Meet the board

Christine Chao

Christine J. Chao is currently General Counsel of the Foremost Group, an international shipping company. Christine has extensive corporate and commercial law experience, having worked in senior legal positions for three Fortune 100 companies: GE, Federal Express, and Ultramar Corporation. Christine began her legal career upon graduation from Columbia Law School with the Wall Street law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf focusing on M&A, US securities, leasing and project finance. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University and currently serves as a Trustee for her alma mater. Christine is honored and proud to join One Love and join in the movement to educate others about the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships. After living abroad in Hong Kong, China and London, England, Christine now resides in Greenwich, CT with her husband Jos Shaver and their two sons.

Sharon Donnelly Love

Sharon Love, Yeardley’s mother, co-founded One Love with her daughter Lexie to honor Yeardley’s positive spirit. Sharon has been the main driver behind One Love, steering it toward prevention strategies after learning more about the issue in the wake of Yeardley's tragic death. Sharon had a 25 year career in the Baltimore City Public Schools teaching hearing-impaired students before retiring in 2013 to work on One Love full time. She works tirelessly on the behind-the-scenes tasks of developing a national foundation and has become a well-respected leader on the topic of relationship violence. As the main spokesperson for One Love, Sharon has reached many groups of students at every age level, professionals in the relationship violence arena and politicians on both a local and national level.

Alexis Love Hodges

Lexie Love Hodges, Yeardley's sister, currently works as an IT engineer and consultant at Baltimore-based Agora Publishing. Lexie’s drive and ability to overcome extremely challenging obstacles helped her establish One Love in recognition of Yeardley and the tremendous legacy she left behind. In addition to the never-ending behind-the-scenes tasks of developing and growing a national foundation, Lexie is a public spokesperson for the cause. She has been interviewed by various national and local media outlets.

Lela Agnew

With over 25 years of experience as an executive in non-profit and corporate worlds, Lela Agnew's expertise is in strategic communications and development, publishing, not-for-profit management and real estate and land use; and is a recognized speaker on topics ranging from community building, fundraising, responsible land use, youth service and social activism. Lela most recently founded FRED Consulting after serving as executive vice president for strategic communications at the Urban Land Institute where she led a global team supporting 70+ offices in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. She has a distinguished history and passion for community building and volunteer service, including leadership roles for the Jacob A. Riis Museum in Denmark, Mayor’s Commission on Homelessness and Affordable Housing, S.C. Governor’s Commission on Service, and Hyde-Addison Elementary in Washington, D.C. She holds a BA degree from Wake Forest University.

Saat Alety

Saat Alety is the Director of Federal Affairs and Public Policy at Allstate, the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurer, and heads the company's Washington office. Named to The Hill's Top Lobbyist list in 2021, Alety leads Allstate’s advocacy efforts with Congress, the White House, and federal agencies, in addition to its public policy development at the federal, state, and local level. Alety previously served as Majority Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development under U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. As Sen. Scott’s senior policy advisor on financial services issues, Alety led efforts that resulted in the enactment of legislation to grow consumer access to banking services, prevent synthetic identity theft, and modernize mortgage credit standards. Prior to his tenure as a Senate staffer, Alety spent three years as Communications Director to U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. While spokesperson, Alety was also a Legislative Assistant to Rep. Royce for his House Financial Services Committee portfolio. In addition to his Capitol Hill experience, Alety has held positions with the Financial Services Roundtable (now Bank Policy Institute), the leading trade association for the financial services industry, and the Romney 2012 presidential campaign. A native of Naperville, Illinois, Alety began his career in the office of U.S. Representative Judy Biggert (R-IL). He serves on the boards of directors for the National Network to End Domestic Violence and College to Congress and the grant committee of The Allstate Foundation. Alety is also an alumni advisor to the Congressional Asian Pacific American Staff Association and a recipient of its Jose M. Montano Jr. Award for "going above and beyond to sustain a pipeline of AAPI Hill staffers and leaders on the Hill." In 2022, Alety joined his undergraduate alma mater Loyola University Chicago as an adjunct professor in its political science department, teaching PLSC 238: Political Advocacy for the school's Washington program. He has also guest lectured for students at the University of Chicago, New York University, and American University.  

Aimie Billon

As a Native Angeleno, Aimie Billon forged a career within the arts and entertainment industries before turning to social impact. After graduating from Occidental College, Aimie worked in talent management, production and post-production. Other notable stints include Associate Style Editor for two film magazines, Wardrobe Supervisor, Host/Producer for a live televised art auction, and Chief of Staff for an entertainment executive focusing on brand development. The founding employee of Propper Daley, a social impact agency, Aimie focused on overseeing entertainment industry activation through script integration, content creation and influencer engagement. Over the years, she has had the pleasure of working with clients such as Got Your 6, Rock the Vote, The Clinton Foundation, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Center for American Progress, Service Year, Understood, It’s On Us, and many other exemplary organizations. Continuing her commitment to the arts, Aimie also remains dedicated to a multitude of philanthropic causes. She sits on the Next Gen Board for the Young Storytellers foundation, has served on the Human Rights Campaign Dinner Gala Committee, runs blanket and towel drives annually for Operation Blankets of Love and collects goods for the 1736 Family Crisis Center, where she first began volunteering in high school. As a company member of the iconic Actors’ Gang, she spearheaded many fundraising events and musical festivals to benefit their theater, youth and prison projects. Other fundraising includes Benefits for Malibu Fires and Mudslides, Japan Tsunami Fund, MADD, and countless animal rescues. Aimie lives with her husband, Erik, and dogs, Goulet & Titus, in LA’s beautiful Mt. Washington.

