- Team
- Board & Advisors
- Investors
- Strategic Partners
We are here to help.
Our team is an exceptional group of people with an array of different backgrounds, skill sets, and interests. We are dedicated to the success of our partners, and ultimately, to building better futures for the children and youth that we serve.
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Telaekah Brooks
Partner
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Laura Burgos
Director, Investment Practice Group
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Carol Thompson Cole
President and CEO
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Briana Henry
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO
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Sarah Slobodien Dovere
Vice President, External Affairs
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Amy Dudas
Senior Director of High School Success
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Tanya Edelin
Vice President, Finance and Administration
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Yvonne Favors
Business Manager
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Bryce Jacobs
Partner
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Edward Kane, Jr.
Transformation Lead
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Christine Lynch
Operations Manager
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Moss Madigan
Investor Relations Director
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Cleirys Perez
Intern
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B. P. Walker
Director, Investment Practice Group
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Mustafa Yilmaz
Education Data Analyst
Board of Directors
“What is so compelling about VPP is its ability to help organizations build capacity and scalability. Through investments and advice, VPP takes promising organizations and levers them up, creating the ability to ramp up and serve the community in a more effective way. It’s an amplifier in every sense of the word, providing horsepower and brainpower to its portfolio organizations. That approach makes so much sense and is not unlike how we look at our venture capital efforts.”
— Frank LaPrade, Former Chairman, Venture Philanthropy Partners; Chief Enterprise Services Officer and Chief of Staff to the CEO, Capital One
Antonio (Tony) Marquez
Chairman, VPP+Raise DC; Senior EVP, President of Commercial Banking, EagleBank
Cliff White
Partner, SWaN Investors
Carol Thompson Cole
President & CEO, VPP+RaiseDC
Catherine Buell
Head of Community Development, Amazon
Curtis L. Buser
Chief Financial Officer, The Carlyle Group
Antoinette (Toni) Bush
Executive Vice President and Global Head of Government Affairs, News Corp
Manal Corwin
Principal in Charge, Washington National Tax Practice at KPMG
Jack Davies
Founder, AOL International
Joe Del Guercio
President and CEO, A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation
Dr. Charlene M. Dukes
President Emeritus, Prince George’s Community College
Josh Edelman
Senior Advisor at the Gates Foundation
Wendy Goldberg
Philanthropist
María S. Gómez
Founder and Former President and CEO, Mary's Center
Clint Grimes
Senior Vice President/Chief Procurement Officer, Capital One
Jermaine Johnson
Regional President Greater Washington and Virginia, PNC Bank
Leana Katz
Philanthropist
Bill Keating
Owner and CEO, Waste Acquisition Group LLC
Leland Kruvant
President & CEO, Creative Associates International
B. Doyle Mitchell Jr.
President and CEO, Industrial Bank
Mario Morino
Chairman, Morino Institute; Co-Founder, Venture Philanthropy Partners
Stu Solomon
President & CEO, Connected DMV
David Sylvester
Partner, 3rd Gen Law Group LLP
Rachel Moore Weller
Science & Technology Writer & Investor
Marcela Urrutia Zamora
Vice President Federal Government Relations, Verizon
E. Ivan Zapien
Partner, Hogan Lovells
Honorary Board Members
“In VPP I find some of the most talented and strategic philanthropic and management thought leaders anywhere on the issue of how promising not-for-profit organizations (including my own) can become sustainable high-performing organizations impacting the lives of children and youth. If breakthrough approaches to strategic investing for the significant benefit of children and youth are to be developed and demonstrated, VPP is the most likely place to see that happen.”
— Robert G. Templin, Jr., President, Northern Virginia Community College
Peter Barris
Managing General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
David M. Bradt, Jr.
Managing Director (Retired), Andersen
Raul J. Fernandez
Vice Chairman, Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Terri Lee Freeman
Executive Director, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture
William Gibson
Managing Partner, The Albemarle Group
Michele V. Hagans
President, Fort Lincoln New Town Corporation, Inc.
Artis G. Hampshire-Cowan
Principal & Managing Partner, Leveraged Leadership, LLC
Richard Kay
President, Strategic Management Consultants, LLC
M. Charito Kruvant
Founder & Chairperson of the Board, Creative Associates International, Inc.
Nigel Morris
Managing Partner, QED Investors; Co-founder, Capital One Financial Services
Julie Rogers
Consultant
Bill Shore
Chairman, Community Wealth Partners; Founder & CEO, Share Our Strength
Les Silverman
Director Emeritus, McKinsey & Company
Edward Skloot
Consultant
Kenneth Slaughter
CEO, Capital Outreach Net Connect, Inc.
