WHO WE ARE

IRD Board of Directors

Rev. Dr. Arthur B. Keys, Jr.
CEO
International Relief and Development, Inc.
Arlington, VA
Mr. Daniel L. Florea
Chairman
President, Florea Financial Group
Ruxton, MD
Mr. Roland Johnson
Vice Chair
Foundation Director
Philadelphia, PA
Ms. Vera R. Silverman
Treasurer
 President and CEO, Rosenblum Silverman Sutton
New York, NY
Rev. Dr. John Deckenback
Secretary
Conference Minister, United Church of Christ
Central Atlantic Conference
Baltimore, MD
Hon. Joseph A. Benkert
Director
Vice President
The Cohen Group
Washington, DC
Mr. Robert Brada
Director
Founder, Principal
Blue Sky Homes, LLC
Malibu, CA
Mr. Joseph Browdy
Director
Attorney
New York, NY
Mr. Joel Cowan
Director
President, Cowan & Associates
Atlanta, GA
Ms. Kathleen Edmond
Director
Chief Ethics Officer, Best Buy
Edina, MN
Amb. Christopher Hill
Director
Dean, University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies
Denver, CO
Ms. Kris Manos
Director
Partner, Sanderson Berry, Director, Key Corp
Holland, MI
Ms. Jane Okun Bomba
Director
Sr. V.P. & Chief Sustainability, IR & Communications Officer
IHS
Englewood, CO
Ms. Lauri Shanahan
Director
Principal, Maroon Peak Advisors
Burlingame, CA
Ms. Shahnaz Taplin-Chinoy
Director
Executive Director, Chinoy & Associates
San Francisco, CA
Ms. Patricia Tyson
Director
Labor/Community Advocate
Washington, DC

 

IRD Board Advisory Council

Mr. Harold Cranston
Board Advisory Council
Owner and President
Cranston Investments, LLC
San Francisco, CA
Hon. James Kolbe
Board Advisory Council
Senior Transatlantic Fellow
German Marshall Fund
Washington, DC
Mr. James Kunder
Board Advisory Council
President
Kunder/Reali Associates
Washington, DC
Ms. Linda LeSourd Lader
Board Advisory Council
President
Renaissance Institute
Charleston, SC
Amb. John Negroponte
Board Advisory Council
Research Fellow and Lecturer Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
New Haven, CT

 

In Memoriam


F. Leon Howell

F. Leon Howell, a member of the IRD Board of Directors, passed away peacefully in his sleep on February 25, 2009. Howell served on the IRD Board since 1999, serving as Secretary and as a member of the Executive and Audit Committees. He led a major reorganization of the Board of Directors, and was a staunch supporter of IRD's growth and development. Howell was a giant of a man on the IRD Board of Directors and will be sorely missed by IRD.