Governing
Board
OUR Board
Self Help Africa US is governed by an independent Board of Directors. This board directs policy and strategy for the organization, as well as providing operational and financial oversight.
OUR Advisory Board
New York
Chair: R. Sharon Smith
Abe Berete
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Alexandra Schrecengost
Culture with Us
Cara Tallon
Restaurateur NYC
Carletta Downs
Independent Advisor
Emily Hansen
Ernst & Young
Hugh Finnegan
Norris McLaughlin
Karl Wall
Carrick Specialty Holdings
Kiana Madeira
Actress
Lovell Adams-Gray
Actor
Marc Abrams
Mintz
Merit Webster
Warburg Pincus
Mike Bubolo
USI Holdings
Neasa Nic Dhonaill
Finbourne
Nicola Parish
Parish PR
Paul O’Connor
Restaurateur NYC
Ronan Downs
Restaurateur NYC
Sean Schrecengost,
Culture with Us
Virginia Abrams
Columbia University
Carey Van Driest
Actor/Producer/Writer
Boston
Chair: Rob MacGoey
HarbourVest Partner
Ben Hincks
Torres, Scammon, Hincks & Day, LLP
Dr. Peter Hirst
MIT Sloan School of Management
Eddie Roche
Roche Bros.
Kevin Malloy
Avison Young
Orla Gregory
Retired, formerly Enstar
Paul Brockman
RiverStone International
Peter Merrigan
Taurus Investment Holdings
