Our Board

Lloyd is a product manager with experience at public consumer software companies and ad agencies on teams that have built content moderation tools, AI assistants, & and brand marketing experiences. He is currently a Program Manager at X (formerly Twitter), where he supports trust & safety products. 

Lloyd began his tech career at Apple on the AI/ML team. He also has experience as a creative strategist at digital advertising agencies for clients in a variety of verticals. Lloyd has an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, JD from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BS from Morehouse College.

After winning $1.3 million in scholarships, Christopher Gray co-founded Scholly, an app that helps students easily find scholarships for college and graduates pay off their student debt. Scholly was featured on ABC’s Shark Tank, landing a deal with Daymond John and Lori Greiner and sparking the biggest fight in Shark Tank history. Scholly has over 5 million users and has helped students raise over 100 million dollars in scholarships. Sallie Mae has since acquired Scholly to expand and reach even more students.

In addition to Scholly, Christopher co founded Path, an AI-powered platform that provides students with unlimited practice questions, exams, and personalized study plans to prepare for major exams like the SAT, ACT, GED, LSAT, GMAT, and more. Path also supports students pursuing professional certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CompTIA A+, and other IT certifications, making high-quality test prep accessible and affordable for learners from all backgrounds.

Kati Fernandez is an Afro-Latina born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Cambridge, MA, with a wealth of experience in content creation, strategy, production, management, operations, and marketing. As ESPN’s Senior Director of Content Development, Kati currently oversees the strategy and development of compelling content across ESPN+ Originals, ESPN Films, 30 for 30 documentaries, and ESPN Special Projects.

Additionally, Kati is a HearstLab Scout, actively participating in evaluating potential HearstLab investments at pre-seed and seed stages, TechStar Mentor, and is the current Vice President for WISE Boston (Women in Sports and Events). Previously, Kati contributed to platforms such as the NFL Network and Hulu.

Nicole Cardoza is an award-winning serial social entrepreneur, investor, author, and public speaker making wellness accessible for everyone. Her company, Reclamation Ventures, incubates and invests in projects committed to health and racial equity. Current projects include Wellemental and Anti-Racism Daily. She also manages the Reclamation Ventures Fund, which has distributed over $500,000 in direct support grants to people making wellness more Accessible.

Nicole Cardoza is also a magician who uses cardistry, illusions and storytelling to help us reclaim our inherent magic. She’s performed at conferences, exclusive membership clubs, and high-profile private events across the U.S.

Nicole’s first published book, Mindful Moves, was published in Spring 2021. Nicole is also a board member of Camelback Ventures as well as a 2017 Camelback Fellow. She is a 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30, and has been recognized as one of the most influential changemakers in wellness by Well + Good, and Wanderlust. She’s taught yoga across the globe and now speaks regularly on the intersection of wellness, entrepreneurship and anti-racism at Fortune 500 companies, colleges and universities, conferences and summits.

Raj Thakkar is the Founder & CEO of Charter School Business Management (CSBM) and FOREsight Financial Services for Good. Widely regarded as an expert on nonprofit and charter school finance, Raj has presented countless financial best practices workshops across the country. He is the author of fiscally seCURE: prepare, protect & propel your CHARTER SCHOOL with responsible financial management.

Raj was named NYS’s Small Business Person of the Year by the US SBA. As a Minority Business Enterprise and Benefit Corporation, CSBM/FOREsight was named Small Business of the Year for the Eastern Region of the country by the US Chamber of Commerce, Best for the World by B Lab, and one of the Best Places to Work by Crain’s NY Business. 

Raj has taught Understanding Social Enterprise: How to Use Business as a Force for Good as an adjunct professor at NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service. Raj is a native New Yorker, the board treasurer of multiple nonprofits, member of YPO, Pahara Institute Fellow, graduate of the Joyful Impact Accelerator, and graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. Raj has an MBA in Finance from NYU Stern and a BS in Engineering Science from Hofstra University.

Tom McLeod is a 5x serial entrepreneur. Currently he is the President of Saltwater after exiting Arkive; the world’s first distributed museum curated and owned by a global community. Arkive is pioneered a new form of patronage – a public museum you can invest in. 

Prior to Arkive he was the CEO and Founder of Omni (exited to Coinbase in 2019). Before that he founded, PageLime (acquired by SurrealCMS in 2015), LolConnect (acquired by Tencent in 2012), and Imaginary Feet which developed 15+ profitable iPhone apps enjoyed by over 10 million users. Along with a passion for tech and the arts, Tom has a dedicated interest in service and supporting diverse communities. He sits on the board of the Camelback Ventures and advises numerous founders and startups.

Originally from Plainfield, NJ, he and his family recently relocated from San Francisco to Santa Monica, where you can find him in search of his new favorite mall and movie theater.

Wendy is an entrepreneur, an innovation executive and business strategist with over 20 years of experience in corporates, and start-ups focused on family tech, education tech, and health tech. She is a Venture Advisor to Tower Capital Group, responsible for defining, developing and funding the category of Generational Health.

Most recently she was CEO and Co-founder of a health technology startup creating hardware products and software platforms for longevity and wellness. Wendy is trusted to build organizations and lead technology strategies and product innovations that cater to the unique needs of each stage of family life. 

Deeply immersed in the global startup ecosystem, she works with fortune 500 companies to connect them to innovators, defines strategic plans, designs new digital propositions, and accelerates growth. She bridges strategy and execution meeting market demand with practical solutions. Wendy has worked with a broad range of businesses including Mattel, Barnes & Noble, TED, Techstars, and Pivotal Ventures.