Laura Brown

Laura Brown is the Editor in Chief of InStyle, one of the world’s most successful fashion media brands. Appointed in August of 2016, she is responsible for InStyle’s voice, content, strategy and brand extensions. Helming a brand that reaches 30-plus million women, Brown oversees the core magazine, digital across all platforms and 13 international editions. In addition, she leads development of live events such as the annual InStyle Awards, the Voices of Style talk series and innovative video series like PeopleTV’s "Dirty Laundry". Since her appointment, Brown has lead a refresh of InStyle’s print and digital franchises to much critical acclaim. She has expanded the breadth and variety of the contributors, giving voice to a new group of fashion, beauty and celebrity influencers and thought leaders. She appeals to a wider audience with a stylish, playful and relatable voice. Her social media sensibility has vastly extended the reach and relevance of InStyle beyond the page, and she has been heralded as ushering in a new generation of Editor in Chief. Under Brown, InStyle has seen unprecedented growth across digital, with record-breaking unique visitors to InStyle.com (10+ million) and video views on Instagram (50+ million.) Her contributions to the brand have garnered extensive media coverage and recognition – with substantive profiles appearing in The New York Times, The Business of Fashion, New York Magazine, Fast Company, and Digiday, among many others. In September of 2017, InStyle was honored with the “Best September Issue” award by The Daily Front Row. Previous to InStyle, Brown spent eleven years at Harper’s Bazaar, rising to the role of Executive Editor, and was Articles Director of Details and Senior Editor at W. She earned her BA in arts and communication from Charles Sturt University in New South Wales, Australia.

Noble Carpenter

Noble Carpenter is responsible for oversight and expansion of the firm’s capital relationships and assisting with the strategic growth of the company. He brings more than 30 years of commercial real estate investment and leadership experience to Banyan. Prior to joining Banyan Street Capital, Mr. Carpenter served as the President of Capital Markets and Investor Services at Cushman & Wakefield Americas, where he was responsible for the integration of Cushman & Wakefield’s and DTZ’s Capital Markets platforms after their merger in 2015. Under his leadership, Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets business grew to approximately $700M in revenue by 2018. In 2011, he joined Cassidy Turley and lead its national Capital Markets business while simultaneously serving on the Board of Directors and chairing its Audit Committee. Mr. Carpenter spent over 20 years of his career at Jones Lang LaSalle, where he held a number of leadership positions. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Urstadt Biddle Properties (NYSE: UBP), and the Urban Land Institute (Vice Chair UDMUC-Silver).

Darci Darnell

Darci Darnell is a Director in Bain & Company's Chicago office. She leads Bain's Customer Strategy & Marketing practice in the Americas and is an active leader in the firm's Financial Services and Strategy practices. In addition, Darci sits on Bain's Global Women’s Leadership Council and has authored research on developing women leaders in business. Darci has over two decades of management consulting experience. She works with clients across a range of industries to address customer strategy and marketing topics, with particular expertise in customer strategy, NPS® and employee engagement. She has also led work across various topics in B2B, including segmentation, product line strategy, hothouse prototyping and business unit strategy. Within the financial services industry, Darci advises clients in the payments, banking, insurance, consumer lending, credit cards and mortgage lending sectors. Darci has worked in Bain's London, San Francisco and New York offices. Prior to joining Bain in 2000, she was a Principal Consultant with another global firm in North America and Asia, notably South Korea. She also worked at Dell Computer in the Office of the Chairman. Outside of Bain, she is an investor in the fitness and technology services industry. Darci earned an MBA from The Tuck School at Dartmouth College and sits on the MBA Advisory Council. She received a BS in business administration with honors from Washington University in St. Louis. Last and far from least, Darci lives in Chicago with her husband, two kids, two dogs and a few goldfish that just won’t die.

Julie DeLoca

Julie is a creative marketer and builder of brands and teams, with expertise in luxury, fashion, tech, beauty, and social good marketing and advertising. She’s a strategic storyteller, advisor, advocate, and connector, bringing brand stories to life from start-ups to Fortune 500 in unexpected ways. Julie created her consultancy, LOCA Marketing to provide outsourced CMO and marketing services to brands. She has run the marketing departments for Eli Tahari, Rebecca Minkoff, Capezio, and the EcoFashion Corp. a sustainable textile company with multiple B2B and D2C apparel and home brands. Currently, Julie is acting CMO for Seddi a fashion tech company. Julie mentors companies within the retail and fashion-tech space via The New York Fashion Tech Lab, Springboard Enterprises, and Colgate University's entrepreneurship program, TIA. She is active in non-profits, HandsOnly CPR, She's The First, and The One Love Foundation. Julie speaks about fashion-tech, women’s entrepreneurship, and the future of retail.

Thomas DeLong

Tom is a senior fellow and former Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice in the Organizational Behavior area at the Harvard Business School. Since 1997 DeLong has taught 15,000 MBA’s and Executives both on campus and throughout the world. He is internationally recognized for his teaching ability, his books, and course development. His most recent book “Flying without a Net” was recognized by the editors of Amazon Publishing as one of the top ten books written on leadership this century. Before joining the Harvard Faculty, DeLong was Chief Development Officer and Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Group, Inc., where he was responsible for the firm’s human capital and focused on issues of organizational strategy and organizational change. He also served on the Board of Harvard Business School Publishing, Mt. Holyoke College, De La Salle Academy, Analysis Group and Arrowstreet Capital Management. At Harvard, Professor DeLong teaches MBA and executive courses focused on leadership, organizational behavior, managing human capital, and career management. DeLong has served as course head for the required course on Leadership and Organizational Behavior. DeLong co-authored two books focused on leading professional service firms, When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance (Harvard Business School Press, 2007) and Professional Services: Cases and Texts (McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2003). DeLong has coauthored two Harvard Business Review articles, “Let's Hear It for B Players” and “Why Mentoring Matters in a Hypercompetitive World”. Professor DeLong received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Brigham Young University and his Ph.D. from Purdue University in Industrial Supervision. He received a post-doctoral fellowship from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the father of five daughters.

