Year Up benefits from the active involvement of dozens of accomplished and dedicated professionals. From the National Board of Directors and Technical Local Board to the local Local Boards in each Year Up market, these corporate and philanthropic leaders play a critical role in Year Up's success.

national BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Year Up's Board of Directors assists the Year Up team in areas such as strategic direction, fundraising, financial control and overall corporate governance. In addition, we also rely on guidance and support in areas such a our technical curriculum, internships and our overall technical infrastructure from our board of corporate advisors, and our technical local board. Year Up is proud to have such accomplished and dedicated professionals on our boards.

In addition to Gerald Chertavian, Founder & CEO, other Board members include:

national TECHNICAL LOCAL BOARD
The Technical Local Board consists of senior technical executives who provide Year Up with current data on the technical skills that are most in demand for IT positions. Year Up uses this information to modify its curriculum to meet market demand. They are:

LOCAL BOARDS

national BOARD OF DIRECTORs bios

Timothy Dibble - Chairman
Managing General Partner, Alta Communications

Timothy Dibble is the Managing General Partner of Alta Communications. Tim joins the Board of Year Up with over 13 years of experience working with and investing in various new business ventures. Tim joined Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. in 1989 and in 1996, the firm transitioned to become Alta Communications, a Boston-based venture capital firm focusing on telecommunications. Tim began his career at the Bank of Boston in the Acquisition Finance Division, structuring and monitoring the performance of management buyouts in cash flow industries. Tim received a degree in Economics from Wesleyan University.

Tim and Alta have incubated Year Up from idea stage through to execution - offering office space, support, and resources. Tim also sits on the Board of the Big Brother Association of Massachusetts and is co-chair of the Steering Committee.

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John Bradley
Global Group Head of Human Resources, UBS

Mr. Bradley has served as Non-Executive Director of the London-based Coalition Development Corporation and was formerly the Board Chair of INROADS/NYC. From 1991 to 1997 he was a member of the South Orange/Maplewood, New Jersey Board of Education, where he served as chair from 1992-1994.

Mr. Bradley completed his undergraduate work at Cornell University, earning a B.S. degree from Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He also earned an MBA at Cornell's Johnson Business School. Mr. Bradley is married (wife Kristine) and has two daughters.

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Andrea Feingold-treasurer
Founder and Partner, Feingold O’Keeffe Capital

Andrea Feingold is a partner and founder of Feingold O'Keeffe Capital, a long/short hedge fund which focuses primarily on high yield bonds. Prior to forming Feingold O'Keeffe, Ms. Feingold was co-head of High Yield at Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO). While at PIMCO she managed $3 billion in high yield separate accounts with a variety of mandates. Before joining PIMCO, Ms. Feingold was Portfolio Manager at Columbia High Yield, part of FleetBoston Financial Corporation where she managed several high yield mutual funds. Ms. Feingold graduated from Columbia University with honors.

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David Ford
Executive Director, Smith Family Foundation

In April, 2002, David Ford joined the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation as Executive Director. The Foundation focuses on medical research, youth development and poverty alleviation, and contributes about $12 million a year primarily in the Boston area. Organizational capacity building is an overarching theme of the Foundation. For four years prior to joining the Smith Family Foundation, Ford was President of the Lucent Technologies Foundation and head of the Corporation’s community affairs program. And from 1988-1998, Ford was President of the Chase Manhattan Foundation which provided grants to several thousand nonprofit organizations around the country and world. Previously, Ford was Director of the Center for Human Resources at Rutgers University for nine years, provided philanthropic consulting services to a number of private foundations and corporations, was Deputy Director of the Bergen County, NJ Community Action Program and Director of the Upper Passaic County, NJ Head Start Program, and taught English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Lincoln High School in Milwaukee (while in VISTA). Ford also traveled and studied in Asia and Europe for two years. He has a B.A. in English and Political Science from Colgate University and a M.A. in Education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Ford is or has been a member of the boards of the Independent Sector, Council on Foundations, Associated Grantmakers, NY Regional Association of Grantmakers (past President), NJ Council of Grantmakers, Corporate Contributions Council of the Conference Board (past Chairman), National Executive Service Corps, Wise Giving Alliance, AFS-USA, W. Bergen Mental Health Center, Riverside Community Care, the Lars Anderson Auto Museum, Hale Reservation, Year Up, the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, the Dedham Savings Bank and the Daimler and the Lanchester Owners Club of North America.

