About

Board

Tory Burch

Founder, Board of Directors
Tory Burch is Chairman, CEO and Designer of Tory Burch, an American sportswear and lifestyle brand. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in art history, she moved to New York to pursue a career in the fashion industry. She worked in public relations and marketing for several American designers, including Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang and Narciso Rodriguez at Loewe.

She launched Tory Burch in 2004 with a small boutique on Elizabeth Street in Manhattan, and since then the brand has grown into a global business with more than 150 freestanding stores in cities from New York and Los Angeles to Shanghai, Milan and, Paris, as well as a presence in more than 3,000 department and specialty stores worldwide.

Tory has been recognized with numerous awards, including the CFDA for Accessory Designer of the Year, Glamour’s Women of the Year, Forbes’s Most Powerful Women in the World.

A dedicated philanthropist, Tory launched the Tory Burch Foundation in 2009. In addition, she serves on the boards of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the Barnes Foundation and the Jay H. Baker Retailing Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is also an inaugural member of the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship.

Hayley Boesky

Board of Directors
Hayley is Vice Chairman of Global Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, working across all lines of business to deepen partnerships with the firm’s highest priority clients. She was previously at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the Markets Group where she served as Vice President and Director of Market Analysis. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve, Hayley worked at Moore Capital Management and separately was Chief U.S. Rates Strategist at Goldman Sachs. Hayley holds a Doctorate in Astrophysics from Columbia University and studied mathematics and French at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also on the Trustees Council of Penn Women and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Susan Duffy

Board of Directors
Susan Duffy is the Executive Director of the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL) at Babson College, a collaborative learning laboratory dedicated to researching, educating and celebrating women entrepreneurial leaders. Under Susan’s leadership, CWEL is redefining women’s entrepreneurship education with programs like the WIN Lab venture accelerator and the CWEL Scholars program. CWEL also advances gender enlightenment as a growth strategy for individuals and organizations. Susan earned her Ph.D. from The George Washington University where she founded the Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative, a program recognized as the 2006 National Model Specialty Program in Entrepreneurship Education. Susan serves on the board of the International Council for Small Business and the Center for Women’s Business Research.

Yasmin Green

Board of Directors
Yasmin is the Head of Research and Development for Jigsaw, a technology incubator within Alphabet Inc. focused on solving global security challenges through technology. She oversees the team’s research as well as its work on counter-radicalization and online hate, harassment and intimidation. Yasmin was previously Head of Strategy and Operations for Google Ideas, now Jigsaw. Prior to joining Google, Yasmin consulted for Booz Allen Hamilton. She is a Senior Advisor on Innovation to Oxford Analytica and Co-Chair of the European Commission’s’ Working Group on Online Radicalization. In 2016, Yasmin was named a Women inPower Fellow.

Jay Hass

Board of Directors
Jay is a Partner at RRE Ventures, where he is responsible for business strategy and operational functions including investor relations, communications and product management. Prior to joining RRE, Jay spent 22 years at Brown Brothers Harriman. There he established the Alternative Investments Group, leading eight private equity, hedge fund and Asian equity funds-of-funds with peak assets of over $1.3 billion and approximately 1,300 investors. In addition, he has been an angel investor in a number of privately held companies and as President of the consulting firm GateHouse Investors, he has advised high-net-worth families and financial services institutions on investment and business strategies. Jay is also Director of the Cheetah Korea Value Fund and is a former Trustee of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and Natural Lands Trust.

Robert Isen

Chair, Board of Directors
Robert is the Chief Legal Officer and President of Corporate Development at Tory Burch LLC. Robert began his career as a corporate attorney in Washington D.C. and went on to work for a Philadelphia-based firm. After practicing law, Robert pursued various entrepreneurial ventures and held key operating, investor and advisory roles in several companies. Robert holds a B.S. in Psychology from Duke University and graduated with a J.D. from Boston University Law School. Robert is a member of YPO/WPO.

Tracey Kozmetsky

Board of Directors
Tracey holds a B.A. from Texas Christian University and began her professional career at Women’s Wear Daily and L’Oréal Professionnel. In 1999, she started her own public relations firm, Engelking Kozmetsky Communications, LLC. Tracey has been involved with the RGK Foundation for 19 years. She is the 2015 Board Chair for the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center and serves on the Board of Directors of Dallas Children’s Medical Center. She is also a member of the Crystal Charity Ball. Among numerous awards, she received the North Star Award ranking her among the top ten civic volunteers in Dallas.