Dani P. Deering

Dani P. Deering is Director, Associate General Counsel, Enclosures, at nVent Corporation in Minneapolis, MN, where Dani is a member of the Enclosures leadership team - advising executive leadership and cross-functional domestic and international teams on a broad range of legal, compliance and ethical issues. Prior to joining nVent, Dani served in legal leadership roles at Land O’Lakes, Lockheed Martin and Canadian Pacific Railway. Before becoming in-house counsel, Dani was in private practice at the Minneapolis firm of Kennedy & Graven, Ltd. and had served as judicial clerk to the late Honorable Edward J. Parker and Chief Judge Edward Toussaint at the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Ms. Deering received her law degree from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, MN. She also holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Drake University in Des Moines, IA and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Grand View University in Des Moines, IA. Dani is a leadership champion of the Conductors, an African American Employee Resource Group at nVent. Dani is a past- President of Minnesota Women Lawyers, Member of Corporate Counsel Women of Color, Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers, the Association of Corporate Counsel-MN Chapter, and past Co-Chair of the Diversity Implementation Task for the Minnesota State Bar Association. She was named Attorney of the Year 2006, by Minnesota Lawyer Magazine and in 2018 she was presented with the Nancy A Sullivan Community Leadership award by Barnes & Thornburg law firm. In addition to proudly serving on the Advisory Board of One Love, Dani also serves on the Board of Directors of the Illusion Theater of Minnesota, Way to Grow, an organization focused on early childhood educational opportunities in underserved communities in the Twin Cities and the development committee of the Twin Cites Urban League.

Holly Gordon

As Chief Impact Officer, Holly Gordon oversees all development and execution of Social Impact campaigns for Participant Media, further strengthening the company’s mission to create entertainment that compels and inspires social change. These global, multi-year campaigns are driven by the company’s content and powered by strategic partnerships to address the most important issues of our time. Before joining Participant, Gordon co-founded Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls’ education. Selected by Fast Company as a member of the League of Extraordinary Women and named by Newsweek/Daily Beast as one of 125 Women of Impact, Gordon is also an Executive Producer for the Girl Rising film at the center of the movement. Forbes Magazine named the Girl Rising campaign the #1 Most Dynamic Social Initiative of 2012. Gordon serves as Board Chair of Girl Rising and is the co-chair of The Nantucket Project Academy, an accelerator for social change leaders and ideas. Prior to launching the TNP Academy and Girl Rising, Gordon served as Director of Content for the Tribeca Film Festival. She came to Tribeca from ABC News, where she worked for 12 years as a producer and booker for the major news broadcasts. Gordon is a member of the 2015 class of Presidential Leadership Scholars, serves on the boards of Unreasonable Group and All In Together and is a strategic advisor to The One Love Foundation. Gordon graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in International Relations.

Amy Griffin

Amy Griffin is the Founder and Managing Partner of G9 Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on supporting companies that empower consumers to live, look, and feel better. With no outside capital, G9’s appetite for growth is flexible and founder-focused. The portfolio includes investments in Goop, Ro, Kosas, and Bumble. Prior to founding G9, Amy began her career in marketing at Ms. and Working Woman magazines before moving on to work at Sports Illustrated as a Sports Marketing and Olympic Manager. Beginning in 2011, Amy leveraged her operational and branding experience to both invest in and work alongside early-stage companies. In 2018, she formalized the portfolio into G9 Ventures. In 2019, Amy co-founded Social Studies, a next-generation entertaining platform, with Jessica Latham. In addition to her work at G9 and Social Studies, Amy has held board positions at a number of organizations including KIPP, The Boys’ Club of NYC, The Virginia Athletics Foundation, The Spence School, and The Mead Foundation. She also serves as the trustee of the Amy and John Griffin Foundation. Amy graduated from The University of Virginia with a BA in English where she was the captain and MVP of the varsity women’s volleyball team. She lives in New York City with her husband John and their four children.

Anthony Harris

Anthony Harris is a star safety in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles. Anthony came to the Eagles from the the Minnesota Vikings where he rose through the ranks from a practice squad player, to contributor on special teams, to standout starter that has included leading the NFL in interceptions in 2019. Anthony is born and raise in Richmond, Virginia where he was a multi-sport star at Lloyd C. Bird High School in Chesterfield, Virginia. He went on to be an All-American performer on the football team at the University of Virginia, where he also received a degree in sociology. Anthony remains very active in the Richmond community where he spends most of his time away from football. Anthony enjoys spending his free time with his mom, sister, and extended family. He is also an avid traveler who enjoys tropical destinations and spending time on the water boating and fishing.

Erica Hoholick

Erica has worked with the advertising industry’s best creative minds to unleash some of the most disruptive and game-changing brand experiences the marketing world has seen, including Apple Shot on iPhone, Dove Real Beauty Sketches, Pepsi Refresh Project and Gatorade Replay. The work she’s led has garnered 100’s of industry awards including; Titanium Grand Prix and OOH Grand Prix at Cannes, Grand Effie, Global Effie, D&AD pencils, One Show and Andy awards. She has always tried to put brand purpose at the center of her work and has partnered with a many cause-related initiatives - Invisible Hate/NAACP, Emerson Collective, One Love Foundation, Dove Self Esteem Project, Clinton Global Initiative/Children’s Safe Drinking Water, and the Tap Project. Her focus on Purpose naturally led her to 22Squared, a 350 person, employee-owned, creative company focused on growing client’s business while making a difference in the world. Prior to 22Squared, Erica was President of TBWA\Media Arts Lab, responsible for overseeing Apple’s advertising globally. WW Managing Director of Dove at Ogilvy & Mather and Managing Director of TBWA\Chiat\Day LA. An avid traveler, Erica has visited more than 55 countries, and cannot wait to use her passport again once it is safe to explore.

