Preceding her tenure at CARE, Eric worked for Habitat for Humanity International for almost six years, initially as Director of Human Resources, where she also provided leadership to the training department and the day care center, and she then became Habitat’s first Director of Planning with responsibility for creating and inculcating new short- and long-term planning processes into the organization. She also worked with U.S. affiliates’ Boards to enhance their capacity to manage and plan more effectively.
Prior to her experience with Habitat, Ms. Dupree-Walker worked at Harvard University for more than nine years and in her final year with Harvard; she was an executive-on-loan to Clark Atlanta University’s School of Business Administration. While at Harvard, she served as Director of Special Projects for the Harvard Business School and with the Harvard Law School as Director of Personnel Services. Before her tenure with Harvard University, Eric worked at Salem Hospital and at a research and development company, American Science and Engineering, in the field of human resources for seven years.
Eric serves on the Board of the Elsie Whitlow Stokes Charter School in Washington, DC and is co-chair of their governance committee. She is also on the board of dropping knowledge, a non-profit organization which leads a global initiative to support the free and open sharing of knowledge among people of the world. Until 2008, Eric also represented CARE on the board of NetHope, a non-profit technology focused membership organization, which CARE helped found.
Eric has completed numerous courses in leadership and management, organizational change, strategic planning, project and time management, facilitation, coaching and counseling, succession planning, managing diversity, negotiation and mediation, financial management, team building and marketing. S he received a BS degree in Psychology, Special Education and Secondary Education from American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Cindy Gantz, (Founder). Cindy Gantz is a designer, artist , filmmaker and board member of the Mark and Sharon Bloome Fund. Her background in social issue filmmaking and commercial production design has produced works including “World VDAY” – an extension of the celebrated theatrical production “The Vagina Monologues” and the archival documentary “Let Ralph Debate” at Madison Garden as well as numerous award-winning commercials and music videos over the past 15 years through her own production company Catalyst and in conjunction with other international production companies.
Tachi Kiuchi. Takashi Kiuchi is one of Japan’s most iconoclastic corporate executives. As Chairman and CEO of Mitsubishi Electric America, he built the Mitsubishi Electric brand in the U.S., and managed the company’s transition from the old to the new economy. As Managing Director of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, he broke with Japanese corporate norms to champion a “living systems” approach to business that included rapid adaptation, financial transparency, openness, cultural diversity, executive positions for women and environmental sustainability. He even forged a bold agreement with Rainforest Action Network (RAN) to promote corporate sustainability.
Today as Chairman of the Future 500 and CEO of Tokyo-based E-Square, Kiuchi develops profitable and sustainable business practices at Mitsubishi Electric and a consortium of computer and electronics companies working together to develop electronic products stewardship initiatives. Kiuchi is a popular keynote speaker at major global conferences on business, and the environment and Japanese-U.S. relations. In his spare time, Kiuchi skydives, runs marathons, climbs Mount Fuji, rides his bicycle to Future 500 headquarters in downtown Tokyo and does 1600 push-ups a day.
Jackie Northway-Wallace, (Founder)). Jackie Northway-Wallace is a pioneering philanthropist, with a particular focus on the fields of energy, climate, globalization, and media democracy. Wallace has identified and provided support for cutting-edge initiatives both in the United States, such as Democracy Now!, and elsewhere, such as Partners in Health’s public clinics in Haiti. In her own California community, she is building local alternatives to oil dependency, including bio-diesel laboratories, and to other practices that destroy natural and human environments.
Dr. Suresh Subramanian. Suresh Subramanian– Suresh is head of Hewlett Packard’s PC worldwide division. He was formally head of the Waitt Family Foundation. Suresh and his wife also run their own foundation called the Power of Love Foundation (www.poweroflove.org) which is dedicated to creating and sharing innovative community models that increase the effectiveness of AIDS prevention and care efforts. Suresh has extensive experience in product innovation and marketing in the technology sector. He was formally the chief officer for innovation at Gateway Computing prior to going to the Waitt Family Foundation. His work experience has been on global marketing and product development. He has spent the last two years setting up his foundation’s work in Africa and India and has just returned to the private sector. He is Indian by birth and holds strong family and business ties to India.
