Dawn Averitt, Co-Chair
Principal, Averitt Consulting
Global Board
Grassroot Soccer’s Global Board of Directors is made up of leaders who provide crucial thought leadership and guidance on the organization’s mission, strategy, programs, and impact.
Learn more about our global directors, and the mentors and coaches who helped guide them through adolescence.
Kevin Borgmann, Co-Chair
Senior Advisor to CEO, Capital One
Favorite Coach/Mentor: Kurt Borgmann, older brother and first coach of everything
Dr. Akudo Anyanwu
VP and Head of Business Development, Clinton Health Access Initiative
Tommy Clark
Founder & CEO, Grassroot Soccer
Favorite Coach/Mentor: My dad! He was my college coach at Dartmouth. I also had a great English teacher, John Lincoln.
Tom Crotty
Senior Advisor, Battery Ventures
Todd Eckler
Chief Marketing Officer, Fiduciary Trust Company and President, Fiduciary Trust Charitable
Favorite Coach/Mentor: Mr. Larkin, high school economics teacher
Fiona Ferguson
Mother/Philanthropist/Wellness
Favorite Coach/Mentor: My mother – gratitude and grace
Kenneth R. French
Roth Family Distinguished Professor of Finance, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
Anthony Joseph
Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel, White Castle Management Co.
Favorite Coach/Mentor: Prof. Diana Wylie, African Studies Senior Essay Adviser
Blaise Judja-Sato
Founder, VillageReach and The Resilience Trust
Jonathan Klein
Co-founder/Former Chairman & CEO, Getty Images
Favorite Coach/Mentor: When in doubt, ask what Nelson Mandela would do
Lindsey Leininger
Clinical Professor of Business Administration; Faculty Director, Center for Health Care
Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Former UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Founder Of Umlambo Foundation
Sherri C. Oberg
CEO and Co-founder, Particles for Humanity PBC
Christen Press
Professional Soccer Player, U.S. Women’s National Team and Angel City FC
Todd Sisitsky
President and Director, TPG Capital
Paula Ness Speers
Co-Founder and Senior Advisor, Health Advances
Favorite Coach/Mentor: A team of 5th and 6th grade teachers at Scribner Road School who inspired me to always strive for excellence, try new things, showed how to work effectively in a team, modeled kindness to all, and who also made learning fun!
Lisa G. Stuart
Favorite/Coach Mentor: My mom, who shipped me to an all girls school where being smart was cool