Trickle Up

Trickle Up "helps very poor people make their way out of poverty. We provide business training, seed capital grants and support to help people launch a microenterprise." Trickle Up is a Microfinance project.


 * William M. Abrams, President

Directors
Accessed September 2009:


 * Board Chair Emerita - Mildred Robbins Leet, Co-Founder, Trickle Up
 * Board Chair - Wendy Gordon Rockefeller, General Manager, National Geographic's Green Guide
 * Peter Baird, President, DJO Incorporated
 * Thomas C. Barry, Founder, CEO Zephyr Management, LP
 * Margaret Cannella, Global Head of Credit Research and US Corporate Strategy  JPMorgan Securities, Inc.
 * Marcia Cantarella, Associate Dean for Student Opportunities, School of Arts and Science, Hunter College
 * Joyce Chang, Managing Director and Global Head of Emerging Markets and Global Currency and Commodities Research, JPMorgan Securities, Inc.
 * Terence Cryan, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Concert Energy Partners,  LLC
 * Kathleen A. Donovan, Consultant
 * Penelope Foley, Managing Director, Trust Co. of the West
 * Jack D. Hidary, Chairman of iAmplify.com
 * Martin F. Kahn, President, Cadence Information Associates, LLC
 * Margaret Klein, Turnaround Specialist in Corporate Restructuring
 * Robin Krasny, Senior Portfolio Manager, UBS Financial Services Inc.
 * David Larkin, Managing Director, The Loft Group
 * Hope S. Miller, Development Consultant, UNIFEM
 * Alan J. Patricof, Managing Director, Greycroft, LLC
 * Nancy K. Quinn, Principal, Hanover Capital, LLC
 * David H. Russell, Investor
 * Benjamin Segal, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, International Equities, Neuberger Berman, LLC

Advisory Council
Accessed September 2009:


 * Robert Berg, Senior Advisor, World Federation of United Nations Associations and former Trickle Up board member
 * Michael Chu, Former President, Acción and Lecturer, Harvard Business School
 * Hernando de Soto, Founder and President, Institute for Liberty and Democracy, Peru, and author of The Mystery of Capital
 * Christopher Dunford, PhD, President, Freedom from Hunger
 * Grace Goodell, Professor of International Development, The School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
 * Heather Grady, Director, Policy and Partnerships, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
 * Mary Ellen Iskanderian, President and CEO, Women’s World Banking
 * Barbara Krumsiek, President and CEO, The Calvert Group and former Trickle Up board member
 * Elizabeth Littlefield, Director and CEO, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
 * John Sayer, Director General, Oxfam Hong Kong
 * Kim Wilson, Lecturer, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
 * Muhammad Yunus, Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006

Contact

 * Web: http://www.trickleup.org

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