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Our Boards
Our Board of Directors serves as the governing body of the organization and our advisory boards bring their individual and collective expertise to support our leadership teams.
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Soccer Without Borders is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with EIN 20-3786129.
Board of Directors
Erin Cook
Board President
​Strategy and Facilitation Consultant
SuperDeep Studio
Portland, OR
Toaha Ahmad
Carrier Engineering Lead
Seattle, WA
Christopher Grecco
Founder
Element Market Research
Lexington, KY
Adaobi Okafor
Director of Finance
Trees for the Future
Washington, DC
Michael Sack
Past Board President
Senior Fellow
Jobs for the Future
Philadelphia, PA
Julio Chow-Gamboa
Board Secretary | Governance Comm. Chair
Senior Manager of Educator Capacity
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
San Mateo CA
Dino Bovell
Director, Business Affairs, TV & Streaming
NBC Universal
Los Angeles, CA
Warshan Hussin
SWB Alumnus
Operations Manager
LAZ Parking
Baltimore, MD
Tammy Reder
Past Board President
Chief Financial Officer
Horizons for Homeless Children
Boston, MA
Karishma Sheth
Chief Program Officer
EveryMind
Rockville, MD
Michael Littleton
Board Treasurer | Finance Comm. Chair
Certified Public Accountant
Oakland, CA
Charlie Bustin
Partner
Douglas C. Lane & Associates
New York, NY
Leila Milani
Global Policy & Programs Director
Futures Without Violence
Washington, DC
Martha Saavedra
Associate Director
Center for African Studies,
Univ. of California Berkley
Berkeley, CA
National Advisory Board
Calen Carr
On-Air Host
Major League Soccer
Greg Lalas
Chief Marketing Officer
United Soccer League
Bill Price
President
Driva Solutions
Ann Cook
Associate Head Coach
Penn State Women's Soccer
Simon Levett
Retired
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Melissa Roth
VP & General Counsel
Global Rescue
Naomi Girma
Professional Soccer Player
USWNT & San Diego Wave
Jeff McIntyre
Founder
Ruffneck Scarves
Chris Sonntag
Head of Partnership Marketing
Chicago Fire FC
Colorado Advisory Board
Yoni Dobie-Geffen
Founder & Principal
YDG Consulting
Sarah Stangl Keras
Project Manager
Former SWB Staff Member
Jasper Verlaan
US Sales Director
Macs Adventure
Zach Kilimann
Recreation Coordinator
City of Greeley
Former SWB Staff Member
Shawn Stein
Executive Director
ActiVida
Afshin Sarvestani
Accounting and Benefits Manager
Rose Community Foundation
Lisa Taylor
Senior Program Officer
The Weld Trust
Maryland Advisory Board
Trey Greiser
Board Chair
Business Analyst, Baltimore Gas & Electric
Lindsay Monti
General Counsel & CCO
JMI Equity
Eloise Grose
Assistant Director
The Shriver Center, UMBC
Daniel Solomon
ESOL Parent Liaison
Baltimore City Public Schools
Runit Kumar
Analyst
T. Rowe Price
Matthew Warner
ESOL Educational Associate
Baltimore City Public Schools
Massachusetts Advisory Board
Abdoulaye Balde
Warehouse Manager
Hudson News
Boston, MA
Natasha Hussain
Manager, Software Engineering
TraceLink Inc.
Boston, MA
Daniel O'Connor
Acceleration Liaison
The Kaizen Company
Boston, MA
Mercedes Valdes
Water Resources EIT
HDR, Inc.
Portland, ME
Allison Horwitz
Staff Attorney
AARP Foundation
Washington, DC
Gabrielle Krause
Permanency Hearing Paralegal
Department of Children and Families
Boston, MA
Shalini Patel
Head of Furniture & Decor
Wayfair
Boston, MA
Taylor Willey
Speech Pathologist
Thom Anne Sullivan Center
Lowell, MA
Alanna Hughes
Management Consultant
Deloitte
Boston, MA
Saf Momen
Lead Engineer
OM1, Inc.
Boston, MA
Amanda Tan
Administrative Coordinator
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Candida Yanez
SWB Parent
Chelsea, MA
Bay Area Advisory Board
Omsri Bharat
Learning & Development Manager
Propeller Consulting
Rick Eichmann
Senior Managing Director
NERA Economic Consulting
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Patricia Merino Price
Founder and Principal
HumanSights/Independent Consulting
Andrew Coleman
Co-Founder
LQ Digital
Yohannes Harish
Professional Soccer Player
Oakland Roots
SWB Oakland Alumnus
Mike Woitalla
Editor
Soccer America
Neha Desai
Director of Immigration
National Center for Youth Law
Kathryn Nagy
Senior Social Impact Consultant
VIVA Social Impact Partners