Board of Directors
The Opportunity Agenda Board of Directors represents a diverse spectrum of disciplines, constituencies and approaches, yet all of them have demonstrated in their work on cross-disciplinary collaboration, leadership, a focus on results and diversity.
Vincent Benjamin
Board Chair; Director of Solution Sales, MicrosoftVincent Benjamin is the Director of Solution Sales at Microsoft where he leads a $500M business enabling digital transformation in the financial services industry. Before coming to Microsoft, Vincent was a senior leader at App Annie, the venture capital-backed mobile app startup company following a decade in the finance industry...
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Yasmin Cader
Deputy Legal Director and the Director of the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, American Civil Liberties UnionYasmin Cader is a Deputy Legal Director at the ACLU and the Director of the Trone Center for Justice and Equality. In her 30-year career as a civil rights lawyer and public defender in Washington, D.C., New York, and Los Angeles, she has been at the front lines of the...
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Vladimir Estiverne
Vice President of Strategy, Corporate Development and Strategic Investments, Foot Locker, Inc.Vladimir Estiverne is currently Vice President of Strategy, Corporate Development and Strategic Investments at Foot Locker, Inc., a leading global Footwear and Apparel consumer company with digital and physical presences across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Vlad is responsible for investing in early and growth stage companies, as well as...
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Michael Goldberg
Chief Financial Officer, CognotionMichael Goldberg is the Chief Financial Officer of an innovative educational start up company that develops innovative training for entry level health care workers. Michael has also been a financial adviser in the insurance and investment businesses after building a successful, 17-year career in the recorded music and entertainment industries,...
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William Gorin
Senior Counsel with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & HamiltonWilliam Gorin is senior counsel with the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York, where he practiced from 1978 to 2013 (including from 1986 to 2013 as a partner) and focused his practice on corporate law with a specialty in domestic and international financing and business transactions...
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Maritza Guzmán
Philanthropy ConsultantMaritza Guzmán is a philanthropy consultant with experience across large national foundations, corporate philanthropy, government agencies, and the nonprofit sector. Over the course of her career, Maritza has worked at a range of organizations, including NEO Philanthropy, the I Have a Dream Foundation, the F.B. Heron Foundation, the Freddie Mac...
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Kat O'Brien
Director of Product Management, MastercardKat O'Brien is currently a Director of Product Management at Mastercard, where she is focused on Go To Market activation and commercialization for a new product titled Bill Pay Exchange. She has been working in the fintech space since 2015, first at Samsung Pay and then at the Barcelona startup...
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Richard Roberts
Managing Director of Acquisitions, Red Stone Equity PartnersRichard Roberts is Managing Director of Acquisitions for Red Stone Equity Partners, LLC assisting in the origination and management of developer relationships in the Northeast and the development of new business strategies for the firm. Richard has an extensive career in affordable housing and urban market investments having worked in...
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Aduke Thelwell
Head of Communications, Serve RoboticsAduke Thelwell is a strategic thinker with deep experience advising global companies as a banker, management consultant, and communications specialist. She is currently the Head of Communications for Serve Robotics, a leading sidewalk delivery robotics company recently spun out of Uber. Prior to Serve, she was a Partner at Kekst CNC,...
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