Coni Frezzo, Chair
Coni Frezzo is a native of Avondale, Pennsylvania, and obtained her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Delaware.  Coni has served in various business analysis and strategic planning roles at Borden Foods, Kraft Foods and Franklin Mint (US and Japan). Since leaving the workforce, Coni has devoted her time to her family and to community service.  She was a member of the Junior League in London and in Summit, NJ.  Currently, she works with her church’s Community Outreach to supply food to a Food Pantry in Patterson, NJ.  She supports Safe House, which provides transitional housing for victims of domestic violence, both as a member of their Community Advisory Committee and as a member of Friends of Safe Home. Coni is also an active volunteer at her daughters’ school.

Terri McCullough, Vice Chair
Terri McCullough is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area and holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz. She is the Chief of Staff and advisor to Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Democratic Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving in a variety of roles for almost 15 years in Rep. Pelosi’s Capitol Hill and San Francisco offices, with a focus on issues affecting women, girls and families. She has also worked for several non-profit organizations, including NARAL Pro-Choice America, PENCIL (Public Education Needs Civic Involvement in Learning), and Anna Deavere Smith’s Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue at New York University. She lives in Washington, DC and New York City with her husband, daughter and son.

Bret DiMarco, Treasurer
Bret is Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of Coherent, Inc., a multinational NASDAQ-listed company in Santa Clara, CA. Coherent is one of the world's leading providers of lasers and laser-bound solutions for scientific, commercial, and industrial customers. Bret previously was a partner and associate at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His practice included representation of a large number of private and public companies. Bret also serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law where he teaches corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. Bret currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Woodland School, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) private school in Portola Valley, CA. During his tenure at Woodland, he has served in a number of capacities, including Chair of the Audit Committee, Co-Chair of the Head of School Search Committee, member of the Finance Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. Bret earned his BA in History from the University of California at Irvine and received his Juris Doctorate at the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law. His daughter just returned from Massachusetts for her second GLI Summer Camp experience. Bret stipulates that he has seen firsthand the positive impact that GLI has had in his daughter's life and is pleased to expand his involvement beyond just that of a supportive parent.

Jackie Payne, Secretary
Jackie is the Director of Move to End Violence. Jackie began her career in post-apartheid South Africa, working on issues related to gender equality, women’s health, and economic empowerment. In 1997, Jackie became staff attorney at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, covering a range of matters, including domestic and sexual violence, public benefits, housing, and consumer protection. Jackie then joined the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund in Washington, D.C., where she led a national coalition of community-based organizations dedicated to addressing the gendered-roots of poverty in America. Jackie also chaired the national coalition to end domestic and sexual violence and helped lead the successful campaign to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. During this time, Jackie also served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, teaching Gender, Equality, and the Law. In 2003, Jackie was recruited by Planned Parenthood Federation of America to run its 50-state advocacy program. In this role, Jackie set the Federation's state policy agenda and enhanced the capacity of the 100-plus affiliates to engage in effective advocacy. In 2006, Jackie was promoted to Director of Government Relations, taking over responsibility for the entirety of the Federation's state, federal, and international policy work. She left the Federation in 2009 to research, design and run Move to End Violence, a project of the NoVo Foundation which is focused on strengthening the movement to end violence against girls and women through transformative leadership development, organizational development, movement building and social change skills. Jackie received her bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Illinois and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School. She is a trustee of the Patsy Takemoto Mink Foundation and serves on the board of Generations Ahead. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband, Jonah, and son, Desmond.

Maureen Griffin
Maureen Griffin is a native of Redwood City, California, and obtained her bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition from San Jose State University.  Maureen currently works at Cisco Systems as a Marketing Manager in Unified Communications.  For eight years, she was project manager of Cisco’s Harvest of Hope, Department Competition, an annual global hunger relief effort which benefits about 110+ food banks worldwide.  She is an active volunteer at her twin daughters’ elementary school, currently serving on the PTA Board.

Jeannette Fournier
Jeannette Fournier is a seasoned fundraising professional with foundation and corporate relations experience for nonprofits in the U.S., Europe and Africa. She currently serves as Director for Foundation Relations at KaBOOM!, a national non-profit dedicated to saving play for America's children. She has helped build the organization’s first philanthropy team, and is responsible for doubling the number of foundation donors to KaBOOM! in one year. Before joining KaBOOM! Jeannette worked for the Committee for Economic Development (CED) directing foundation relations and international projects related to early childhood development, education reform, and health care reform. She represented CED as a Technical Assistance Group member of the “Partnerships in Education” initiative--a joint program of the World Economic Forum and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization/UNESCO. Earlier, she had the pleasure of managing donor relations for the Henry L. Stimson Center, where she connected research programs related to national security and post-conflict with key foundation donors. At First Nations Development Institute, Jeannette supported fundraising efforts promoting the economic mobility of indigenous peoples in the United States and abroad. She is President Emeritus and a founding partner of South Cluster, a Belgian-based nonprofit, which focuses on technology education and infrastructure in West African nations. Jeannette holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Drew University in Political Science and German, a minor in Studio Art and a Masters in International Law with International Relations from Kent University’s Brussels School of International Studies. She is an American Express Leadership Academy Alumni. Her passions are traveling and adventuring with her husband, meeting new friends, painting and writing.