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Peter Handrinos - secretary
Partner, WilmerHale
Peter Handrinos practices general corporate and securities law at WilmerHale, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions and public offerings for life sciences and technology companies.

Peter has advised both public and private companies in connection with a broad range of matters, including initial and follow-on public offerings, asset purchases, divestitures, cash mergers, stock mergers and tender offers. He has counseled a variety of start-up companies and venture capital firms in venture capital financings. Peter has also represented underwriters in connection with public offerings of debt and equity securities. A significant portion of his practice involves general corporate work for ongoing clients on matters such as SEC compliance, securities and disclosure issues and corporate governance matters.

Peter received a J.D. degree from the New York University School of Law and M.B.A. and B.S. degrees from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart
CIO & Director, New York State Office for Technology
Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart serves as New York State Chief Information Officer and Director of the Office for Technology. As the Governor’s top information technology advisor, Dr. Mayberry-Stewart, a member of the Governor’s cabinet, develops, implements and oversees IT investments for the State of New York, a $130 billion enterprise with over 190,000 employees serving a statewide population of 19 million. The State has approximately 5,600 IT professionals, and spends approximately $2 billion in information technology annually. Her position requires her to work with local and federal government agencies to deliver innovative state government services to citizens, businesses and state visitors by leveraging technology.

In addition, as the NYS CIO, her responsibilities include promoting the use of technology to drive economic development to help build stronger economies, and ensuring information technology programs align with the objectives of the NYS Information Technology Enterprise Strategic Plan.

Dr. Mayberry-Stewart, a veteran of IT, started her career in Information Technology 30 years ago as a Systems Engineer for the IBM Corporation. Subsequently, she worked as an IT executive in two Fortune 20 companies, the largest healthcare hospital in the country, and in the public and private non-profit sectors.

During her 13 years with IBM, she quickly rose through the ranks and was promoted to Systems Engineering Manager, Marketing Support and Operations Manager, and Regional Market Support Manager. Her last position at IBM was the Regional Telecommunications Marketing Manager serving California, Arizona, Hawaii and Guam. Also, Melodie served as an Instructor in Database and Data Communications at the IBM Advanced Technical Education Center in Los Angeles and authored several courses published by Science Research Associates.

After leaving a successful career at IBM, Dr. Mayberry-Stewart became a Chief Information Officer in the health care industry as the first CIO at Community Health Corporation, (California), St. Thomas Hospital (Tennessee) and Beth Israel Medical Center (New York). After 14 years in healthcare IT, she turned her interest to the energy industry where she became a Vice President and General Manager of Shared IT Services and Global IT Delivery for the Amoco Corporation.

Dr. Mayberry-Stewart had the opportunity to fulfill one of her personal passions when she founded an IT consulting company to provide consulting services strictly to non-profit companies, who often are unable to develop strategic technology plans to advance their missions by leveraging technology. She believes these mission-driven organizations oftentimes do not have technology expertise and resources to maximize their organization’s performance to make better communities. This opportunity enabled her to work with Boards, CEOs, CFOs and CIOs to help their organizations better serve their constituents. During one of her consulting assignments, Dr. Mayberry-Stewart was introduced to the newly elected Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. In 2002 the Mayor appointed her as the City’s first Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and CIO. In this position she was responsible for creating and implementing the citywide IT and telecommunications strategy. In May 2007, Dr. Mayberry-Stewart was appointed NYS CIO and Director of the NYS Office for Technology.

Dr. Mayberry-Stewart received her B.S. in Sociology and Business Administration from Union College. She has a M.A. in Sociological Research and All But Dissertation (ABD) in Sociological Research from the University of Nebraska, a MBA in Finance from Pepperdine University, an M.A. in Executive Management and a Ph.D. with a specialty in Information Systems Management from Claremont Graduate University in California, where she was the first black female to receive a doctorate from the Peter F. Drucker School of Executive Management.

Dr. Mayberry-Stewart has been nationally recognized as one of the most important blacks in technology by US Black Engineer and Information technology magazine for 2010 and in InformationWeek’s 2009 Government CIO 50 list. In addition, she received numerous honors including, Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2009, Year Up 2009 Urban Empowerment Award, ITT Technical Institute 2009 Woman of Inspiration Award, 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Black MBA Association and the National Technical Association Lifetime Achievement Award, US Engineering and Technology Women of Color Technology Award for Managerial Leadership and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Dr. Mayberry-Stewart serves on the boards of the Harriman Research and Technology Development Corporation, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Center for Computational Nanotechnology Innovation, and is a member of the Advisory Council of Center for CIO Leadership where she provides strategic advice and counsel to Center leadership and assures the Center’s research, education and content are directly relevant to the professional growth and challenges facing CIOs.