James Robinson

Board of Directors
Jamie is the Managing Director of Alliance Marketing Partners, a sports marketing firm. Launching his career as a certified NFL agent, Jamie has negotiated sports and entertainment merchandising, licensing and sponsorship agreements totaling in excess of $150 million. He has also created marketing campaigns on behalf of a number of the nation’s leading brands including Hallmark Cards, GAP, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Rawlings Sporting Goods and Dunkin’ Donuts. Jamie is a board member of the Police Athletic League, the Marks Colorectal Surgical Foundation, Ashley’s Angels and the StreetSafe Driving Academy. He is a graduate of Georgetown University.

Jamie Tisch

Board of Directors
Jamie is an entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 2008, she co-founded Fashionology LA, a children’s clothing store in Los Angeles. In 2003, she co-founded the Entertainment Industry’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund. The Women’s Cancer Research Fund was created to support innovative research, education and outreach directed toward the early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of all women’s cancers.

 

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Grace Chon

Program Associate

Grace began her career in philanthropy at the Community Service Society of New York, managing special events and executing fundraising efforts to support development programs and policy research in New York City. In addition, she implemented multiple forums, including topics on women’s health policy. She earned her M.S. in International Relations from New York University with a specialization in public-private partnership and economic development programs for women. She then researched how microfinance can be utilized as a preventative tool to combat human trafficking and economic inequality gap.

Laurie Fabiano

President
Laurie has a long history of advancing philanthropic endeavors. As Senior Vice President of the Robin Hood Foundation for ten years, she helped grow the organization’s grantmaking from $11 to $154 million to support poverty-fighting organizations. She also produced Robin Hood’s annual fundraiser, the most financially successful non-political fundraiser in the country. Prior to that, she produced AIDS Walks and Dance-a-thons countrywide and also served as Deputy Mayor of Hoboken. Most recently, she ran her own marketing and events company, Fab Tool, working with clients including Amazon.com, Harlem Village Academies and Make It Right Foundation. She is the author of the best-selling novel Elizabeth Street, which was the basis for her TED talk on the importance of family history.

Molly Heffernan

Manager, Digital & Marketing
Molly began her career in philanthropy with the YMCA of Greater New York. She then served as Digital Marketing Manager for the Stephen Siller Foundation, where she managed major brand campaigns. Most recently, Molly served as the Director of Special Events for the YMCA of Greater New York where she led signature fundraising events and implemented donor cultivation strategies. Molly holds a B.A. from Elon University and an M.P.A from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She is also a volunteer member of Robin Hood Foundation’s P.Y.T.

Gabrielle L. McGee

Vice President, Digital, Marketing & Special Projects
Gabrielle has a passion for social innovation and scaling entrepreneurial ideas through technology. Gabrielle began her career working in brand development and digital marketing. She worked with Major League Baseball as part of the special events and cause marketing teams, working on League-wide initiatives including the All-Star Game and World Series. She then worked as the Senior Managing Director for the Stephen Siller Foundation, where she led the Building for America’s Bravest campaign in partnership with OgilvyOne overseeing brand strategy, development and digital marketing. Gabrielle holds a B.S. from Elon University, graduating magna cum laude and an M.P.A from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She is presently earning a LEAD certificate in Corporate Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Massey Morris

Digital Associate
Massey holds an Honors Business Administration (HBA) degree from the Ivey Business School at Western University. Following graduation, Massey worked at NetSuite and Nike, where she held positions as a Research Analyst and Account Service Representative respectively. She then attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and graduated summa cum laude with an Associate Degree in Applied Science in Fashion Merchandising Management.

Donna Russo

Senior Program Manager
Donna most recently managed the Kauffman FastTrac entrepreneurial education program for the State Unversity of New York. She managed 23 programs annually, equipping over 500 aspiring New York City entrepreneurs, start-ups and small business owners with the business skills, insights and tools to launch or grow successful businesses. Previously, Donna held senior leadership roles in product development, product management and strategic marketing at MasterCard and Citibank. She is passionate about driving innovation within financial services and is an angel investor at an early-stage Fintech start-up. Donna has a M.S. in Policy Analysis and Management and a B.A. in Economics from SUNY Stony Brook.

Désirée Younge

Vice President, Programs
Désirée most recently led Cotton Tree Philanthropy Advisors, a company she started in 2012. Prior to that, she lived in Nigeria working as the Director of Entrepreneurship & Leadership Development for the Tony Elumelu Foundation. She began her career in philanthropy at the Robin Hood Foundation in New York and later at Synergos Institute, an international development organization connecting philanthropists to solve complex social issues. She holds a B.A. from Notre Dame of Maryland University, an M.A. in International Affairs from the New School and is currently enrolled in the TRIUM Global Executive MBA program. She is an active board member of several organizations in the U.S. and abroad.