Dean C. Allen, President and Chair
Dean Allen, CEO of the McKinstry Co., has more than 30 years of experience in the design, construction and real estate industries in the Pacific Northwest. Under his leadership, McKinstry has grown from a mechanical contractor into a comprehensive design, build, operate and maintain enterprise with more than $400 million per year in revenues and over 1,600 employees. McKinstry is the premiere design/build mechanical and electrical firm in the region, complemented by extensive service, facility management and energy services operations in the Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountain region, Midwest and Southwest. Dean currently serves on the boards of the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Washington STEM, and Seattle Children's Hospital in addition to the Washington Roundtable and the Partnership for Learning.
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Peter Bladin
Peter Bladin is retired from Grameen Foundation where, as Executive Vice President of Programs and Regions, he oversaw all microfinance and technology programs, as well as the foundation’s global strategies, launching the Grameen Technology Center (GTC). Under his leadership, GTC led the microfinance industry in technology innovation, creating information and communications initiatives to benefit the world’s poorest. Prior to joining Grameen Foundation in 2001, Peter worked at Microsoft for 10 years as a project manager, marketing manager, and Director of Global Product Support. Peter was a founding member of the Grameen Foundation’s Uganda Village Phone program, an Executive Board Member of the International Telecommunications Union Connect the World initiative, and has been a frequent speaker at international telecom and microfinance conferences. Peter has also been actively involved in local non-profit work. He is a longtime member of Social Venture Partners, and has served on the Boards of both New Futures and Npower. Currently the chair of Grameen Foundation’s Technology Advisory Committee, he also represents the Grameen Foundation on the Board of Grameen-Jameel, a joint venture social business focused on furthering microfinance in the Middle East and North Africa. Peter grew up in Sweden and has a degree in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Uppsala, Sweden. He resides in Seattle with his wife and two teenage daughters.
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Paula Clapp
Paula Clapp co-founded Global Partnerships in 1994 with her husband, Bill Clapp, to promote economic opportunity for people living in poverty in Latin America.  In 2007, Paula and Bill started the Seattle International Foundation to promote international development, awareness and philanthropy in Seattle.  Paula's current interest is to raise awareness of sex trafficking internationally and in our own community.  In addition to these organizations, Paula has served on the boards of Make A Wish Foundation, One World Now, the Medina Foundation and the Vestry of Saint Marks Cathedral. She was also a founding member of the Washington Women's Foundation. In addition, she has volunteered with Women's Funding Alliance, Accion U.S., Habitat for Humanity and Children's Orthopedic.  Paula holds a master's degree in counseling and worked as a middle school counselor at Zion Preparatory Academy. Paula and Bill recently received the AK Guy award from the YMCA for their volunteerism and were earlier recognized for their philanthropy.  She is the proud grandmother of four wonderful grandchildren.
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Steve Davis, Secretary
Steve Davis is the Director of Social Innovation for McKinsey & Company, overseeing its global practice and partnership with philanthropic organizations--private/family foundations, community foundations and corporate foundations--and social entrepreneurs engaged in tackling the world's largest social problems. He also serves as a core leader of the firm's Social Sector Office. He also is a Senior Fellow at the University of Washington's School of Law, Technology & the Arts Program, and sits on the board of several non-profit organizations. He recently served as the Interim India Country Program Leader for PATH, working on a wide variety of strategic programs, and previously served as the Interim CEO of Infectious Diseases Research Institute (IDRI), a Seattle-based non-profit organization focused on translational science for global health. He is the former president and chief executive officer of Corbis, a global digital media company. Steve had senior roles at Corbis from 1993 until 2007. Earlier, he practiced law with the firm of Preston Gates & Ellis (now K&L Gates) in Seattle, specializing in intellectual property issues, and prior to that he held various positions in international refugee and human rights organizations.

He received his A.B. from Princeton University, his M.A. in Chinese Studies from the University of Washington, and his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he received the Faculty Prize in International Law. He has also attended certificate programs at Beijing University and Stanford Business School.

Steve is the incoming Chair of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and currently serves on the boards of Global Partnerships, The Seattle Foundation, The George Eastman House, and Northwest School. He is on the national advisory board for Save the Children's Survive to Five Campaign, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He previously chaired the boards of the Technology Alliance, IDRI, NPower, United Way of King County, and the International Practice Section of the Washington State Bar, and he has served on the boards of PATH, Crucell (CRXL), United Way International, Alliance for Education, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, PlanetOut, Intrepid Learning Solutions, the Governor's Competitiveness Council, and other organizations.
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Bert Green

Dr. Bert Green is a leading interventional cardiologist and has participated in the invention of numerous medical devices. He is active on the staff of Providence Medical Center, Swedish Hospital Medical Center and Highline Community Hospital, and has been on the Clinical Faculty of the University of Washington Medical Center. He received a B.S. in Biochemistry from the City University of New York and his M.D. from the Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Green lives with his wife, Alexandra Brookshire, and their three children in Seattle.

