The board also thanked outgoing director, Anita Whitehead, for her years of service
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2024
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP)
board of directors welcomed Sara
Pantuliano, chief executive of Overseas Development
Institute, and Greg Chan, chief
technology officer of Akoya, as newly elected members during the
quarterly meeting held today.
We are thrilled to welcome Sara Pantuliano and Greg
Chan to our board. Sara and Greg's expertise and experiences
promise to bring fresh perspectives and strengthen CDP's efforts to
support communities in times of crisis.
The board of directors also said goodbye to Anita Whitehead, president and chair at KPMG US
Foundation, thanking her for her years of service as her second
term came to an end.
"We are thrilled to welcome Sara
Pantuliano and Greg Chan to
our board," said Tiffany Benjamin,
CEO of Humana Foundation and CDP board chair. "Sara and Greg's
expertise and experiences promise to bring fresh perspectives and
strengthen CDP's efforts to support communities in times of
crisis."
Sector leaders bring deep expertise to CDP board
- Sara Pantuliano, CEO, Overseas
Development Institute (ODI)
Pantuliano heads ODI as its chief executive, after serving as
its managing director and director of humanitarian programs. She is
the chair of the Seventh Advisory Group of the UN
Secretary-General's Peacebuilding Fund, having previously served on
the Sixth Advisory Group, and is a member of the High-Level Group
on Humanitarian and Resilience Investing initiative of the World
Economic Forum. Sara is the editor-in-chief of Disasters journal
and trustee of the board of Muslim Aid.
She has previously served on a range of executive and advisory
boards, including The New Humanitarian, SOS Sahel, Oxford University's Refugee Studies Centre, the UN
Association of the UK and UNFPA's ICPD25 High-Level Commission.
She has been recognized for her leadership on peacebuilding,
humanitarian assistance and international development, and was made
a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St
George (CMG) in the 2024 New Year Honours.
- Greg Chan, Chief Technology
Officer, Akoya
Greg Chan has more than 20 years
of industry experience at Microsoft, Amazon, as well as fintech and
B2B startups. He started his career at Microsoft where he held
various software engineering and product management positions to
deliver core Office products.
He also spent 10 years at Amazon where he served in multiple
leadership positions. As an engineering leader at Amazon Payments,
he was responsible for launching physical and digital gift card
products in the global market and building a new gift card payment
platform with greater performance and scale. More recently, he was
the head of engineering at Amazon Prime Delivery Experience where
he was responsible for Prime customers' shopping experience across
Amazon's website.
After Amazon, Greg spent a few years as the vice president of
engineering for a fintech and B2B startup, helping them to scale
their product, technologies and organization.
With gratitude
Anita Whitehead served on the CDP
board of directors since 2018. She was the founding chair of the
board's Governance and Nominations Committee. Anita played a
critical role in seeing the organization through tremendous growth
and impact worldwide.
"We are profoundly grateful to Anita for her invaluable
contributions to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy," said
Patricia McIlreavy, president and
CEO of CDP. "Her leadership and insights have been instrumental in
our board's development, organizational positioning and expanding
our reach."
To learn more about CDP, please visit
disasterphilanthropy.org.
About the Center for Disaster Philanthropy
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy mobilizes philanthropy to
strengthen communities' ability to withstand disasters and recover
equitably when they occur. It provides expert advice and resources
while managing domestic and international disaster funds on behalf
of corporations, foundations and individuals through targeted,
holistic and localized grantmaking. Find out more at
disasterphilanthropy.org and on Linkedin.
Media Contact
Kristina Moore, Center for
Disaster Philanthropy, 1 202-464-2018,
kristina.moore@disasterphilanthropy.org,
https://disasterphilanthropy.org
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