Kenneth Cole is an American designer, social activist, and visionary who believes business and philanthropy are interdependent. His global company, Kenneth Cole Productions, creates modern, versatile, and functional footwear, clothing, and accessories for Men, Women, and Children that make daily dressing effortless. The brand spans over 28 product categories with 27 licensed partners. For over 35 years, Kenneth Cole has leveraged his passion and unique brand platform to make a meaningful impact on people’s wardrobes, as well as in underserved communities.

Kenneth joined amfAR’s board of directors in 1987, and on World AIDS Day in 2004, he assumed chairmanship. Under his leadership of 14 years, amfAR was instrumental in significant breakthroughs in AIDS research, treatment, and prevention for the betterment of millions globally.

In 2016, Kenneth accepted an appointment as a UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador with the goal of helping to end AIDS as a public health crisis by 2030.

In 2003, Kenneth joined the board of trustees of the Sundance Institute and has supported advocated for the need for independent story telling.

After the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010, Mr. Cole opened a Health Center in Cité Soleil, serving the most underserved population in the northern hemisphere, in an effort to enable access to basic healthcare services to over 1.5 million Haitians in need.

In 2020, in the midst of the COVID 19 crisis, Kenneth launched an initiative to address what was arguably an even larger pandemic: Mental Health. The Mental Health Coalition (MHC), a coalition of the nation’s leading mental health organizations, brands, and individuals who have joined forces to end the debilitating stigma surrounding mental health and to change the way people talk about, and care for, mental illness.

The Coalition’s mission is to build a like-minded community who will work together to destigmatize all mental health conditions, and enable equitable access to vital resources and support for all. The Mental Health Coalition was formed with the understanding that the mental health crisis is fueled by a pervasive and devastating stigma, preventing millions of individuals from being able to seek the critical treatment they need. MHC is committed to not relent until mental health is no longer associated with stigma, shame, or judgement and all people feel empowered to openly discuss and address their individual mental health needs.

Jewel is a partner in the Firm’s Managed Accounting Services department. She’s a results-oriented executive with 22 years of experience providing accounting services to the nonprofit industry. In addition to directing outsourced engagements, Jewel provides consulting and business advisory services, including assessing business processes for effectiveness and efficiency, financial modeling and forecasting, financial statement and budget review and analysis, development of organizational and project budgets, preparation of financial statements, and designing proper chart of account structures and custom reports.

Prior to joining the practice group in early 2017, Jewel was a senior manager with a “Big Four” accounting firm where she worked with a variety of nonprofit entities including government contractors, quasi-governmental, higher education, healthcare, research and development, member organizations, and pharmaceutical companies. Her experience has included analyzing the adequacy of client internal control structures and making recommendations for operational improvements and efficiencies. Previously, Jewel spent seven years in accounting with one of the nation’s oldest nonprofit management consulting firms.

Jewel is a strong leader and team builder with excellent communication skills. She fosters an atmosphere that encourages staff and commits people to action while producing maximum results. She holds a BS in Accounting from Liberty University and is a licensed CPA, as well as a member of the AICPA.

Jill Davis is a non-profit executive and leader whose work is focused on leveraging a personalized approach to donors allowing organizations to move beyond transactional funding models to mission-centered fundraising. She has been successful building and integrating teams in times of evolution and growth in diversification of revenue and resource generation. Grounded in a mantra of “double down on your purpose,” Davis has a passion for turning time, talent and resources into impact.

Jill currently serves as the Chief Resource Development and Growth Officer, overseeing Share Our Strength’s diverse fundraising and marketing strategies and is charged with leading and integrating a comprehensive revenue-generating program that matches the bold programmatic ambitions of Share Our Strength.

Prior to serving in this role, she was Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships for Share Our Strength. Jill also served as the Senior Director, External Affairs for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation where she oversaw communications and marketing to advance the organization’s brand identity and revenue generation opportunities. She also worked for ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in a variety of roles, including as the National Program Marketing Director.

Areas of Expertise
With more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit and association environments at the intersections of fundraising and marketing, areas of expertise include purpose driven leadership, corporate partnerships, brand and program management, event creation and execution, marketing, digital communications, foundation, individual and online giving.

Nabeeha Kazi Hutchins serves as president and CEO of PAI. Nabeeha brings more than 25 years of movement building, advocacy, fundraising and international development experience. She has dedicated her career to driving equitable health, social and development outcomes for women, youth and communities that have been affected by discrimination, disinvestment and displacement around the world.

