LIFT LEADERSHIP & STAFF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jon Budington
CEO
Global Thinking
Alexandria, VA
William Gerrity
Chairman & CEO
The Gerrity Group
Los Angeles, CA
Rob Carmona
President and Founder
STRIVE International
New York, NY
Michael Gilligan (Chair)
General Partner
Heritage Partners, Inc.
Boston, MA
Heather Cox
Executive Vice President,
U.S. Card Operations
Capital One Financial Corporation
McLean, VA
Ben Harper
Musician and Activist
Los Angeles, CA
Lee Foley
Managing Partner
Capitol Hill Partners
Washington, DC
Ted Howard (Secretary)
Steven A. Minter Fellow for Social Justice
Cleveland Foundation
Executive Director
The Democracy Collaborative
at the University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Susan Hirsch
Washington, DC
Michele Jolin
Managing Partner
America Achieves
Washington, DC
Brian Kreiter
LIFT Co-Founder
Manager, Research Analytics
Bridgewater Associates
New York, NY
Kirsten Lodal (President)
Co-Founder, CEO
LIFT, Inc.
Washington, DC
Marne Obernauer, Jr.
Chairman
Beverage Distributors Company
New York, NY
Stephen J. Rotella
Chief Executive Officer
StoneCastle Cash Management, LLC
New York, NY
John Rice
Founder & CEO
Management Leadership for Tomorrow
Washington, DC
Deanna Singh, Esq.
Executive Director
The Burke Foundation
Milwaukee, WI
Elizabeth Riker
Partner
New Profit Inc.
Cambridge, MA
John Rodin
President
Fantex Brokerage Services
New York, NY
NATIONAL OFFICE STAFF
Regina Anderson
Senior Manager, Strategy
and Operations
Liz Copeland
Manager, Foundation
and Corporations Relations
Sol Anderson
Program Manager, LIFT-Chicago
Molly Day
Chief of Staff
Juan Aquino
Program Director, LIFT-Los Angeles
Heather Decker
Manager, Training and Development
Tony Brunswick
Chief Operating Officer
Elizabeth Farley
Director, Operations and
Administration
Alix Carlson
Manager, Development
and Special Events
Sean Conte
Operations Administrative Associate
Rich Gardner
Chief Development and
Marketing Officer
Gina Gendusa
Program Manager, LIFT-Philadelphia
Betty Gilmore
Program Director, LIFT- The Bronx
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LIFT IMPACT REPORT 2012
Melissa Hulsey
Development Manager, LIFT-Boston
Kirsten Lodal
Chief Executive Officer
and Co-Founder
Josh Romalis
Executive Director,
LIFT-Philadelphia
Hillary Shayne
Grant Writer
Juli Palomba
Associate, Development
and Communications
Anisha Sinha
Program Development Associate,
LIFT-Philadelphia
Patience Peabody
Director, Communications
Charles Spring
Manager, Information Technology
Timothy Potsaid
Program Manager, LIFT-Boston
Brittany Walsh
Program Manager, LIFT-DC
Ben Reuler
Executive Director, LIFT-Chicago
Maicharia Weir Lytle
Executive Director, LIFT-Boston
Michelle Rhone-Collins
Executive Director, LIFT-Los Angeles
Will Wong
SingleStop Associate, LIFT-The Bronx
LIFT CONSULTANTS
Mikaela Luttrell-Rowland
Consultant, Research and Evaluation
Katherine Mowers
Consultant, Technology
Ed Mulherin
Consultant, Finance
Leslie Traub
Consultant, Diversity