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Center for Social Value Creation Advisory Board
The advisory board provides guidance and counsel to the Center in its strategic functions
and its outreach with business, non-profit and public sector communities. More specifically,
but not limited to, the functions of the advisory board include:
- Assistance in building networks of support and advocacy for the Center
- Providing counsel on key strategies and initiatives of the Center
- Helping elevate the visibility of the Center among key stakeholders
- Assisting in mobilizing resources for the Center including funding and career
opportunities for students
- Assisting in identifying and securing high-profile speakers and panelists for
its events consistent with the Center’s strategic direction
- Participating in Center functions as speakers, panelists, including assistance
in securing internships for the corporate governance fellow program
John Chickering, CRM
 John is a Vice President at Fidelity Investments, where he has held various technology
roles over the last 15 years, including eight years in CIO roles at two companies
in Fidelity’s venture capital portfolio. John is currently a driving force in Fidelity’s
firm-wide electronic delivery program.
A former licensed merchant marine engineering officer, John began his career
in the engine rooms of merchant ships where the exposure to heat, pressure and noise
(not to mention constant travel) would serve as excellent training for 20 + years
of managing emerging technology. John’s experience as a consultant, software vendor,
end user author and lecturer gives him a unique perspective on managing information.
John is also serves on the Board of Directors at AIIM, the leading non-profit
organization focused on helping users to understand the challenges associated with
managing documents, content, records, and business processes. He is currently Chair.
John is a Certified Records Manager and holds an M.B.A. (Operations Research)
from the University of Maryland and a B.S. (Marine Engineering) from the United
States Merchant Marine Academy. He is also the author of articles in the trade press
and in peer review journals as well as an occasional speaker at both industry conferences
and seminars hosted in academia. John is an active volunteer with several community
service organizations.
Lisa Hall
 Lisa Hall has led Calvert Foundation as President and CEO since January 2011.
Having joined Calvert Foundation in 2005, Lisa's background includes nearly 25 years
of industry experience at multiple policy and financial posts.
Lisa has held positions in real estate and community development finance with
the Enterprise Foundation, JP Morgan Chase and Travelers Insurance. She holds a
BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard University.
In 2003, Lisa participated in the American Marshall Memorial Fellowship, a travel
program for emerging leaders from the US and Europe.
Lisa serves on the Boards of Mentor’s Inc., The Funders’ Network, and ROC USA.
She also serves on the executive committee of ANDE (Aspen Network for Development
Entrepreneurs) and the Board of Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter
School in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, DC. Lisa lives in Northeast
Washington, DC with her husband and young daughter.
Robert Kashan
 Robert, CEO and Founder of EarthColor, Inc., has more than 30 years of experience
directing as many as 700 employees with revenues in excess of $200 million. Robert
has led EarthColor through start-up, acquisition, merger, consolidation and growth
modes.
After graduating from the Smith School of Business, Robert started his own printing
company. Unlike many who worked in the industry at the time, he looked upon this
industry as a business rather than a trade, but realized that in order to grow the
business he needed the most talented people in every area of the print production
process.
In the early 80’s technology transformed the industry. This change brought economies
of scale and best-practices to an industry that greatly needed them. By embracing
these new technologies Robert and his company were able to greatly increase efficiencies
and productivity, attract extremely talented people, and grow the business both
organically and through acquisition.
Robert is skilled in the M&A process and constantly challenges and focuses on
the financial importance of growing a business. Today, EarthColor is one of the
leading commercial print and integrated marketing companies in the US with a reputation
for producing outstanding work, but more importantly, as a leader in environmental
and sustainability initiatives.
EarthColor is dedicated to a strong sustainability initiative. It is about ‘doing
the right thing’ and embracing practices that continue to reduce waste and have
a positive impact on the environment.
Robert has long believed in enhancing client value by integrating/deploying the
latest technology, developing streamlined digital workflows and providing customers
with the most cost effective solution in the marketplace. EarthColor is a preferred
total solution provider to many Fortune 200 companies and offers prepress, asset
management, print (sheetfed/web/digital), binding, finishing, fulfillment, mailing,
and innovative integrated marketing solutions.
Stanley S. Litow
 Stanley S. Litow is IBM's Vice President of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate
Affairs and President of IBM's Foundation. He heads global corporate citizenship
and corporate social responsibility at IBM. Under his leadership, IBM has been widely
regarded as a global leader in Corporate Social Responsibility and prized for its
societal and environmental leadership, its labor practices and civic leadership.