Nabeeha is driving a new era for the organization, in alignment with PAI’s values of equity and supporting a global ecosystem of local advocates to advance domestic and global sexual and reproductive health and rights aspirations. Under her leadership, PAI is expanding its own advocacy and accountability in the United States and on the global stage and enhancing its investments in and collaborations with local advocacy organizations in 36 countries that are on the front lines of informing, shaping and achieving change in their own communities.

Nabeeha is the founder of Humanitas Global, an international development organization that advances programs in agricultural development, food and nutrition security, maternal and child health, climate resilience and youth and women’s empowerment. Prior to PAI, she served as executive director of No Wasted Lives, a global coalition of nongovernmental organizations, U.N. agencies and government institutions dedicated to ending acute malnutrition in children around the world. She was also vice president of programs at KABOOM!, a U.S. nonprofit, where she helped operationalize the strategy to achieve playspace equity in Black, Brown and Indigenous communities in major U.S. cities. The effort has gone on to receive national support, including a catalytic gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

In the early 2000s, Nabeeha joined the Clinton Foundation to support the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative. She supported the development of national HIV/AIDS care and treatment plans and public health capacity and systems changes to deliver HIV testing and treatment at scale in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mozambique and South Africa. She directed the public health practice and co-founded the international development practice at global communications powerhouse, FleishmanHillard, implemented advocacy and research efforts to combat child trafficking in Albania, Moldova and Romania through a UNICEF-Columbia University collaborative, served as a senior advocacy advisor at the EastWest Institute and implemented communications projects at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico.

Born in Pakistan and raised in Mexico, Nabeeha has worked on development programs in more than 20 countries worldwide. She has collaborated with and advised heads of state, national and local leaders, CEOs and senior executives from across sectors, and worked side by side with community partners who are driving front-line change. A powerful speaker, strategic advocate and recognized leader, Nabeeha has received international and national awards for community health programs in HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections, nutrition and unintended teen pregnancy, leadership achievements and contributions to social justice.

Nabeeha holds bachelor’s degrees in political science as well as journalism and mass communications from Kansas State University and dual master’s degrees in international affairs and public health from Columbia University. Nabeeha is based in Washington, D.C., where she resides with her family.

Waqqas Mahmood is a director in Marcum Technology’s Strategic IT Consulting group. He has been in the innovation space for almost two decades, helping organizations architect their digital future. Mr. Mahmood believes in creating a culture of innovation that nurtures new technologies and media that promote powerful and engaging solutions. He has a strong background in digital product management, human-centered design, and business transformation.

Mr. Mahmood brings to Marcum a solid understanding of structured strategy consulting from his experiences in the digital advisory practices at “Big 4” accounting and other national professional services firms. Mr. Mahmood has advised clients on digital strategy, IT modernization, customer experience, business process optimization and innovation, and has influenced mission-critical decisions by demonstrating strategic business needs and areas for operational performance improvement. He has hands-on technical program management experience and a solid track record of collaboration with colleagues, technology vendors, and partners.

Nicole Moriarty (she/her) is the Senior Director of Programs & Partnerships at the Mental Health Coalition (MHC), where she works passionately with MHC’s member organizations. Nicole has always had an interest in psychology and mental health and received her undergraduate degree in Special Education. She began her career working at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health Center on the adolescent unit.

Nicole spent time in both Thailand and South Africa where she worked as a teacher and as a member of a sports outreach program with youth. Later, she earned her Master’s degree in Nonprofit Management at NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She also worked at a foundation whose mission was the prevention and treatment of child abuse.

Nicole firmly believes in the promotion of positive mental health for all people.

Dr. America Paredes (she/her/ella) is the Vice President of Partnerships & Community Outreach at Mental Health America (MHA). In this role, she leads the development and cultivation of strategic partnerships and social impact efforts to leverage MHA’s expertise and commitment to promoting mental health as a critical part of overall wellness.

Dr. Paredes uses her more than twenty years of experience within the mental health field to support MHA’s programmatic, public engagement, and awareness efforts with an emphasis on addressing the needs of people and communities negatively impacted by oppression, marginalization, and inadequate support and services.

Her experience as a bilingual mental health professional has varied, including Federal grant program oversight and technical assistance, organizational capacity building, cultural humility training, community development, community engagement and outreach strategies, digital marketing strategies, and direct-service and community-based support with adolescents and families.

Mr. Rheaume, Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer – Commercial and Industrial of the Bank and Executive Vice President of the Company, joined the Company in December 2014. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Relationship Executive for JPMorgan Chase, responsible for business development in the Washington, DC, suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia market. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Commercial Lending Manager at Virginia Commerce Bank, which was acquired by United Bankshares, Inc. in 2014, where he managed the bank’s entire commercial and industrial lending activities. Earlier in his career, he held various senior commercial lending, credit, and leadership positions with SunTrust Bank, GE Capital and Bank of America. He has over 36 years of experience in the banking industry.

