Our Constellation of Advisors
Craig Bida
is a purpose-driven brand-builder with 25+ years’ experience working across sectors, helping organizations like the National Park Service, Procter & Gamble. FedEx, the American Heart Association, and the Sierra Club build their brands and engage stakeholders.
Karen Emmons, Ph.D.
is a Professor of Social and Behavioral Science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She has an extensive track record as a researcher, administrator, and educator. Her work focuses on reduction of preventable disease and eliminating health disparities.
Ralph James
retired from Harvard Business School in 2017 and currently spends his time on philanthropic ventures with organizations like the Riverview School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies, the Joslin Diabetes Center and Northeast ARC.
Pat Keegan
is an executive coach, consultant and psychologist with over 20 years experience working with individuals, teams and organizations. Her work is primarily focused on improving leadership, management, communication and performance.
Cheryl Kiser
is the Executive Director of The Lewis Institute and The Babson Social Innovation Lab and is responsible for promoting broad support for Babson's work in integrating social innovation, social responsibility and social relevance into its curriculum and co-curricular activities.
David Kiser
is the Managing Director of CRK Partners, trusted advisers to CEOs of closely held companies. CRK’s advice comprises value-creating strategy, organizational effectiveness, top team and board development, and getting the right things done.
Pat McQueen
co-leads the product strategy team at Code and Theory, a digital-first creative agency based in New York. His career has seen him launch digital experiences and social impact campaigns for JPMorgan Chase, Prudential, the New York Times, Unilever and more.
Sue Paresky
is the former Chief Philanthropy Officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and The Jimmy Fund. With over 35 years' experience in non-profit management, she currently consults on philanthropic strategy development and best-in-class fundraising design.
Julie Rafferty
has 25+ years of marketing, digital media, PR and fundraising experience, helping organizations expand their brands. Before leading Rafferty Communications Strategies, she was Assoc. Vice Dean for Comms at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Richard Russell
is a Founding Partner of Resilient Philanthropy, Richard has planned and participated in capital campaigns, led major gifts programs, and worked with some of the country’s leading philanthropists. He has degrees from Yale and Episcopal Divinity School.
Julie Shafer Davitz
is a social impact advisor specializing in integrating philanthropic and for-profit capital for positive outcomes. For 20+ years, Julie has leveraged her knowledge of grant-making, development and impact investing with global executive leadership experience.
