Board Committees and Advisory Councils

Board Committees and advisory councils provide an opportunity for dedicated volunteers to share their expertise and experience. Their involvement contributes to Grameen Foundation’s efficiency and innovative approaches to empowering the poorest of the poor to escape poverty through microfinance.

Board Committees

Executive Committee 
Paul Maritz, Chair 
Robert Eichfeld, Vice-Chair 
Alex Counts, President                  
Rosanna Ramos-Velita, Treasurer 
Robert Ottenhoff, Secretary 
Richard Gunther, Member

Investment Committee 
Robert Eichfeld, Co-Chair 
Jim Greenberg, Co-Chair 
Susan Davis, Member 
Rosanna Ramos-Velita, Member 
Doug Barry, Member 
Vinod Khosla, Member 
Bridget Lidell, Member 
Jill Chen, Staff Liaison

Sustainability Committee 
Robert Ottenhoff, Chair 
Robert Eichfeld, Member 
Richard Gunther, Member 
Janet Thompson, Member 
Joshua Tripp, Staff Liaison

Governance Committee 
Jennifer Drogula, Chair 
Matthew Lesnick, Vice-Chair 
Yvette Neier, Member 
Craig Sarsony, Member  
Julia Soyars, Staff Liaison

Social Performance Committee
Janet Thompson, Member 
Ricki Tigert Helfer, Member 
Jonathan Morduch, Member 
Larry Reed, Member 
Edwin (Ted) M. Truman, Member  
Nigel Biggar, Staff Liaison  

Development Committee
Steve Rockefeller, Jr., Member
Yvette Neier, Member
Robert Ottenhoff, Member
Anne Guerrant, Member
Susan Russell, Member
Gloria McCall Snead, Member
Sandra Adams, Staff Liaison

Program Committee 
Janet Thompson, Chair 
Janet McKinley, Vice-Chair 
Susan Davis, Member 
Richard Gunther, Member 
Donna Rohling, Member 
Dana DeKanter, Member 
David Russell, Member

Finance Committee 
Rosanna Ramos-Velita, Chair 
Robert Eichfeld, Vice-Chair 
Richard Gunther, Member 
Paul Kane, Member 
Hans Levin, Member 
Joshua Tripp, Staff Liaison

Audit Committee 
Robert Ottenhoff, Chair 
Erik Miller, Vice-Chair 
Joshua Tripp, Staff Liaison 

India Advisory Council
Vikram Gandhi, Chair 
Susan Davis, Member
Robert Eichfeld, Member 
Jim Greenberg, Member
Elke Ward-Smith, Member 
Deepak Amin, Member 
Chandni Ohri, Staff Liaison

Capital Markets Advisory Committee
Robert Eichfeld, Chair 
Harmohan Ahluwalia, Member 
Roz Hongsarangon, Member 
Rosanna Ramos-Velita, Member 
James L. Greenberg, Member 
Janet Thompson, Member  
Jennifer Drogula, Member 
Bridget Liddell, Member 
Jill Chen, Staff Liaison

China Advisory Council
D. Wayne Silby, Chair
Lynn Chia, Vice Chair 
Richard Gunther, Member  
Ying Wang, Member  
Jennifer Meehan, Interim Staff Liaison

The Philippines Council
Janet Thompson, Chair 
Joe Higdon, Vice-Chair 
Janet McKinley, Member  
George E. Sycip, Member  
Darcy Kopcho, Member  
Roberto Atendido, Member 
Jennifer Meehan, Interim Staff Liaison

Technology Advisory Council
Deepak Amin, Member 
Deborah Arnold, Member 
Mary Evslin, Member 
Shel Kaphan, Member 
Paul Maritz, Member
Craig McCaw, Member 
Rob Mechaley, Member 
Anand Narasimhan, Member 
D. Wayne Silby, Member 
Pradeep Singh, Member
David Stephens, Member 
Peter Bladin, Staff Liaison

The Americas Advisory Council
Rosanna Ramos-Velita, Chair 
Lucy Billingsley, Vice Chair
Chris Pascucci, Member 
Gary Mulhair, Member 
Erica Lock, Member