Brooke Jackson

Brooke Jackson graduated from the University of Florida where she played basketball and earned a degree in production. She and her husband Justin are the founders of GiGi’s Playhouse Sacramento, a Down syndrome Achievement Center that provides free therapeutic and educational programs to individuals with Down syndrome and their families. Brooke is extremely passionate about connecting with young women and men and empowering them to pursue healthy relationships and realize their immense value in the world.

Justin Jackson

Justin Jackson grew up in Houston, TX, where he was homeschooled all the way through high school. He graduated from the University of North Carolina where he played basketball and won a National Championship in 2017. Justin entered the NBA draft in 2017 and was drafted by the Sacramento Kings and soon after in the same year married his high school sweetheart, Brooke. Since that time, Justin has played for a few different NBA teams and currently plays for the Milwaukee Bucks. He is thrilled to be involved with One Love and have the opportunity to encourage and be an example for young men on their journey to understanding what healthy love looks like.

Walker Jacobs

Walker Jacobs is the Chief Revenue Officer of Twitch at Amazon. With more than 20 years of experience building and leading advertising revenue teams, in his current role, Walker oversees the strategy and success of Twitch’s sales, sponsorships, strategic planning, operations, sales marketing, and client success as well as the company’s in-house creative agency. Since joining Twitch in 2018, Walker has built and led growing teams both within the United States and internationally, with a focus on the continued expansion of the global Twitch business. In addition to Twitch, Walker currently sits on the board of directors of The Ad Council, AAF (American Advertising Federation), and MMA (Mobile Marketing Association). Previously, he held executive leadership positions at global entertainment media brand, Fandom, as well as Clear Channel Outdoor and Turner Broadcasting System.

Shavar Jeffries

Shavar Jeffries is a highly successful litigator and fierce advocate for his clients as an attorney and partner at Lowenstein Sandler. His experience stretches across the spectrum, from managing large-scale government investigations to representing individual and institutional clients in impact-litigation matters to case-specific advocacy and alternate methods of problem solving for diverse clients. Before Shavar joined Lowenstein in 2014, he was an Associate Professor of Law at Seton Hall Law School's Center for Social Justice in Newark, New Jersey, where he ran a litigation clinic focused on complex and class-action litigation and advocacy. In this role, he helped numerous clients, in both individual and class actions, defend themselves against consumer fraud, unlawful education policies, and overly broad government actions in wide-ranging matters affecting individual rights and liberties. From 2008 to 2010, Shavar was counsel to New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram, serving in the line of succession as one of the office's most senior officials. Earlier in his career, Shavar was counsel to the firm and Deputy Director of the Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest and Constitutional Litigation at Gibbons P.C. He clerked for Nathaniel R. Jones, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and worked as an associate at Wilmer Cutler & Pickering (now WilmerHale), where he defended the University of Michigan in affirmative-action litigation challenging its admissions policies, and represented large institutional clients in class-action employment cases. A native of Newark, New Jersey, Shavar has been extensively involved in the Newark community. He was the founding Board President of TEAM Academy Charter School, Board President of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newark, and a board member of Seton Hall Preparatory School. In 2010, he was elected to the Newark Public Schools Advisory Board and was then unanimously selected by his colleagues to serve as Board President. Shavar ran as a candidate for Newark mayor in 2014, in a campaign that attracted national attention. Despite being a first-time municipal candidate, Shavar's reform platform gained broad support and he proved to be a formidable contender, obtaining over 46 percent of the vote, more votes than any other first-time municipal candidate in modern history. Shavar has received numerous honors for his client advocacy, including "40 Under 40" recognition by the National Bar Association as one of the nation's top lawyers, the Garden State Bar's Young Lawyer Award, the NAACP's Freedom Fund Award, the Brendan Byrne Distinguished Public Servant Award, and recognition by New Jersey Super Lawyers Magazine as a "Rising Star."

Mike Levine

Michael Levine is Co-Head of CAA Sports, a division of leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Levine is based in New York and oversees the agency’s sports practice, including its growth into property representation for naming rights and sponsorships, media rights, licensing, hospitality, and corporate consulting. In the 12 years since its inception, CAA Sports has become a prominent athlete-representation firm and sports marketing agency in the United States, representing more than 1,700 of the world’s best athletes in football, baseball, hockey, basketball, tennis, soccer, and golf, in addition to icons in individual sports, coaches, broadcasters, and other sports personalities. Under Levine’s guidance, CAA Sports has negotiated some of the industry’s most groundbreaking deals and won a multitude of sports’ most widely sought-after partnerships, while continuing to foster the growth of its player-representation business. The agency has completed more than $4 billion in new sponsorship business on behalf of its clients and orchestrated precedent-setting agreements for the new Yankee Stadium; the Marquee partnership deal at Madison Square Garden; the naming rights for the San Francisco 49ers Levi’s Stadium; and Chase Center, the future home of the Golden State Warriors. CAA Sports also works in corporate consulting, which is currently advising, managing, and activating more than $3 billion in sponsorship rights deals on behalf of client brands and includes an award-winning experiential marketing practice. In 2017, CAA Sports launched CAA ICON, the leading owner’s representative and strategic management consulting firm, which oversees the development, design, and construction of major stadiums worldwide, including the O2 Arena, Staples Center, and Chase Center. Additionally, the agency’s media practice has structured and negotiated more than $37 billion in media rights deals. In 2006, 2007, and 2008, Levine was recognized by Street & Smith’s The Sports Business Journal as one of the top 40 sports executives nationwide under the age of 40. He was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 2008. He has been recognized as one of the top 50 most influential people in sports business for the last nine years. In 2013, Levine earned the Honoree of Year Award from UJA-Federation of New York’s Sports for Youth. Levine resides with his wife Aly in Rye, and they have three children, Charlotte, Jack and Max.