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Rod McCowan
Partner, New Profit Inc.

Rod spent most of his prior career alternating between general management and chief human resource officer roles in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. At Herman Miller, Inc., Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, and VeriSign, Inc, he restructured and led global HR organizations designed to drive improvements in individual, business unit, and corporate performance. He also served as President of Herman Miller East Asia, then began his private sector career with IBM in marketing, IS consulting, and government relations, and with Merrill Lynch Capital Markets in investment banking.

Rod was a White House Fellow in the first Bush Administration (41), and served in the State Department as special assistant to the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. He later served as Assistant Secretary for Management at the U.S. Department of Education during the Clinton Administration. He was the founding CEO of the Louisiana Family Recovery Corps, which was singled out by former President Clinton as a model for cross-sector, domestic disaster relief efforts.

Rod graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Arts in Ethics and Religion. He holds a Master of Arts in Religion in Social Ethics from Yale University Divinity School. He earned a Master of Public Policy in Human Services, Labor, and Education Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, where he was twice selected a Kennedy Fellow.

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James Pallotta
Chairman & Managing Director, Raptor Capital Management
James J. Pallotta is the Managing Director and head of U.S. Equity Securities of the Tudor Group affiliated companies. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Tudor Group.

Prior to joining the Tudor Group, Jim was Senior Vice President and Director of Research at Essex Investment Management Company in Boston, actively directing the management of client funds of up to $550 million.

In addition to Year Up, Jim is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the following organizations: Big Brother Association, Boston Children's Hospital Trust, Fessenden School for Boys, Red Auerbach Youth Foundation, The Steppingstone Foundation, Squashbusters, and Tudor Group. He is also a member of the University of Massachusetts Foundation Investment Committee.

Jim has a BBA in Finance from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from Northeastern University.

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Paul Salem
Co-founder & Senior Managing Director, Providence Equity Partners

Paul Salem has been investing in private equity for the past 13 years and is a Senior Managing Director and co-founder of Providence Equity Partners. Paul oversees Providence's European investment activities. Paul has been responsible for investments in incumbent telephone companies, competitive local exchange carriers, advanced data solution providers including web hosting and ISPs, publishing, wireless data networks, Internet content, and telecommunications infrastructure. He was, during the period of Providence's investment, a director of AT&T Canada, Inc. (formerly MetroNet Communications Corp.), Song Networks Holding A.B. (formerly Tele1 Europe Holding A.B.), Netcom Canada, NC Holdings, Interep National Radio Sales, Inc., Unisite, Inc., Verio, Inc., and Wired Ventures, Inc.

Prior to joining Providence, Paul worked for Morgan Stanley & Co. in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that time, Paul spent four years with Prudential Investment Corporation, an affiliate of Prudential Insurance, where his responsibilities included private placement financings, leveraged buyout transactions, and establishing Prudential's European investment office. Paul received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University.

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Diane Schueneman
Former SVP, Head of Global Infrastructures and Solutions, Merrill Lynch

Ms. Schueneman, 55, is one of a handful of women in top technology jobs on Wall Street. Her rise at Merrill began in 1971 when, lacking the money to finish college, she parlayed her early jobs there into a position in fixed-income sales. Over the next 33 years, she headed numerous businesses. She oversaw a $1 billion overhaul of brokers' workstations, a watershed accomplishment that experts say has given Merrill a several-year advantage over its competitors. In 2004, she won her current job as Head of Global Infrastructure Solutions.

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Gail Snowden
CEO, Freedom House Inc.

Gail Snowden is the Vice President for Finance and Operations at the Boston Foundation. Gail oversees the finances and administrative operations of the $650 million community foundation as a key member of the senior management team. She is a veteran of the banking industry and a nationally recognized leader in urban community development.

Gail's contributions to the legacy banks of Fleet and BankBoston have been many, including the awarding of "Outstanding" Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) ratings at the banks, the White House Ron Brown Award for Advocating for the Needs of Minority and Low-income Constituents, and pioneering bold new initiatives, such as Fleet Community Bank. Gail served in many capacities through the bank's numerous mergers, including her membership on Fleet's Leadership Advisory Group. She developed and led the community investment efforts at BankBoston and Fleet which resulted in the formation of a nationally recognized, specialized retail and investment arm, the Community Investment Group, with a targeted focus on urban, low-income communities and minority- and women-owned businesses.