Under Stan, IBM has developed innovative voice recognition technology to help non-literate
children and adults learn to read, automatic language translation and bilingual
email, open source technology to help people with disabilities access the web, a
humanitarian grid to power research on Cancer and AIDS and new digital imaging technology
to improve water quality. He helped devise IBM's Global Citizen's Portfolio consisting
of matching accounts for learning and The Corporate Service Corps a corporate version
of the Peace Corps that trains thousands of IBM's future leaders. IBM's efforts
in education have raised student achievement and won the company two Ron Brown Awards
presented by the President.
Before joining IBM, he served as Deputy Chancellor of Schools for New York City,
the nation's largest school system, and prior to that he founded and ran Interface,
the non- profit "think tank" and served as an aide to both the Mayor and Governor
of New York.
His articles and essays have appeared in numerous books and publications including
the Yale Law Review, Annual Survey of American Law, Brookings Papers, the
American Academy of Sciences, the Journal for the Center for National Policy,
Education Week, Harvard Business School’s Working Papers, New York Times
and Newsday.
Stanley is a recipient of the Council on Foundation's prestigious Scrivner Award
for creative philanthropy and awards from the Anne Frank Center, Martin Luther King
Commission, Manhattanville College, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Coro
Foundation, Helen Keller Services to the Blind, and the Women's City Club. He has
taught at New School University, the City University of New York and Long Island
University. Corporate Responsibility Officer Magazine voted him CEO of the Year
for 2008 and 2009.
He served on the President's Welfare to Work Commission, and now serves on the
board of Harvard Business School's Social Enterprise Initiative, Citizen's Budget
Commission, The After School Corporation and the Albert Shanker Institute.
Alan M. Webber
 Alan M. Webber is an award-winning, nationally-recognized editor, author, and
columnist. In 1995, he launched Fast Company magazine, a fresh, dynamic entry in
the business magazine category. Headquartered in Boston, MA, the magazine became
the fastest growing, most successful business magazine in history. Fast Company
won two national magazine awards one for general excellence, one for design and
Webber was named Adweek's Editor of the Year in 1999, along with co-founding editor
William Taylor.
Prior to founding Fast Company, Webber was for five years the managing editor
and editorial director of the Harvard Business Review. During his tenure, HBR was
twice a finalist for National Magazine awards; he oversaw the journal's visual redesign
and created the architecture for the journals editorial performance that continues
to this day.
Webber is the co-author of two business-related books, Changing Alliances, a
Harvard Business School study of the competitiveness of the U.S. auto industry,
and Going Global, a look at the techniques and tactics needed to succeed in the
global economy. His articles and columns have appeared in The New York Times
Sunday magazine, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal,
USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications.
Recommended inspirational reading: Creating a World Without Poverty, by M. Yunus
Dennis Wraase
 Dennis Wraase is the former chairman of the board for Pepco Holdings Inc. (PHI),
a regional energy holding company that provides service to 1.9 million customers.
PHI is the parent company of Potomac Electric Power, Delmarva Power, and Atlantic
City Electric. After joining Potomac Electric Power Company in 1974, Wraase eventually
worked his way upward to chief executive officer in May 2004, when he was also appointed
chairman of the board. He served as CEO until February 2009, and concurrently as
president of PHI from 2002 to 2008. He was a member of the board of directors since
1998. Prior to joining Potomac Electric Power Co., Wraase worked for Exxon Corp.
where he held various financial positions in the controller's organization.
A native of Washington, D.C., Wraase graduated from the University of Maryland
with a B. S. in accounting. He also holds a master of science in finance from the
George Washington University and is a certified public accountant.
Wraase served as a director of the Edison Electric Institute, Association of
Edison Illuminating Companies and the Institute for Electric Efficiency and was
past president, Southeastern Electric Exchange. In addition, he served as a director
of the National Capital Area Boy Scouts, Federal City Council, Economic Club of
Washington, and the Washington Performing Arts Society. He currently serves as the
treasurer and director for the University of Maryland Foundation and is vice chairman
of the Washington Hospital Center. He also is a trustee for Northeast Utilities
located in Hartford, Conn. Wraase is a member of the Financial Executives Institute
and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
In 2010, Pepco was named in the top 100 of Newsweek magazine's annual Green Rankings,
one of only three electric utilities to do so.
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