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

Martha Metz

Board Chair, Halcyon

Founder, Metz Investments LP

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

Sachiko Kuno, Ph.D.

Founder and Chair Emeritus, Halcyon

Kevin Lavin

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

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Muktesh "Micky" Pant

Board of Directors, Beyond Meat

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Max Peterson

Vice President for Worldwide Public Sector, AWS

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Karyn Smith

Chief Legal Officer, Snyk

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Kerone Vatel

Head of Community Impact and Investing, Capital One

Honorary Board

Mary Ann Best

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

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Debbie Driesman

Vice President, Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation

Matt Indre

Matthew Indre

Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Total Wine & More

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Isabelle Johnson

CEO, Offices of Dr. Sachiko Kuno

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

Chief Executive Development Advisor, JTCC College Park

Wolf Ruzicka

Wolf Ruzicka

Chairman of the Board, Eastbanc Technologies

Jayne Sandman

Co-Founder & Co-CEO, The Brand Guild

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Andrew Seested

Senior Vice President, Truist Wealth

Board Alumni

Ami Aronson

Teresa Carlson

Chris Denby

Elisebeth Driscoll

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