Board of Directors
All of 50/50's work is overseen by its Board of Directors, who dedicate their time and energy to working with entrepreneurs and searching for new, more effective ways of helping people lift themselves out of poverty. Because 50/50 is committed to directing every dollar available toward assisting our entrepreneurs, we have always been--and plan to remain--an organization with no paid staff, run completely by volunteers. Please feel free to direct any questions to our Board of Directors by e-mailing info@fifty50.org or sending us a message via our contact page.
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Matt Dennis has worked on Capitol Hill for nearly a decade, serving most recently as communications director for a Congresswomen from New York. He completed his studies in government at the University of Virginia and his public policy studies at George Washington University.
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Chris Ledoux has worked for more than five years as an attorney with Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis, doing pro bono work with the poor and immigrant communities. He completed his studies in Latin American History at the University of Virginia and Seton Hall Law School.
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Ivy Lee works for Brazilian Development Bank in New York. She has previously worked doing program evaluation for Komaza in Kenya, volunteered with Seeds of Africa, and completed her studies in Economics at New York University.
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Stephen Lee has worked at Accion International and its partner, Dialogue on Business in Bangalore, India, performing assessments of financial literacy and microfinance initiatives. Previously, he worked more than five years with Bank of America’s Global Corporate and Investment Banking division in the Foreign Exchange unit while volunteering with BofA’s community initiatives and financial literacy program. He completed his studies at the College of William & Mary and Columbia University.
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Dan Lipenholtz works as a producer and announcer for Landers Sports Productions and the YES network. He completed his interdisciplinary studies in communications, law, economics, and government at American University.
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Renata Parras has worked as a volunteer managing programs at The Giving Project, an organization that helps to build schools in rural Central America. After completing her studies at the University of Virginia and George Washington Law School, Renata worked pro bono at Paz y Cooperacion as the organization's United Nations Representative, the Texas Civil Rights Project, and has devoted pro bono work to assisting immigrants.
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Tabitha Snowbarger worked for five years in Cambodia with Partners in Progress before returning to the United States to pursue her Masters in Public Administration at Columbia University, where she serves as co-president of the Microfinance Working Group. In Cambodia, Tabitha designed and managed village-level programs aimed at promoting literacy, improving health and nutrition, generating income, and teaching financial management.
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Nicole Stubbs is the founder and executive director of First Access, a social enterprise working to reduce the cost of borrowing and lending in underdeveloped markets by means of a mobile scoring system for people who have no financial records. She graduated from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs after having previously worked with the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs and helped to launch MicroWorld, a Paris-based social enterprise that offers P2P and CSR microlending opportunities around the globe.
Ethan Wagner helped to found 50/50 with the goal of finding a better, fairer, and more effective way of using microfinance to help people improve their lives. He has served as co-president of the Microfinance Working Group at Columbia University, where he studied Economic Development at the School of International and Public Affairs. He has also worked as managing director of a media communications company in Africa, taught computer classes at Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter, and tutored children at 826NYC.
All of 50/50's work is overseen by its Board of Directors, who dedicate their time and energy to working with entrepreneurs and searching for new, more effective ways of helping people lift themselves out of poverty. Because 50/50 is committed to directing every dollar available toward assisting our entrepreneurs, we have always been--and plan to remain--an organization with no paid staff, run completely by volunteers. Please feel free to direct any questions to our Board of Directors by e-mailing info@fifty50.org or sending us a message via our contact page.
Matt Dennis has worked on Capitol Hill for nearly a decade, serving most recently as communications director for a Congresswomen from New York. He completed his studies in government at the University of Virginia and his public policy studies at George Washington University.
Chris Ledoux has worked for more than five years as an attorney with Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis, doing pro bono work with the poor and immigrant communities. He completed his studies in Latin American History at the University of Virginia and Seton Hall Law School.
Ivy Lee works for Brazilian Development Bank in New York. She has previously worked doing program evaluation for Komaza in Kenya, volunteered with Seeds of Africa, and completed her studies in Economics at New York University.
Stephen Lee has worked at Accion International and its partner, Dialogue on Business in Bangalore, India, performing assessments of financial literacy and microfinance initiatives. Previously, he worked more than five years with Bank of America’s Global Corporate and Investment Banking division in the Foreign Exchange unit while volunteering with BofA’s community initiatives and financial literacy program. He completed his studies at the College of William & Mary and Columbia University.
Dan Lipenholtz works as a producer and announcer for Landers Sports Productions and the YES network. He completed his interdisciplinary studies in communications, law, economics, and government at American University.
Renata Parras has worked as a volunteer managing programs at The Giving Project, an organization that helps to build schools in rural Central America. After completing her studies at the University of Virginia and George Washington Law School, Renata worked pro bono at Paz y Cooperacion as the organization's United Nations Representative, the Texas Civil Rights Project, and has devoted pro bono work to assisting immigrants.
Tabitha Snowbarger worked for five years in Cambodia with Partners in Progress before returning to the United States to pursue her Masters in Public Administration at Columbia University, where she serves as co-president of the Microfinance Working Group. In Cambodia, Tabitha designed and managed village-level programs aimed at promoting literacy, improving health and nutrition, generating income, and teaching financial management.
Nicole Stubbs is the founder and executive director of First Access, a social enterprise working to reduce the cost of borrowing and lending in underdeveloped markets by means of a mobile scoring system for people who have no financial records. She graduated from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs after having previously worked with the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs and helped to launch MicroWorld, a Paris-based social enterprise that offers P2P and CSR microlending opportunities around the globe.
Ethan Wagner helped to found 50/50 with the goal of finding a better, fairer, and more effective way of using microfinance to help people improve their lives. He has served as co-president of the Microfinance Working Group at Columbia University, where he studied Economic Development at the School of International and Public Affairs. He has also worked as managing director of a media communications company in Africa, taught computer classes at Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter, and tutored children at 826NYC.