Karla brings a unique balance of operational leadership depth, financial acumen, and strategic agility, with an emphasis on evaluation, problem-solving and implementation.  With over 20 years of expertise in the social impact arena across various sectors (non-profit, university, NYC Government), she has led large, multi-location offices and teams, providing strategic leadership as well as day-to-day operations management.

Karla brings a disciplined business approach stemming from her finance background.  She has worked through significant operational complexity in her career, most recently in her role at the Anti-Defamation League, where she was responsible for the success of 27 regional offices, while also setting strategic direction across the organization.

Karla pioneer’s agency-wide organizational changes by focusing on fiscal, programmatic and staff performance.  She drives accountability by building key metrics and implementing performance management systems to create ownership and greater organizational effectiveness.  When she believed the events-driven fundraising approach to the social sector was no longer a viable revenue approach, she pushed for earned income and corporate gift strategies, and guided the organization through this transition.

Additional areas of expertise include board development and donor relations, as well as serving as a performance coach, mentor, and advisor to both staff and board members.

Karla has an MBA in Finance from Fordham University, has worked at the Anti-Defamation League, The New School University and the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and has done consulting work with various social impact organizations for the Taproot Foundation. She is currently on the boards of the Man Up Campaign and the New York Cycling Club.

Jim Hurd builds powerful strategic alliances - for the last fourteen years - for significant public-private partnerships and leading start-up companies. He creates these alliances for start-ups with Fortune 100 corporations, with investors and sovereign funds and with government innovation initiatives.   Jim is active in Silicon Valley and Beijing on leading US-China cleaner energy initiatives since 2005.   He was on the 2010 Energy Faculty of Singularity University, based in Mountain View, CA.  Jim works with Senators, Congressmen and their staffers on Capitol Hill to develop technology and innovation initiatives.  Jim has been a first and second round judge for the 2007 - 2009 World Bank Development Gateway Awards in Washington, DC and has actively participated in the scale-up of technologies for developing countries since 2002.

As a security expert and outsourced CISO/CSO, Jessica provides cyber technology solutions, conducts risk assessments and employee training on cyber and physical security, information protection, and threat prevention. Create the right security strategy for your business to protect you and your clients, complete employee training, conduct assessments in physical and cyber security, loss prevention, risk mitigation/business continuity and help you select the right tech solutions for your business. We help you mitigate risks from the inside out. Additionally, Jessica works frequently with social enterprises and women-led organizations supporting international and women's security initiatives.