Gail serves as an emeritus chair of the Freedom House Board of Directors and has served on several other boards, including those of Boston Foundation, Northeastern University, Simmons College, the Efficacy Institute, and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City. She has received numerous awards, including the Rosoff Diversity Award, honorary doctorates from her alma mater, Simmons College, and several other colleges. She was named one of the nation's Top Business and Professional Women by Dollars and Sense magazine, one of 50 African-American Women at the top in corporate America by Ebony magazine, and one of Boston magazine's 100 most influential women.

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David Sylvester
Partner, Venture Philanthropy Partner*
David Sylvester is a partner at Venture Philanthropy Partners. For 24 years, Sylvester was an attorney whose practice included advising private and public companies in the areas of early through late-stage venture capital financings, public offerings of securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities law and general corporate law. In 2000, he established the Northern Virginia office of Hale and Dorr, LLP (now Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP), where he was instrumental in connecting early stage companies in the region with venture capital financing and assisting later stage companies to access the public capital markets. Companies he assisted include CareerBuilder, OTG Software, Proxicom, and Ciena. Prior to joining Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Sylvester worked with Silicon Valley companies such as Electronic Arts and Apple Computer at the firm of Fenwick & West in Palo Alto.

Sylvester has been recognized for exceptional standing in the legal community in the areas of corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in 2003 through 2006. He was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of leveraged buyouts and private equity and securities law.

Throughout his career, Sylvester has been active in the community. A New Orleans native and former New Orleans public housing resident, he has spent the last year working on both informal and formal rebuilding efforts in the hurricane damaged region, spending one week a month in that city. He serves on the Board of Governors of the Isidore Newman School and on the Board of Directors of The Idea Village Inc., a nonprofit business accelerator, both in New Orleans. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Department of Medical Assistance Services of the Commonwealth of Virginia (appointed by Governor Mark R. Warner and re-appointed by Governor Timothy M. Kaine). He is a past president and former member of the Board of VPP investment partner Heads Up, a leading provider of after school and summer programs in Washington, DC. He is also a past president and former member of the Board of Directors of the AHC, Inc., a private nonprofit organization that provides low- and moderate-income housing to more than 6,000 residents in the Mid-Atlantic Region. In addition, Sylvester has served as pro bono General Counsel to the Midnight Basketball League, Inc. and to the National Association of Midnight Basketball Leagues, Inc., is a former member of the Board and General Counsel to the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA), and is a former member of the Executive Committee of the Arlington, Virginia, chapter of the NAACP.

* VPP representative on the Year Up National Board of Directors

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Craig Underwood
Craig Underwood Consulting
Craig Underwood is the Founder and Managing Partner of Underwood Partners, a Boston based consulting firm with expertise in three areas: Helping large enterprises understand, engage with and profit from the philosophy and applications of Web 2.0 and social media technologies; Developing and optimizing data-based loyalty and reward programs; and Leveraging the Internet to monetize fan bases, membership groups and other communities. He led the policy team for Alan Khazei’s 2009 candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Edward M. Kennedy and is Co-Founding the New Policy Action Tank with Alan in early 2010.

Craig’s experience includes Founder and CEO of The Loyalty Group/Air Miles Canada; CEO of Sports Loyalty Systems; Co-Founder of SocialSphere Strategies; and serving as a Partner at both Bain & Company and The Bridgespan Group, Bain’s nonprofit affiliate. He has served on over 10 start-up, corporate and nonprofit boards.

Craig earned a BA in Political Science at West Virginia University, an MA from Oxford University in Politics, Economics and Philosophy, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a Co-Founder and Board member of Year Up, the innovative work force development program and has served on numerous other boards, including Upromise , Oxford Properties, Horizons for Homeless Children and the WVU Foundation and is currently on the Advisory Board of Modiv Media and advising PerkStreet Financial, a new online bank. Craig’s blog about Web 2.0, customer service and loyalty can be found at www.collaborationevangelist.com.

Craig has literally been involved in politics his entire life as his father was both the youngest and the oldest governor of West Virginia, elected on his 34th and 74th birthdays. Craig’s firm developed one of the earliest political web sites, www.governor.com for his father’s 1996 campaign and Craig authored the political strategy blog www.politicaljunkiesplace.com during the 2008 presidential race. Craig resides in Brookline, MA with his wife, their thirteen year old daughter, ten year old son, yellow lab and cairn terrier. All of the Underwood’s are avid snowboarders, tennis players, Celtics, Patriots, Red Sox and music fans.

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