Gabriela Smith
Founder and Executive Chair, The Crimsonbridge Foundation
Ralph R. Smith
Managing Director, The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
Bob Templin
Senior Fellow, College Excellence Program, The Aspen Institute
Advisors
“VPP is a leader in the application of outcomes and business orientation, and now network development, to improve the lives of youth in the Washington metropolitan region. They have an incredibly strong team and work hard to build the capabilities of the individuals and teams in their network.”
— Nora Gardner, Partner at McKinsey & Company’s Washington, D.C. office
Carol Emig
President, Child Trends
Nora Gardner
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Meena Nankani
Vice President, JP Morgan Private Bank
Jeffrey Schragg
Founder, Newton Grange Consulting
Our Investor Community
Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP)+Raise DC cultivates an engaged investor community to generate capital and influence in support of VPP+Raise DC’s mission. Our cross-sector investors–individuals, families, foundations, businesses, and governments – are committed to improving the lives of children in our region and beyond. At VPP+Raise DC, we help investors leverage their support to achieve meaningful results for children and youth. We also serve as a philanthropic and social sector resource for our investors, providing information and experiences to be more effective and knowledgeable in pursuing philanthropic efforts.
For more information on investing in VPP+Raise DC, please contact Sarah Slobodien Dovere, Vice President, External Affairs, sdovere@vppartners.org.
Individual Investors
- Peter & Adrienne Barris *
- Katherine Borsecnik & Eugene Weil
- Katherine & David Bradley *
- Patrice & Scott Brickman
- The Honorable Ann Brown & Donald Brown (in memoriam)
- John Burton *
- Arthur Bushkin *
- Kathy Calvin *
- Dickie & Jonita Carter
- Jean & Steve Case / The Case Foundation *
- Art Marks (in memoriam) & Nancy Casey *
- H. Lawrence Clark
- Deerbrook Charitable Trust
- Steve & Roberta Denning *
- Dr. Ronald I. & Beth Dozoretz (in memoriam)
- William & Denise Dunbar *
- Leonard Egan
- Kristin Ehrgood & Vadim Nikitine
- Raul & Jean-Marie Fernandez *
- Michelle Freeman / The Carl M. Freeman Foundation / Joshua M. Freeman (in memoriam) *
- Bill & Nadine Gibson *
- Miles Gilburne & Nina Zolt *
- Michele V. Hagans
- Richard & Pamela Hanlon *
- Robert G. Hisaoka
- Allan & Shelley Holt / The Hillside Foundation
- Joseph & Lynne Horning
- Julie Jensen
- Richard & Rebecca Kay (in memoriam) *
- Jack Davies & Kay Kendall *
- George (in memoriam) & Janice Kettle *
- Jeong & Cindy Kim *
- James V. Kimsey (in memoriam) *
- Len Leader *
- Cal & Jeff (in memoriam) Leonard
- Ted & Lynn Leonsis *
- Steve & Allison Lockshin
- Bill Melton *
- Patricia Smith Melton *
- Jack & Lauren Mencia
- Phillip Merrick & Caren DeWitt Merrick *
- Herb & Patrice Miller
- Mario & Dana Morino *
- Nigel & Lori Morris
- Anthony & Annette Nader
- Kenneth J. Novack *
- John & Mona Oswald
- Marina & David Ottaway
- Peterson Family Foundation
- W. Russell & Norma Ramsey *
- Joseph E. Robert, Jr. (in memoriam) *
- Fred & Karen Schaufeld
- John Sidgmore (in memoriam) *
- Brad & Ali Singer
- Doug & Gabriela Smith *
- Earl & Amanda Stafford
- Richard Thompson
- Senator Mark Warner & Lisa Collis *
- Wegman Family
- Harry (in memoriam) & Rachel Weller
- Jim Feldman & Natalie Wexler
- Cliff & Debbie White
- Anonymous
Donors
- William Alsup
- Pierre & Amy Chao
- Derrick & Emma Dockery
- Mark Ein
- Leah & Jacques Gansler
- Sean & Kellee Glass
- Philip L. Graham Fund *
- William A. Haseltine
- David & Michelle Joubran
- Marc & Leana Katz
- Charito Kruvant
- Dan & Sunita Leeds
- Jimmy Lynn
- Rocky & Alessia McIntosh
- Roger & Vicki (in memoriam) Sant
- Mark & Wendy Stavish
- David J. Steinberg
- David & Kristin Steinberg
- C. Eugene Steuerle
- Patty Stonesifer & Michael Kinsley
- Christopher Tavlarides
- Ranvir Trehan & Family / Trehan Foundation
- Catherine West
- Alan & Irene Wurtzel
- Anonymous
Corporations And Foundations
- Capital One
- The Annie E. Casey Foundation *
- The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
- Freddie Mac Foundation
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States
- The Kresge Foundation
- Morino Institute *
- The Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation
- Surdna Foundation *
Friends
- The Bernstein Family Foundation
- David Bradt & Diane Tipton
- Kevin Burns
- Carol Thompson Cole & Curtis Cole, Jr.
