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DonorsChoose CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Charles Best is the DonorsChoose's CEO. DonorsChoose has 115 employees, of which 124 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The DonorsChoose executive team is 67% female and 33% male.
  • 58% of the management team is White.
  • 16% of DonorsChoose management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 9% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Charles Best

Founder and CEO

Charles Best's LinkedIn

Alexis Ohanian

Co-Founder, Initialiazed Capital and Co-Founder

Craig Newmark

Founder

Livia Stone

Co-Founder

Julia Prieto

Chief Operating Officer & EVP

Julia Prieto is a Chief Operating Officer & EVP, People Operations at DonorsChoose.

Oliver Hurst Hiller

Chief Technology Officer and Head of Product

Oliver Hurst Hiller's LinkedIn

Oliver is responsible for the technology and user experience that power DonorsChoose's unique philanthropic marketplace. During his tenure, the org has gathered $1B+ in donations from 4M+ donors to bring 1.9M+ classroom projects to life. Teachers at more than 85% of America's public schools have posted projects on the site. Fast Company named DonorsChoose one of the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies.Prior to joining the team in 2006, Oliver managed product engineering projects for Microsoft's Bing search engine. He also helped start Microsoft Live Labs, an applied research laboratory for Internet technologies, and is the co-inventor of 23 issued U.S. patents related to Internet search technologies. Oliver joined Microsoft when the Windows division acquired EQuill, a venture-backed startup that he co-founded and led for three years as CEO. Oliver is the Co-Chair of CTOs For Good and Co-Chair of the San Francisco CTO Club. He is a board director at Fast Forward, a nonprofit that invests in entrepreneurs who are building technology to scale social impact. Oliver has a Computer Science degree from Brown University and serves on its Advisory Council on Computing & Information Technology. In 2011, the Microsoft Alumni Foundation honored Oliver with the Integral Fellows Award.

Katie Bisbee

Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer

Abby Feuer

EVP

Geoff Hill

Chief Financial Officer and EVP

Geoff Hill is a Chief Financial Officer & EVP, Fulfillment at DonorsChoose.

Kristina Joye Lyles

Vice President

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DonorsChoose founders

Name & TitleBio
Charles Best

Founder and CEO

Charles Best's LinkedIn

Alexis Ohanian

Co-Founder, Initialiazed Capital and Co-Founder

Craig Newmark

Founder

Livia Stone

Co-Founder

DonorsChoose board members

Name & TitleBio
Kristina Joye Lyles

Vice President

Donna Golkin

Board Member

Amanda Calzada

Board Member

Jeff Weiner

Executive Chairman

Peter Bloom

Board Chair

Richard Lovett

Board Member

Theresia Gouw

Board Chair, Founding Partner

Trabian Shorters

Founding CEO

Desirée Rogers

Chairman

Donna Ratchford

Board Member

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