Pakistan Advisory Council
Robert Eichfeld, Chair
Stephen F. Rasmussen, Member 
Maliha H. Hussein, Member 
Atif Raza, Member 
Faisal H. Khan, Member 
James L. Greenberg, Member 
Chandni Ohri, Staff Liaison

Africa Advisory Council
Paul Maritz, Chair 
Willene A. Johnson, Vice Chair 
Lynn McMullen, Member 
Jennifer Drogula, Member 
Dr. Wolday Amha, Member 
Godwin Ehigiamusoe, Member 
Peter Bladin, Staff Liaison

Grameen Foundation Advisory Council 
Affiliations given are for informational purposes only.

Rim Abboud, Vice President for Programs, Mosaic Foundation
Fouad Abdelmoumni, President and CEO, Al Amana
Harmohan Ahluwalia , Capital Markets Committee, Grameen Foundation
Zahirul Alam, Managing Director, Integrated Development Foundation
Aris Alip, Chair, Center for Advanced Rural Development
Deepak Amin, Co-founder and CEO, Covelix, Inc
Roberto Atendido
Her Excellency Gloria Arroyo
Shaukat Aziz
Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Community Affairs, Microsoft
Doug Barry, Partner, Selby Venture Partners
Dipal Barua, Deputy Managing Director, Grameen Bank
Lucy Billingsley
Scott J. Budde
Michael Callen,Former Board Member, Grameen Foundation
Lynn Chia, Manager, Bearing Point
Amb. A. K. Chowdhury, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, United Nations
Bill Clapp, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Global Partnerships
Mrs. Trammell Crow, Trammell Crow Company
Sam Daley-Harris
Dana DeKanter
John De Wit Managing Director, Small Enterprise Foundation
Shafiq Dhanani, Mitra Bisnis Keluarga (MBK)
Xiaoshan Du, Founder, Funding the Poor Cooperative
Mary Evslin, Chairman of the Board, Vermont Telecommunications Authority
Reham Farouk, Al Tadamun
Anne Guerrant
Honorable Tarja Halonen, President, Finland
Joe Higdon, Philippines Advisory Council, Grameen Foundation
Roz Hongsarangon, Capital Markets Committee, Grameen Foundation
Maliha Hussein
Mohammed Jameel, Chairman and CEO, Abdul Latif Jameel Group
Paul Kane
Shel Kaphan, Grameen Technology Council, Grameen Foundation
Faisal Khan
Darcy Kopcho, Philippines Advisory Council, Grameen Foundation
Udaia Kumar, Managing Director, SHARE
H. I. Latifee, Managing Director, Grameen Trust
Matthew Lesnick, Attorney, Bingham McCutchen
Hans Levin
Bridget Liddell
Erika Locke
Graca Machel
Craig McCaw, CEO and President, Eagle River
Janet McKinley, Former Chair, Income Fund of America
Rob Mechaley, Founder, RadioFrame Networks
Erik R. Miller, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Gary Mulhair
Anand Narasimhan, Co-Chair, Voxiva
Reed Oppenheimer, Founding Chair, Grameen Foundation
Chris Pascucci
Atif Raza
Vinatha Reddy
Steven C. Rockefeller, Jr.
Donna Rohling, Program Committee, Grameen Foundation
Susan Russell
Craig Sarsony
Marshall Saunders, Founder and Managing Director, Grameen de la Frontera, Mexico
Ismael Serageldin, Director, Library of Alexandria, Egypt
Khalid Shams, Deputy Managing Director, Grameen Bank
Pradeep Singh, Founder, Aditi Technologies and Talisma Corporation
D. Wayne Silby
Clare Brett Smith, President, Aid to Artisans
Gloria McCall Snead
Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain
David Stevens, Co-founder, OnSat Technologies
George Sycip, President, Halanna Management Corporation
Janet Thompson
Delores Torres, Executive Director, Center for Advanced Rural Development (CARD) Philippines
Ying Wang, Co-President, Carret China Opportunity Fund
Elke Ward-Smith
John C. Whitehead, Chairman, Goldman Sachs Foundation
Karen Wong
Mekonnen Yelewemwessen
Patricia Young, Volunteer National Coordinator, World Food Day