Dawn Rodney recently joined the National Park Foundation as Chief External Affairs Officer leading the team responsible for marketing, communications, government relations, corporate partnerships, content strategy and brand development.  She brings more than three decades of experience driving brand growth, and leading innovative, high-profile marketing and media campaigns at nationally recognized organizations in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors.

Previously, Dawn served as Chief Innovation and Growth Officer at the National Wildlife Federation where she led and developed innovative market-based solutions driving both impact and revenue for the organization.  While there, she created new revenue streams, transformed legacy businesses, and amplified brand awareness, engagement, and action through marketing and multi-platform storytelling.  In addition to leading communications, marketing, and digital, Dawn led a portfolio of mission-driven businesses including commerce, licensing, partnerships, and the award-winning Ranger Rick magazines.  She is the co-creator of the new Garden For Wildlife social enterprise, a commerce-based solution addressing the wildlife crisis.

Dawn spent eighteen years in leadership positions at National Geographic including as part of the team that launched the National Geographic Channels.  While at the National Geographic Society, she was responsible for leading the global brand, engaging digital natives across the world, and amplifying National Geographic’s science, education, and storytelling priorities.  Dawn also had various supervising producing positions at Animal Planet and Discovery Health and has won many industry awards for her work including multiple Emmys and a Webby Award.

As Vice President of Accounting and Risk Management at the National Geographic Society, Angela M. Taylor oversees the organization’s accounting, reporting,  treasury operations and insurance/ risk management functions.

Over the course of her career at National Geographic, Ms. Taylor has assumed a variety of management roles including Assistant Controller and Director of Financial Reporting.  She began her career at the National Geographic Society in 2003 as a FP&A analyst.  Prior to that, Ms. Taylor was an auditor in the not for profit practice at  KPMG.

Ms. Taylor is a member of the Greater Washington Society of CPA’s and holds  B.S. in accounting fromThe University of Maryland, College Park.  

Ms. Taylor brings extensive experience with federal public policy initiatives to protect access and affordability to her role as Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing where she leads public policy and government affairs activities, supervises legislative matters and guides overall public policy strategy. With nearly two decades of specialty pharmaceutical and medical device experience, Ms. Taylor has a wide range of knowledge on public policy issues, including Medicare, Medicaid and commercial management of managed care organizations, hospitals, pharmacies and mental health centers. She holds a Bachelor of Science in neuroscience from Bates College and earned a Master of Science in biotechnology and Master of Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University. Currently, she serves on the board of the Mental Health Liaison Group.

Before joining the National Council, Ms. Taylor spent seven years with Lundbeck US doing patient assistance and advocacy in government affairs where she led efforts to modernize Lundbeck’s Patient Support Program, foster advocacy relationships and oversee the Lundbeck Patient Assistance Program in the United States. Before joining Lundbeck, Ms. Taylor spent almost eight years at Wyeth (later Pfizer) Pharmaceuticals, where she held a variety of psychiatry specialty management and training roles.

Kristine is the Chief Development Officer with Meals on Wheels America and oversees the national fundraising strategy for corporate partnerships, major donors and special events while working collaboratively with the Meals on Wheels Member programs. With more than 20 years of cross industry experience, Kristine has focused the last decade of her career on forging strategic partnerships and developing highly creative and visible consumer/cause marketing campaigns. Drawing upon her keen business sense and passion for building scalable and sustainable cause programs, she has worked with leading national and global non-profit brands including the American Red Cross, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Special Olympics, and helped Fortune 500 corporations tell their partnership stories in a way that authentically connects with their stakeholders.  

Kristine most recently served as the Chief Development Officer at the Trust for the National Mall, an official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service, and led fundraising efforts in support of the Trust’s $350 million campaign goal.  

Kristine holds a B.S. in Political Science from George Mason University

Danielle Turnage’s 25-year career includes positions in education, advertising, events, marketing communications and development. This unique mix of experiences are rooted in her love for children, equity, communicating with stakeholders, and managing highly-functioning teams.

Danielle committed herself to mission-driven work when she joined Habitat for Humanity International in 2007. She led global brand strategy, special initiatives, and donor engagement, introducing new approaches to stewardship, development operations, and event management.

In her current role as Vice President of Partnership Development at KABOOM!, Danielle leads the team responsible for securing individual, corporate, foundation, and public revenue in support of the organizational mission to end playspace inequity in communities across the country experiencing disinvestment. Her approach to managing partnerships ensures donors are appreciated, informed and engaged while supporting key strategic priorities.

Danielle earned a BS from Spelman College and also holds an MBA. Her hobbies include traveling, interior design, and crafting.