Doris Meister

Doris oversees M&T Bank’s wealth management business, including Wilmington Trust Wealth Advisory Services, M&T Securities, and Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors.  She also serves as a member of M&T’s Management Committee. Doris has over three decades of experience in financial services and executive management. Prior to joining Wilmington Trust in 2016, she served as President of US Markets for BNY Mellon, was Managing Director of the New York Office of Bernstein Global Wealth Management, founded and headed the Private Banking and Investment Group at Merrill Lynch, and headed the Private Bank at FleetBoston. She started her career at McKinsey & Co., Inc. where she was a member of the Financial Institutions Practice Group. Doris holds a master’s degree in Finance and Marketing from The University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Smith College.

Christina Metzger

Christina Metzger, vice president, Product and Experience Design, leads the Customer Journeys team. She and her team serve as customer advocates, driving the business strategy to put Allstate’s customers in Good Hands. Using customer feedback and insights, the team works across the business to improve the experiences Allstate delivers today, reimagine and design best-in-class and customer-driven future experiences, and to make customer obsession part of every Allstater’s DNA. Christina has a strong product insurance background with over 20 years in the industry. She has a proven ability to collaborate to drive business results and has established strong relationships throughout the organization. This background allows Christina to design win-win strategies for our customers, our employees and our company. Christina began her Allstate career in 1999 as a personal lines underwriter. She progressed through a number of roles in Product Operations before serving as Chief of Staff to the East Territory President. She was promoted to vice president in Human Resources in 2014 where she led a number of functions including workforce analytics, employee value proposition, workforce relations, and our internal employee call center – AskHR. She has been leading efforts to improve the customer experience Allstate provides across all product lines since 2016. Christina earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Northern Colorado.

Alexis Morin

Alexis Morin helps ambitious leaders follow their callings and clarify their commitments to justice and spirituality. Her coaching method combines executive coaching, interreligious theology, and community organizing. Her background includes spending a decade co-founding and growing Students for Education Reform into a national student organizing force to improve public schools. She worked with over 5,000 First-Generation College Student organizers who passed new education policies in their home cities and ran the most effective school board voter turnout program in the field. In recognition of that work, she was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list twice and received the Draper Richards Kaplan Fellowship. Alexis is currently a Master of Divinity candidate at Union Theological Seminary where she is studying spiritual-but-not-religious theology, interreligious engagement, and activism. She's a graduate of Teleos Leadership Institute's coach development program and nearly a graduate of Princeton University. Alexis lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and loves reading, biking the city, and most Mindy Kaling shows.

Leslie Morgan Steiner

Leslie Morgan Steiner is the author of the New York Times bestseller Crazy Love, an international speaker on family violence, and an expert resource who appears regularly on National Public Radio, NBC’s Today Show, MSNBC and Fox News. Her TEDTalk on the complexity of relationship abuse has been viewed over 6.5 million times. Leslie, a former victim of relationship violence herself, provides the board with expert resources and advice on real life applications, which helps One Love grow as a nationally recognized voice against relationship violence.

Megan Murphy

Megan Murphy is an award-winning journalist and commentator whose 20-year career has spanned multiple countries and events, from the 2016 presidential campaign to the global financial crisis. Most recently, Murphy served as the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg Businessweek, the US’s oldest weekly business publication. Under her direction, Businessweek relaunched in early 2017 with a fresh editorial mission and style. Previously, Murphy led Bloomberg’s US political and government coverage as executive editor and Washington Bureau Chief, overseeing more than 200 journalists across the organization’s print, digital and television platforms. Megan rejoined Bloomberg in 2015 following eight years with London-based Financial Times in a variety of roles, including as Washington Bureau Chief during the lead up to the 2016 presidential campaign. In 2013, she launched its award-winning “Fast FT” digital platform, delivering breaking business and financial news 24 hours a day around the world. Murphy also served as the FT’s investment banking correspondent during the fallout from the financial crisis and its legal correspondent. Before starting her career in journalism, Murphy was securities lawyer at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, CA. She holds a chancellor’s degree from Yale University, a master’s degree to Columbia School of Journalism and is a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University of Law. She is from Northbrook Illinois.

Dan Pallotta

Dan Pallotta is an activist, humanitarian, author, and builder of movements. He is a pioneer in the national effort to transform the way our culture evaluates the character and impact of nonprofit organizations. His iconic TED Talk on philanthropy has been viewed more than 4.3 million times. It is one of the 20 most-commented TED talks of all time. It has been translated into 27 languages and continues to be viewed over 1,000 times a day by people all over the world. His 2016 TED talk on being has been viewed more than 1.8 million times. He is one of the 100 most-viewed TED speakers of all time. He invented the multi- day charitable event industry. He created the Breast Cancer 3- Day walks and the multi-day AIDS Rides long distance cycling journeys, which raised in excess of half a billion dollars in nine years and were the subject of a Harvard Business School case study. The model and methods he created are now employed by dozens of charities and have raised in excess of $1.5 billion more for important causes from pediatric leukemia to AIDS to suicide prevention and many others. He is the author of “Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential,” the best-selling title in the history of Tufts University Press. The Stanford Social Innovation Review said that the book, “deserves to become the nonprofit sector ’s new manifesto.” His newest book is, “Charity Case: How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up for Itself and Really Change the World.” Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has described it as “An Apollo program for American philanthropy and the nonprofit sector”. Dan has written over one hundred articles for the Harvard Business Review online. He is the founder and President of the Charity Defense Council, which is dedicated to transforming the way the public evaluates charities. He is the and founder and President of Add Humanity, a message and movement-building consultancy that helps super innovative humanitarian organizations dream and grow. Dan has given hundreds of talks on philanthropy and innovation in the United States and around the world. He is a William J. Clinton Distinguished Lecturer, and has spoken at Stanford, Wharton, Harvard Business School, Harvard’s Hauser Center for Nonprofits, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Brown, the United Nations, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Council on Foundations, and the Gates Foundation, among others. He is an elected member of the Elementary School Committee in Topsfield, Massachusetts. He is a recipient of the Liberty Hill Foundation Creative Vision award, the Triangle Humanitarian of the Year award, and the Albany State University International Citizen of the Year award. Dan been written about in feature and cover stories in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and has appeared on The Today Show, the BBC, CNN, CNBC, American Public Media’s Marketplace, and numerous NPR stations, among others.