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Gregg S. Johnson

Through his firm, Johnson Consulting Associates LLC, Gregg provides senior-level advisory and coaching services to a variety of for-profit and non-profit organizations. The firm focuses on the issues of high growth and rapid change, working with leaders to successfully anticipate and navigate challenges, develop responsive strategies, and implement solutions to insure long-term, sustainable results. In his for-profit practice, Gregg focuses on the needs of multi-unit retailers, restaurants, and personal/financial services providers, leveraging his extensive hospitality background and providing both project and interim senior executive services. In his not-for-profit engagements, Gregg has served a large variety of social enterprises in strategy development, business planning, and interim executive roles. Gregg is also a principal and founder of Tag Team Business Solutions, a consortium of highly experienced senior executives with deep backgrounds in human resources, marketing, merchandising, IT, finance, strategy, operations, and legal, providing a full spectrum of resources and services serving the retail, restaurant, and hospitality industries.

Prior to starting his company, Gregg was a senior executive at Starbucks Coffee Company for over thirteen years, and also has extensive executive experience in the hotel, resort, catering and restaurant industries.

In addition to his board service at Global Partnerships, Gregg serves on the board of FareStart and is a founding board member of Catalyst Kitchens. He also serves on the boards of Express Opportunities and Express Credit Union. In addition to his not-for-profit board services, Gregg is a member of the advisory boards of two privately held companies, and serves on the New Venture Advisory Board of Coinstar Corporation.

Gregg earned a bachelor's degree from the Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and currently lives in Sammamish, Washington with his wife, Nancy. They have two grown children.
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Tessa Keating
Tessa Keating, is Director of Partner Engagement at Partners for Our Children, a public private partnership at the University of Washington School of Social Work that uses evidence to improve child welfare policy and practice. Tessa leads the Partner Engagement Team in translating POC's research into sustainable change for public child welfare systems in order to strengthen Washington’s vulnerable children and families. Tessa began her career working with developmentally disabled adults at L’Arche and then became the executive director of the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery in Spokane, WA. Tessa returned to England to study and continued to work in in child welfare in Great Britain. After returning to Washington State, she worked in program evaluation at the University of Washington School of Social Work and was the communications manager at Committee for Children. Tessa received her undergraduate degree in psychology and philosophy from the University of Hull, England and her MSc in Applied Social Studies from Oxford University.
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Matthew McBrady

Matthew McBrady is a Managing Director and Head of Investment Strategy and Risk Management at Silver Creek. Before joining Silver Creek, Matt was at Bain Capital's North American Private Equity group, where he led due diligence efforts, assessed corporate strategies, and evaluated senior management teams for potential investments across a wide range of industries. Matt served as an international economist with President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors where he helped formulate the administration's response to the 1997-1998 Asian Financial Crisis along with Nouriel Roubini. Subsequently, he was invited by then-Undersecretary of the Treasury, Tim Geithner, to become a founding member of the Treasury's new Office of Policy Review and Development. Matt holds a Ph.D. in business economics from Harvard University (with a concentration in finance), a master's in business economics from Harvard Business School, and a master of science in economics for development from the University of Oxford (UK), where he was a Marshall Scholar. return to top

Eddie Poplawski

Eddie Poplawski is the president of Barclay's Realty & Management Company, former president/CEO/chairman and sole owner of Anderson Chamberlin, Inc. (now known as Anderson Daymon Worldwide, Costco's in-house manufacturer's rep firm) and the co-founder of CommercialCondos.com. At the present time, aside from his board role with Global Partnerships, Eddie sits on the board of The Moyer Foundation and three privately held companies (Aegis Living - Redmond, WA, Fast Water Heater - Kirkland, WA and Fitness Anywhere - San Francisco, CA). Eddie also serves on the Management Board for the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and is an active member of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of Young Presidents Organization (YPO). Eddie earned his undergraduate (BA - Economics & Human Biology) and graduate school (MBA) degrees from Stanford.
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Jane Stonecipher
Jane Stonecipher has held senior finance and marketing positions with both Western Wireless Corporation and the personal computer division of Hewlett Packard. Specializing in strategic planning and financial analysis, she has also helped a number of emerging companies on business plan development. In 2007, Jane moved to the non-profit sector and became CFO of Epiphany School, leading the financing efforts for a campus expansion. Jane has been a trustee of Pacific Northwest Ballet and the St. Mark’s Foundation and currently works with WA Women’s Foundation, Lakeside School and Girl Scouts of Western WA. She holds a MBA from Harvard Business School and an accounting degree from the University of Alabama.
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Maggie Walker
Maggie Walker is a design and art consultant and civic volunteer who co-founded Social Venture Partners with her huband, Doug Walker. In addition to her service with Global Partnerships, she is president of the Seattle Art Museum board, president-elect of the Seattle Foundation Board and chair of its Planning Committe, president of the board of the Museum of History and Industry, chair of the Bullitt Foundation board of directors, co-chair of the Prosperity Partnership's Cultural Task Force, and board member of the University of Washington Foundation . Among her many former leadership positions in nonprofits, she is a past president of the Board of Trustees of the Henry Art Gallery, past chair of the Woodland Park Zoological Society's board of directors, past chair of the board of the Washington Women's Foundation and past chair of ARTFAIR SEATTLE. She is also past vice president of the board of Washington Audubon and Seattle Children's Home. She and Doug are also chairing the Campaign for Lake Union Park . They share a commitment to the environment, education and the arts.
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