OUR BOARDS
Soccer Without Borders is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with EIN 20-3786129.
Our Board of Directors serves as the governing body of the organization.
Local and National Advisory Boards support our leadership.
Our governance practices have been accredited by the Better Business Bureau and have a Platinum Level seal on Guidestar (now Candid).
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Charlie Bustin
Board Treasurer
Finance Committee Chair
Partner
Douglas C. Lane & Associates
New York, NY
Martha Saavedra
Board Secretary
Governance Committee Chair
Associate Director
Center for African Studies, Univ. of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
NICARAGUA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ben Gucciardi
Founder
Soccer Without Borders
Berkeley, CA
Skye DeLano
Director of Development
KIPP Bay Area Schools
San Francisco, CA
Michael Sack
Senior Fellow
Jobs for the Future
Philadelphia, PA
NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Calen Carr
On-Air Host
Major League Soccer
Ann Cook
Associate Head Coach
Penn State Women's Soccer
Tim Cross
President
YouthBuild International
Manish Doshi
Partner & CFO
Meeta M. Doshi DDS
Greg Lalas
VP of Content
Major League Soccer
Simon Levett
Retired Accountant
W-League Franchise Owner
Jeff McIntyre
Founder & President
Ruffneck Scarves
Bill Price
President & Founder
Driva Solutions
Lissette Rodriguez
Managing Director
Blue Meridian Partners
Melissa Roth
VP & General Counsel
Global Rescue
Chris Sonntag
Managing Director
rEvolution
BOSTON ADVISORY BOARD
Abdoulaye Balde
Warehouse Manager
Hudson News
Larkin Brown
ELL Specialist
Excel Academy
Julie Giller
Investment Operations Manager
CRICO
Allison Horwitz
Staff Attorney
New Hampshire Public Defender
Alanna Hughes
Management Consultant
Deloitte
Touriya Kebass
SWB Parent
Gabrielle Krause
Permanency Hearing Paralegal Department of Children and Families
Saf Momen
Lead Engineer
OM1, Inc
Shalini Patel
Senior Manager
Wayfair
Natasha Qidwai
Software Engineer
TraceLink Inc.
Amanda Tan
Administrative Coordinator
Mass General Hospital
Mercedes Valdes
Water Resources EIT
HDR, Inc.,
Jacoba Van Heugten
Assistant Dean
Alumni Relations & Development
Boston University
Taylor Willey
Speech Pathologist
Thom Anne Sullivan Center
COLORADO ADVISORY BOARD
Patrick Berry
Attorney
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Neal Dermer
Media Executive, Retired
Zach Kilimann
Former SWB Staff
Elliot Levett
Analyst
2U
Lisa Taylor
Executive Director
Immigrant & Refugee Center of Northern Colorado
Jasper Verlaan
VP of Sales & Marketing
Inland Pacific Companies