Monica Rowe

While serving as One Love's Chief Marketing Officer, Monica Rowe oversaw brand vision, content strategy, integrated marketing programs, digital communications, public relations efforts, and strategic partnerships. Monica has more than 20 years of communications and marketing expertise working at some of the world’s most successful brands in the beauty and fashion industry, such as Eileen Fisher, Sephora, Bath and Body Works, John Frieda, European Wax Center, and the Wella Corporation. Known as a communications change agent, she has also helped establish communications practices for several non-profit organizations. Monica is a graduate of Seton Hall University and holds a BA in Communications.

Troy Ruhanen

Troy Ruhanen is President and CEO of TBWA Worldwide: The Disruption® Company. One of the world’s most innovative and creative companies, TBWA is a top ten-ranked global advertising agency collective with 11,300 employees across 305 offices in 98 countries. TBWA includes brands such as Auditoire, Digital Arts Network (DAN), eg+ worldwide, The Integer Group®, TBWA\Media Arts Lab and TBWA\WorldHealth. Global clients include adidas, Airbnb, Apple, Gatorade, Henkel, McDonald’s, Michelin, Nissan, Pernod Ricard, Pfizer, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore Airlines, Sotheby’s and Vichy. Since joining TBWA in 2014, Troy has led a dynamic period of growth and innovation, evolving TBWA’s Disruption® methodology for an always-on, ever-changing culture, and launching Take the Lead, a program whose mission is to achieve a gender balanced workplace. In leading The Disruption Company, he has simultaneously broadened the agency’s client base and defined its vision to be the cultural engine for 21st century business. Troy joined TBWA from its holding company Omnicom Group, where he served as Executive Vice President, responsible for driving cross-agency collaboration and innovation for Omnicom’s largest clients. Prior to Omnicom, Troy spent 10 years at BBDO, based in New York. He joined the agency in 2004 to run the billion-dollar AT&T business, and drove some of the most awarded and envied advertising in the category, winning Cannes Lions, Effies, Clios, One Show Pencils and Webby Awards. Troy was then elevated to Deputy Chairman, BBDO North America, where he focused on building BBDO’s digital and strategic planning capabilities and expanded business offerings. He later rose to the position of Chairman and CEO, BBDO, The Americas, with oversight of BBDO’s operations in North, South and Central America, including the Proximity direct and digital agency network. Troy began his career as an account executive at BBDO in Australia, before moving to Leo Burnett in 1994. He spent ten years with Burnett in Chicago, Asia-Pacific and Sydney, serving as an account supervisor responsible for all brand and creative development for Procter & Gamble’s Cheer, Luvs and Era brands out of Chicago, before taking on the role of Regional Account Director on Procter & Gamble business in Asia Pacific. In 2000, he was tapped as the Managing Director of Burnett’s agency in Sydney. During his time in Sydney, Burnett was named Agency of the Year a record four times, and in his final year, Burnett Australia was the most awarded agency at the Cannes Lions festival. In 2008, Troy was inducted into the American Advertising Federation (AAF) Hall of Achievement, honoring people 40 years of age or under who have made a significant impact on the industry through their leadership, career achievements and inspiring personal qualities. He serves on the board of the Ad Council and is an active supporter of The March of Dimes and the One Love Foundation.

Kim Rutkowski

Dr. Kim Rutkowski formerly served as the Chairman of the Board for the One Love Foundation. Prior to her role as Chairman, Kim was the first Chairman of the National Advisory Council. She has been a driving force behind the strategic planning and growth of the organization. Kim graduated with a BA and MBA from Temple University and a DBA from Jacksonville University. Her professional career includes more than twenty years working with Fortune 500 companies. She was also the founding Board Chair for City Year Jacksonville and is currently a Trustee of the Delta Zeta Foundation. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Davis School of Business and teaches International Business and Marketing.

Kolby Scott

Kolby is a Business Development Strategist at Brown Advisory in Austin, TX. She leads branding efforts for the private client business through event strategy, charitable commitments, and community engagement. She joined Brown Advisory in 2015 in the Baltimore office in an administrative capacity on the private equity team. Kolby earned her Bachelors degree in 2011 from The University of Colorado, Boulder.

Melissa Selcher

Melissa Selcher is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at LinkedIn. She leads the team responsible for all of the company’s marketing, communications, and global social impact work. She moved into the CMCO role after serving as Vice President of Brand Marketing, Corporate Communications, and Social Impact at LinkedIn, where she oversaw the evolution of the company’s global brand, which resulted in the world's largest brand equity database, BrandZ, naming LinkedIn one of the ten fastest growing brands in the world in 2019 and, again, in 2020. Prior to LinkedIn, Melissa was the Chief Communications Officer at Cisco, overseeing all communications and investor relations globally. Earlier in her career, Mel held technology marketing and communications roles at Sun Microsystems, Matrix Semiconductor (acquired by SanDisk), Continental Airlines, and Trilogy Development Group. Mel earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Princeton University. Mel has been awarded Outstanding Marketer of the Year by PRWeek (2020), recognized as one of AdAge’s Women to Watch (2019) and named among PR News' Top Women in Public Relations (2017). Mel serves as a Trustee of the Page Society and the Ad Council, sits on the Board of Directors of LifeMoves (the leading provider of homeless services in Silicon Valley), and advises non-profits and startups including One Love, Pensando, Athlete’s Voices, and others. Mel lives in Burlingame, California with her husband and two children.