- Carol Emig
- County of Fairfax
- Ferris Family Foundation
- David Gardner
- Nora Gardner & Matthew Kirtland
- Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
- Artis G. Hampshire-Cowan
- Host Hotels & Resorts
- Andrew & Julie Klingenstein Family Fund
- Meyer Foundation
- Mid Atlantic Venture Association
- James Mitchell Jr
- Montgomery County
- J.P. Morgan
- Brig Owens
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- RFI Foundation
- Eleanor Rutland & Timothy Lex
- The Schain Family Foundation
- Jeffrey Schragg
- Bill Shore
- Les Silverman
- Edward Skloot
- Kenneth Slaughter
- Small Alper Family Foundation
- Gordon V. & Helen C. Smith Foundation
- George Stamas
- Courtney Straus
- David Sylvester & Palma Joy Strand
- Bob Templin
- George Tsantes
- United Way of the NCA
- Emily & Antoine van Agtmael / Sunrise Charitable Foundation Trust
- Washington Gas
- Elizabeth & Steve Whisnant
- Tim Wierzbicki
Public Funding
- Corporation for National & Community Service - Social Innovation Fund
- Prince George's County Council
- Prince George’s County Public Schools
Co-Investors
- The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation *
- NewSchools Venture Fund *
The value VPP+Raise DC brings to its nonprofit partners goes well beyond what VPP’s investment team alone can deliver.
By tapping into a much broader network of support, we can make available to our nonprofit partners a full spectrum of resources and contacts that might otherwise be difficult for them to access. For example, we can help them find outstanding candidates for their boards, engage specialists in information systems or outcomes assessment, meet potential donors, or gain a greater voice in relevant government budget decisions.
We help our nonprofit partners find and manage the best resources to strengthen their organizations. The following list highlights organizations whose support in specific areas of expertise has been helpful to VPP+Raise DC and its nonprofit partners.
VPP+Raise DC Board Advisors
BDO
BDO delivers assurance, tax, financial advisory, and consulting services to clients throughout the country and around the globe. They offer numerous industry-specific practices, world-class resources and an unparalleled commitment to meeting their clients’ needs. Every day, BDO delivers exceptional service, and not just to their clients. From reducing energy consumption to a variety of grass-roots community service initiatives, BDO endeavors every day to help people thrive, whether they’re down the street or across the world.
Child Trends
Child Trends works extensively with decision makers to use data effectively, to incorporate evidence-based practices into their programs and policies, to evaluate their effectiveness, and to use all of this information to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and youth. Child Trends improves the lives and prospects of children and youth by conducting high-quality research and applying the resulting knowledge to public policies, programs, and systems.
J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, offering solutions to the world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions in more than 100 countries. The firm and its foundation give approximately $200 million annually to nonprofit organizations around the world. They also lead volunteer service activities for employees in local communities by utilizing their many resources, including those that stem from access to capital, economies of scale, global reach and expertise.
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company is an internationally recognized management consulting firm that was built around two ideas: serving senior management on problems important to them and their enterprises; and professionalism that puts the interests of clients first and maintaining the knowledge and skills necessary to serve these clients. The McKinsey Social Sector Office applies these same two ideas to complex social challenges, bringing an objective fact-based approach which leads to tailored and consensus-built solutions. The SSO has specific expertise in the areas of economic development, education, global public health, and strategic philanthropy.
VPP+Raise DC Consultants
Chatham Group, Inc.
The Chatham Group helps companies and organizations across the nation to position themselves for impact, value, longevity, effective growth, and profitabilityfinancial strength – with a variety of specializations in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors. ChathamCGI provides practical solutions – whether the obstacle to a client’s success is a question of strategy, governance, target demography, product, market, cultural perspective, or organizational effectiveness.
Monitor Deloitte, LLP
Monitor Deloitte strategy consultants employ cutting-edge approaches embedded with deep industry expertise, working with leaders to resolve critical choices and drive enterprise value. They apply many methodologies, wielded by specialists with deep industry knowledge.
Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, LLC
Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, a nonprofit affiliate of Lex Mundi, matches social entrepreneurs with top-tier, pro bono legal services.
Morino Institute
Created in 1994, the Morino Institute is a nonprofit organization that works to enhance the lives of vulnerable children by helping to foster innovation in the nonprofit and philanthropic organizations that serve their needs.
The inspiration for VPP came from years of private-sector experience and nonprofit work by Mario Morino, founder and chairman of the Morino Institute.
Morrison & Foerster
Morrison & Foerster is a global law firm that works with some of the largest financial institutions, Fortune 100 companies, investment banks, and technology companies.
Tatum, LLC
Tatum, LLC, is the largest executive services firm in the United States, offering executive, consulting, and search services.