Halcyon Board

Halcyon is lucky to have an unparalleled board of directors, whose guidance not only ensures our long term sustainability as an organization, but helps unlock increasingly exciting opportunities, partnerships, and connections that advance our work and the work of our fellows.

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Board of Directors

Sachiko Kuno, Ph.D.

Founder and Chair, Halcyon

Byron Barnes

Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Banking, Bank of America

Patrice King Brickman

Founder and Managing Director, Inspire Capital, LLC

Michelle DiFebo Freeman

Owner and CEO, Carl M. Freeman Companies

W. Matthew Kelly

CEO, JBG Smith

Kevin Lavin

Co-Chair, Arnold & Porter Kay Scholer’s Corporate Finance

Martha Metz

Founder, Metz Investments LP

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Max Peterson

Vice President for Worldwide Public Sector, AWS

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Karyn Smith

General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Twilio Inc.

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Kerone Vatel

Head of Community Impact and Investing, Capital One

Honorary Board

Ami Aronson

Managing Director, Bernstein Family Foundation

Mary Ann Best

Senior Managing Director & Senior Vice President, Bernstein Private Wealth Management

Kahlil Byrd

Co-Founder and CEO, Invest America

Debbie Driesman

Vice President, Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation

Elisebeth Driscoll

Senior Vice President and Market Leader, Bank of America Private Bank

Matthew Indre

Senior Manager, Public Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility, Total Wine & More

Mark C. Lowham

Managing Partner, TTR/Sotheby’s International Realty

Mark McFadden

Residential Sales Associate, Washington Fine Properties

David T. Menachery

Vice President, Investment Management, Goldman Sachs

Rynthia Rost

Senior Executive Advisor, IBM International

Wolf Ruzicka

Wolf Ruzicka

Chairman of the Board, Eastbanc Technologies

Jayne Sandman

Co-Founder & Co-CEO, The Brand Guild

Board Alumni

Teresa Carlson

Chris Denby

Max Duckworth

Samuel Gottesman

Sheila Johnson

Frank LaPrade

Jodie McLean

Carol A. Melton

Rashad Moore

Rashad Moore

Tim Owens

Vicki Sant

Courtney Straus

Silvia Taylor

Cathy Tinsley

Mitch Weintraub