Doug Seybert

Doug is a Senior Vice President of Marketing at Discovery, Inc., the global leader in real life entertainment. He is currently responsible for the strategic planning, creative development, branded entertainment and production management of all marketing efforts for Investigation Discovery (ID), Destination America and American Heroes Channel. Based in Silver Spring, MD, Doug joined Discovery in 2002 and has worked on a wide range of television networks. Since gaining responsibility for ID marketing in 2009, the network has grown to over 85 million homes in the US and over 200 million homes in 163 countries and territories worldwide. In the US, the brand has garnered incredible loyalty among viewers, resulting in ID being the most-watched network among women. Prior to Discovery, he worked in marketing at AOL and as a management consultant with PwC. Born and raised in suburban Philadelphia, Doug graduated from Duke University with a bachelor’s degree in Public Policy Studies. He currently lives in Annapolis, MD with his wife, Tracy, and three children.

Ann Shoket

Ann Shoket has been a key architect in shaping the national conversation about ambition and success for a new generation. Shoket appears regularly on Good Morning America, Today, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View and CNN, and was a guest judge for four seasons on America’s Next Top Model. She speaks for conferences and corporations including TEDx, SXSW, The Pennsylvania Women’s Conference, S.H.E. Summit, and Facebook and more. Shoket’s widely-acclaimed book, The Big Life: Embrace the Mess, Work Your Side Hustle, Find a Monumental Relationship, and Become the Badass Babe You Were Meant To Be is a guide for women who are changing what it means to be powerful and successful in the world—for everyone. Forever. Over the last 15 years, Shoket brought two major young women’s publications to number one across every platform: digital, video, social, and newsstand. As Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen from 2007 to 2014, Shoket repositioned the iconic brand to dominate as the most relevant voice for its 13 million readers. As part of the launch team of CosmoGIRL in 1999, she helped revolutionize teen magazines by talking about ambition, career and important emotional issues that weren’t yet addressed by traditional publications. Forbes named her one of the ten “Most Powerful Fashion Magazine Editors” in the country.

Christina Syer

Tina Syer is the Chief Advancement Officer of the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula. She was formerly the Chief Impact Officer of PCA and in that role, she oversaw marketing, training, programs, evaluation and key corporate partnerships. She grew up playing soccer, softball, basketball, and field hockey in Davis, California and went on to play Division I field hockey at Stanford University, where she graduated with honors and was named an Academic All-American. Tina has presented more than 300 PCA training sessions and has produced products featuring PCA National Advisory Board members such as Phil Jackson, Steve Young, Julie Foudy and Dusty Baker. Tina's coaching experience includes seasons at the high school, college and Olympic Development levels. Last, but not least, she is the mom of two energetic boys!

Won Young Giuriceo

Won Young Giuriceo is a certified public account with 12 years experience working at PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP (PwC) within the audit division. Her clients were comprised of Fortune 50 multi-national clients within the retail and consumer sectors. Won brings her accounting and financial reporting experience to the advisory board and advises management on the annual financial reporting process. Won is the proud mother of three children and her greatest hope is that they are equipped with the knowledge and expectation to have healthy relationships throughout their lives.  She and her husband are dedicated to actively supporting the foundation as it develops innovative and effective educational programming that prepares our next generation.

Sydney Browne

Sydney is an undergraduate junior at Cornell University, studying Industrial and Labor Relations with minors in Business, Psychology, Human Development, and Law & Society. On-campus, she is a part of the Cornell Speech and Debate Society, the Cornell Advocacy Project, the Caribbean Students' Association, and the Cornell chapter of the OneLove Foundation. Off-campus, she serves as a Hotline Volunteer for the Ithaca Advocacy Center. After graduation, she hopes to attend graduate school and become a legal advocate for domestic and/or sexual violence survivors. She first got involved in OneLove after attending an impromptu information session and was immediately interested in the chapter's commitment as well as the organization's mission as a whole. "I'd never seen an organization that focused on relationship health so early in the process, so I knew that this was something extraordinary and had to get involved." Sydney is incredibly excited to engage with OneLove members and contribute to student leadership on a national scale.

Teresa Edwards

Teresa is a senior at the Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, Maryland. She first learned about One Love from her school and became a trained student leader in the summer of 2021 and has been involved ever since. Teresa believes that the education that One Love provides is essential and she hopes to contribute to a powerful change that One Love can make by implementing more workshop opportunities in the community.  At Holy Cross Teresa is a member of the varsity volleyball, softball, and swim teams, is a Peer Minister, a student ambassador, and the Vice President of the computer programming club.    

Beau Gantz

Beau is currently a junior at St. Francis DeSales High School in Columbus, Ohio. He discovered One Love while looking for support after separating from an unhealthy relationship. Aside from One Love’s mission, Beau is passionate about mental health equity and suicide prevention. Beau also plays football and lacrosse and performs stand-up comedy.  

Will Groot

Will joined the One Love Youth Advisory Board in 2021. He’s currently a senior at the Hotchkiss School (Lakeville, CT) where he plays on the varsity basketball team. Will has been actively involved in the Tri-State Teen Ambassador program since 2018. He firmly believes in the value and relevance of relationship education in today’s world. Will is originally from South Carolina, and moved to California for a couple of years before landing in NYC. Will looks forward to continuing his basketball career at Johns Hopkins University.

Aryanna Hewitt

I’m Ary! They’ve been working with One Love since they were 17. They go to SUNY Schenectady Community College for Baking and Pastry Arts. When they’re not educating people on the signs of healthy relationships, they’re baking, hanging out with friends or reading. As a survivor themself, they find it important to help and educate as many people as they can.  

