Our Team
Our experienced team works across four continents to support entrepreneurs. Meet the people who make Village Capital what it is.
Martin Alexis
Program Manager, United States
Christine Aquino
Head of Team & Organizational Development
Costanza Beltrame
Director, Partnerships
Nathaly Botero
Senior Manager, Learning & Innovations
Ellen Brooks
Chief Executive Officer
Kelly Bryan
Regional Director, United States
Şükran Delan Calleja
Employee Experience and Business Operations Manager
Sofía Cándano
Communications and Branding Director
Rachel Crawford
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer
Sophia Fellner
Senior Manager, People Operations
Mariana Gonzalez
Senior Associate, Programs
Daniela Guerrero
Senior Manager, Latin America
Kasey Homol
Senior Associate, Finance
Michelle Jenn
Finance and Grants Manager
Yazmin Jumaali
Senior Program Manager
Jesse Karuga
Investment Analyst
Peter Lundquist
Chief Operating Officer
Audrey Mate
Senior Program Manager, Africa
Heather Matranga
Managing Director, Impact Investments
Deepak Menon
Global Program Consultant
Husein M. Merchant
Investment Officer
Alyssa Padron
Program Manager, United States
Robert Pryor
Finance Director
Luisa Salazar
Technical Project Coordinator
Edna Samron
Senior Program Associate
Emma Scarf
Program Manager
Cali Simmons
Senior Investment Analyst, United States
Meredith Storton
Senior Manager, Impact Investments
Njeri Wakaba
Senior Program Associate, Africa
Nakami Walunywa
Regional Director, Africa
Eva Waweru
Communications Manager
Board
Ana María Aristizábal
Director I Head of Education and Workforce Development Investments at Potencia Ventures
Ross Baird
Founder & CEO, Blueprint Local Co-Founder & Emeritus Board Member, Village Capital
Guy Baron
Head of Investment at Tony Blair Institute
Jenny Everett
Social Impact Advisor at Everett Interests
Odunayo Eweniyi
Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer at PiggyVest
Michal Eynon-Lynch
Co-Founder at Resilient Sustainable Future for Iowa City
Jill Ford
Independent Investor
Batool Hassan
Strategic Advisor at a Private Family Foundation
Leslie Jump
Founder & CEO at DifferentFunds
Rilwan Meeran
Head of Impact Investments at American Student Assistance
Liezl Van Riper
Founding Partner at Raise Up
Oscar Robles
CEO and Chairman at ePesos
Cat Tucker
Chief of Staff to CEO, Moody’s
James Vanreusel
Founder at Vanreusel Ventures
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