Empower Work includes a talented group of board members, advisors, staff, and volunteers ranging from executive coaches and organizational psychologists to tech and operational experts and employment attorneys.  


Founder & Board of Directors

Jaime-Alexis Fowler, Founder & Executive Director

Jaime-Alexis Fowler, Founder & Executive Director

Jaime-Alexis Fowler is a seasoned leader with a track record of building agile, high-performing, healthy teams. She’s developed a reputation for being a go-to resource for people management. She’s led marketing at a $100M international NGO, run operations for a national post-abortion counseling nonprofit, overseen marketing at Code for America, and most recently before Empower Work, launched a nonprofit investigative newsroom. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Tech Crunch, Slate, Fast Company, and Forbes. Jaime-Alexis frequently speaks about building collaborative, healthy teams, career pathways and pivots, social entrepreneurship, and marketing for social change.

 

Jyot Bawa, President, LA Gauge Company

Jyot Bawa, President, LA Gauge Company

Emily Kramer, Marketing Advisor; Former Startup Marketing Executive; Advocate for Equal Compensation

Emily Kramer, Marketing Advisor; Former Startup Marketing Executive; Advocate for Equal Compensation

Jen Burdick, Supervising Attorney, Community Legal Services

Jen Burdick, Supervising Attorney, Community Legal Services

Robert Gordon IV, Head of Business Development, Flockjay

Robert Gordon IV, CEO of BLCK VC

Emmicia Bracey Swartz, Principal, Slalom

Suprita Makh, Senior manager, Global Philanthropy

Nancy Heinen, Board member, Advisor and Impact Investor

John Bradley, Senior Advisor to the CEO, Year Up

John Bradley, Senior Advisor to the CEO, Year Up

Jennifer Habig Ph.D., Vice President of Client Solutions, Center for Creative Leadership

Jennifer Habig Ph.D., Leader, Consultant, Coach, and Facilitator


Advisors

Navruz Avloni, Founder, Avloni Law

Zoe Blumenfeld, Vice President of Communications, Nava

Zoe Blumenfeld, Vice President of Communications, Nava

Lauren Brisbo, Social Impact Communications Professional

Lauren Brisbo, Director of Outreach and Partnerships, Empower Work

Alexis Charles, Learning Program Manager, Facebook

Alexis Charles, Learning Program Manager, Meta

David Flink, CEO and Co-Creator, Eye to Eye

David Flink, CEO and Co-Creator, Eye to Eye

Rory Gerberg, Founder & CEO, Advance Beyond Compliance

Kat Gordon

Kat Gordon, Founder/CEO, The 3% Movement

Marta Hanson, Former Assistant Dean & Associate Director, Stanford Women's Community Center | Principal, Social Impact Coaching

Marta Hanson, National Program Manager, Power The Polls

Leigh Honeywell, CEO, Tall Poppy

Leigh Honeywell, CEO, Tall Poppy

Renee Jackson, Chief Compliance Officer & Associate General Counsel, Wish (Board Emeritus)

Renee Jackson, Chief Legal Officer, Clutter (Board Emeritus)

Bi Le, VP Operations, Fieldwire

Bi Le, VP Operations, Fieldwire

Deb Levine, Consultant, Advisor, Social Entrepreneur

Deb Levine, Senior Program Officer, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Caitlin MacDonald, Chief Strategy + Innovation Officer, Genesys Works

Caitlin MacDonald, Head of People + Culture, Accion Systems

Aysha Pamukcu

Aysha Pamukcu, Policy Fund Director, San Francisco Foundation

Sohana Punithakumar, Senior Program Manager, Xbox Experiences

Sohana Punithakumar, Principal Program Manager Lead, Xbox Content Engagement

Amirah Raveneau-Bey, Go-To-Market Sales & Operations Advisor and Consultant

Amirah Raveneau-Bey, Co-Founder & CEO, The Home Dispatch

Adam Rosenzweig, Focused on the business of social impact

Adam Rosenzweig, Advisors, Platypus Advisors

Angela Scott, Associate Director of Workforce Development, Bayview YMCA

Angela Scott, Programs Director, MISSSEY, Inc. (Board Emeritus)

Courtney Visstrong, Evaluation and Measurement Consultant, Kaiser Permanente

Julie Lein, Managing Partner, Urban Innovation Fund

Julie Lein, Managing Partner, Urban Innovation Fund (Board Emeritus)

Shireen Yates

Shireen Yates, Product Manager, Meta

Tina Wie, Advisor, Empower Work