Our Team
Interested in becoming a Bpeace Board Member?
Alexandra Salas
CEO
Alexandra leads Bpeace's fast-growing global impact. She began her career in private equity and honed her international experience while working in Argentina and Brazil. Today she is based in North Carolina and mobilizes the Bpeace community of high-impact job creators who generate better lives for thousands of families. She is eager to export the successful Bpeace model to new regions.
Mark Fleming
Board Chair
Randy Browning
BOARD TREASURER
Prior to retiring from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as a partner, Randy held a number of senior leadership positions, including U.S. consulting leader and global advisory markets leader. He has actively involved more than 100 PwC professionals in volunteering for Bpeace. Randy has traveled to El Salvador and Guatemala as a Bpeace Skillanthropist and continues to work with numerous Fast Runner businesses.
Buck Baker
Board Director
Buck has an MBA from the Harvard School of Business and more than 30 years of experience in senior strategic planning and human resources roles, most recently as Director of HR for Yazaki North America. Buck has been instrumental in creating the Bpeace Ambassador model to ensure impactful onboarding and sustained engagement for new Skillathropists. He has completed several volunteer assignments including G-Files, Learning Labs, Growth Projects, and mentoring for Women Forward.
Ann Callison
Board Director
Based in London, Ann heads operations globally for Barclays Corporate Bank, overseeing payments, lending, and trade finance. She previously spent 15 years at Morgan Stanley leading enterprisewide technology initiatives, including regulatory reform, operations innovation and Agile transformation. Ann is passionate about creating growth and efficiency through technology and human-centered design. As a Skillanthropist, she has traveled to Lebanon, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Marla Gitterman
Board Director
Prior to her current position as Bpeace Strategic Partnership Advisor, Marla was Chief Program Officer, managing our global portfolio in Afghanistan, Guatemala, El Salvador and Rwanda. Before joining Bpeace, she was technical program officer at Women's World Banking, supporting development of microfinancing in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe. Marla is also board president of Working for Women, a nonprofit using business to elevate women in the workforce.
James Jones
Board Director
As founder of JKT Financial Group, an operations and financial consulting firm, and president of JKT Packaging Solutions, James uses his 20+ years of expertise in C-level management, lean manufacturing and asset management to help companies streamline operations, improve safety and source packaging/logistic services. JKT Packaging has negotiated over $75 million in supplier contracts involving partners from North America to Asia.
Patricia Kampmann
Board Director
Patricia, CEO and Chairman of Electus Global Education Co., Inc., brings over 25 years of experience in business operations, brand management, strategic planning, and fundraising. Her career emphasizes innovation, operational efficiency and sustainable growth across international markets. With a deep-rooted empathy for women entrepreneurs and a proven track record in grassroots community engagement.
Jordan Less
Board Director
Jordan, an Advisory Manager at ZS Associates and Adjunct Faculty at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, boasts 10+ years of experience in Management Consulting, specializing in life science, operating models, organizational transformation, and capability building. As a dedicated Skillanthropist with Bpeace for 9 years, Jordan has conducted numerous learning labs, including the transformative OKR learning lab, benefiting hundreds of Fast Runners. Jordan's commitment has grown the ZS & Bpeace partnership, with 86+ ZS employees volunteering their time and expertise.
Toni Maloney
Board Director
Co-founder & Madame X-CEO
From the start, Toni differentiated Bpeace in the nonprofit space by focusing on small-business owners in the best position to create jobs for others, a mission that has never wavered. Before cofounding Bpeace in 2002, she ran The Maloney Group, a strategic marketing consulting business. Previous to that, Toni held executive positions at American Express, and the Ogilvy and McCann-Erickson advertising agencies.
Alpa Pandya
Board Director
Believing that small-business owners are too often the unsung heroes of economic and social advancement around the world, Alpa has utilized her 20+ years of strategic marketing and brand expertise to help Fast Runners create jobs in their communities. In 2018 she cofounded Find Difference, a consulting firm that advises F100 executives, visionary challengers and award-winning creative teams.
Gita Patel
Board Director
Gita Patel is a management consultant at Trillium Management Solutions, with experience working in corporate, family businesses as well as business ownership. She specializes in strategic planning, market research, and process improvement across industries such as hospitality, manufacturing, and ERP technology. With a global perspective from working with major clients like SAP America, Nestle, Chanel, and Siemens, she brings a wealth of experience to Bpeace Board. Her passion for meaningful impact and cultural insights gained from extensive travel will be valuable in supporting the organization’s growth and building strategic connections.
Javier Prado
Board Director
Javier brings extensive experience in commercial and philanthropic leadership. After guiding Prado SA DE CV to market dominance in El Salvador's home appliance industry, he shifted to technology investments, succeeding with ventures like HitCheck, Onlife, and Applaudo. Javier was instrumental in establishing Bpeace in El Salvador, where his consulting work has created thousands of jobs for midsize companies. His commitment to social impact and job creation will greatly strengthen Bpeace's mission.
Karen Vander Linde
Board Director
Karen is a retired PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) partner who served on the firm’s advisory global leadership team. Currently she sits on the leadership advisory committee at ExCo (former Merryck and Co), where she is an executive mentor. She regularly travels to Central America to improve the ability of Bpeace Fast Runners to create strategic frameworks and manage organizational change.
Liz Wald
BOARD VICE-CHAIR
Liz has been building online marketplaces for 25+ years, from AOL and Etsy to the explosion of crowdfunding and the emerging cannabis industry. She consults with early-stage consumer companies and is CEO of Good Earth Organics, a certified organic soil company based in the U.S. Liz’s expertise includes operations, entrepreneurship, financial planning, market assessment, international expansion, business development and team building.
Caroline Basso
Chief Administrative
Officer
Strengthening the resources that keep a growing Bpeace efficient, is Caroline’s domain at Bpeace. In addition to marketing and fundraising leadership, she manages Bpeace’s back office including technology, HR and finance. She joined Bpeace in 2019 from public broadcasting where she managed operations, strategic planning and fundraising.
Dion James
Bpeace Business Advisor
Drawing from a decade of learning and development, an accomplished Learning & Development Specialist, Dion, creates dynamic training programs to foster collaboration for outstanding results in organizational growth. Dion, serves as a Business Advisor for Bpeace’s Supplier Diversity Maximizer Program, and Learning Management System (LMS) Consultant, designing training programs, educational initiatives, and eLearning benchmarks.
Isabelle Strauss
Chief Program Officer
Isabelle is responsible for the overall quality and impact of all Bpeace programs that help small and medium-sized business owners expand their businesses and create jobs.
Melissa Alvarado
El Salvador Program Coordinator
Stephanie Alvarado
Guatemala Program Coordinator
Tania Brett
El Salvador Country Director
Debora Castro
El Salvador Program Coordinator
Stephany de Gonzalez
Guatemala Country Director
Silvia Ramos
Development Operations
Wynona Heim
Skillanthropist and Connect Community Manager
Nicoletta Lisanti
Marketing and Communication Manager
