-traded supply chain software company (Descartes).

Anna Awimbo is a consultant and the former Director of Research & Administration at the Microcredit Summit Campaign (MCS). She currently directs two MCS projects, including the Movement Above the $1.25 Per Day Threshold project. She earned a BA in Economics at St. Lawrence University, in Canton, NY, and an MBA at George Washington University, in Washington, DC.

Now in retirement from Mobile Oil Corporation, Harty currently serves as chairman of Acts 29 Ministries of Marietta, Georgia. He also serves on the Investment Committee of Oil Investment Co. Ltd, a Bermuda-based mutual insurance company; and as a director of Pioneer Natural Resources Inc. of Dallas, Texas.

Bob serves as President of Reynolds Food Packaging, an industry leader in the production and sale of a full range of stock and custom products for the foodservice, supermarket, food processor and agricultural markets.  The Food Packaging Division of Reynolds had approximately $600 million in sales in 2009 and has 1,500 employees in North America and Europe.   Bob is based in the Reynolds corporate headquarters in Lincolnshire, Illinios.

Anne is Co-owner and Vice President of CAM Private Wealth Services, a boutique financial planning and wealth management firm in Reston, VA. Her company works with affluent individuals and business owners to help preserve, grow, and transfer their wealth.

Jim is a 30-year veteran of the health care information systems industry, both in the United States and internationally. He served in corporate executive positions at McKesson/HBOC and at HIE Inc. He is co-founder and partner at Chrysalis Health Strategies, a health care information strategy consulting firm.