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.

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Norman D Sheehan

Chair



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Jim Galvin


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Kevin Mangan


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Karl Wall


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


Associate Board



New York


Co-Chair: Merit Webster
Warburg Pincus LLC

Mike Bubolo
USI

Emily Hansen
EY

Michael Hutchinson
Alliant

Chantal McLaughlin
Independent Advisor

Alexandra Schrecengost
Culture with Us

Sean Schrecengost
Contentsquare

Lovell Adams-Gray
Independent Advisor

Kiana Madeira
Independent Advisor 

Kerry McGlade
Independent Advisor 

Boston


Co-Chair: Laura Cuddihy
Boston Public Consulting Group

Matt Allen
EY

Jenna Brink
Avison Young

Rebecca Chitro
Avison Young

Christina Easton
Avison Young

Alexandra Ferreira
Avison Young

Michelle Healy-Serpa
Invest Northern Ireland

Christina Lambertson
Avison Young

Stephanie Myrie
Avison Young

Conor Peal
TK Elevator

Matt Ross
Massachusetts General Hospital 

Michael Prendergast
Massachusetts General Hospital