Theodore Kavanagh

Teddy joined One Love as a Mid-Atlantic Teen Ambassador in 2021. He is currently a senior at Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Maryland, where he runs cross country and track and writes for the newspaper. He joined One Love with a concern for relationship awareness, and he wants to continue to learn and facilitate discussions on the topic. Outside of One Love, Teddy enjoys playing the piano, hiking, and listening to music. He is also an avid Bruce Springsteen fan and considers himself an outdoors person.

Hannah Mackin

Hannah is a high school junior at Frontier Regional School in Western Massachusetts. She first found out about One Love in 2021, after participating in an Amor del Bueno workshop, and became captivated with One Love’s mission. She is on the soccer team and plays basketball and track, as well as participating in student government and Feminist Club. She loves to be involved with One Love because of the accessible education and positive impact it has had on her friends and teammates. Hannah has participated in the teen ambassador program in the New England Region and is very grateful and excited to interact with others who share her passion

Ben Meyers

My name is Ben Meyers and I am currently a Senior Mathematics Major at Haverford College (Haverford, PA) where I play men's lacrosse. I am originally from New York and moved to Florida during my Sophomore year at the Hotchkiss School (Lakeville, CT). I joined One Love's Campus Ambassador program in 2021 and have been facilitating workshops, organizing fundraising events, and leading discussions about healthy relationships as a Co-head of the Haverford One Love Club. In addition to One Love, I volunteer for Harlem Lacrosse tutoring and mentor middle and high school student-athletes in Philadelphia. I strongly believe that One Love's educational benefits have the power to greatly improve the way high school and college students engage in relationships.

Kaiya Roland

Kaiya Roland is from Atlanta, Georgia, and is currently a junior on a pre-med track at Georgia State University. Kaiya’s goal is to spread education on relationship education, the signs of abuse, and overcoming abusive relationships. Starting as a campus ambassador, Kaiya believes that One Love’s powerful message encouraged her to be better in her relationships with others and hopes that she can teach the same to others serving on the Youth Advisory Board! Outside of One Love, she is involved in an internship with the Dean of Students in Domestic Violence Initiatives and Awareness creating events for students on campus to spread awareness to domestic violence. Kaiya is also a leader in Men in Violence Prevention, an initiative addressing men’s involvement in domestic violence and toxic masculinity. She is also a hospice care volunteer, involved in behavioral research, and likes to go rock climbing on her days off!

Isabelle Rudy

Izzy is a senior at Sturgis East Public Charter School on Cape Cod Massachusetts. She got involved with One Love through her town’s youth commission, which she is also now the chair of. She has been involved with One Love for the past few years, having led numerous workshops, attending fundraising events, and traveling to Washington D.C. to talk to politicians about One Love’s important education. To Izzy, the most important part about One Love’s curriculum is its versatility and the content’s ability to allow people to see themselves in the depicted relationships. Going forward, she is so looking forward to working with One Love on the Youth Advisory Board, and continuing to spread One Love to her community.

Chloe Taddeo

Chloe is a high school senior at Dominican Academy in Manhattan, New York. She attended the leadership camp and student summit in the summer of 2021 and continued working with One Love through being a teen ambassador. Through being involved with One Love, Chloe recognized that the healthy and unhealthy signs can be present in all types of relationships, not just romantic, but also familial and friendships. Chloe will continue being a teen ambassador in the 2022-2023 school year and plans to start a “One Love Club: Advocating Healthy Relationships”. She values relationship education because the basic tools to identify negative and positive signs can help steer people towards healthy relationships rather than abusive ones. In her free time, she enjoys doing archery, singing, and spending time in Manhattan with her friends. Chloe is excited to continue working with One Love and be a member of the Youth Advisory Board!

Carina Veteri

Carina Veteri lives in the Seattle area of Washington state and is a current senior at Eastside Catholic high school. She loves working out with her mom and playing with her labradoodle Abby. Carina's life has been touched by some incredible nurses because of that she is planning on studying nursing and working as a pediatric nurse to pass on her positive experience with medicine. She got connected to OneLove through her varsity lacrosse team and leads the OneLove club at her school. In 2022 Carina organized a game dedication for OneLove with the varsity boys' basketball team and spoke during their halftime at senior night. Carina is looking forward to bringing OneLove training and resources to the crisis line where she volunteers. She is so excited for the year ahead and the opportunity to be a part of the Youth Advisory Board.

Gretta White

Gretta is from Shelburne, VT and is a sophomore at St. Paul’s School in Concord, NH. Gretta was introduced to One Love through the lacrosse community and knew she had to be involved with One Love’s crucial work. Gretta started earlier this year as a One Love Teen Ambassador for New Hampshire and has worked to bring One Love’s content and message into her school and community, by founding a One Love Club. Outside of One Love, Gretta loves to play lacrosse, play music in her school’s Orchestra and Jazz Band, and is also a part of her school’s Environmental Action club. Gretta is very excited to serve on the Youth Advisory Board and work alongside her peers to support One Love’s mission.

Aniyah Yattassaye

Aniyah Yattassaye currently resides in Seattle, WA, where she is a senior at The Bush School. She enjoys playing for her school volleyball team and actively participates in various school clubs and out-of-school organizations. Aniyah has previously served on the Regional Teen Executive Board of Jack and Jill of America Inc., where she held positions as the Chaplin, Foundation Chair, and Vice President. She has also held the Outreach Director and Editor position for Living Zine Magazine's Executive Team. Aniyah is also a student-member of The Bush School's Board of Trustees Finance Committee. Aniyah has also completed internships at the law firm Banks and Associates, LLC, as well as with One Love's Seattle Office. In addition, she has completed many programs abroad and is a point of contact for her current and previous high school, serving as an Ambassador. Aniyah has been involved with One Love since she moved to Seattle and currently serves as a co-head of the One Love club at her high school. She is grateful for the plethora of opportunities One Love has given her. She is excited to take more of an active role within the organization by serving on the Youth Advisory Board this year.