Board of Directors

Our board of directors comprise of some the most successful, innovate, experienced and compassionate InPowered women who have devoted themselves to being catalysts for change.

Judithe Registre Cynthia Hardy Young Leah Curran Moon L isa R. Klein

Nancy R. Smith Mvemba Dizolele Andres de la Roche

Judithe Registre

Founder & Chief Narration Officer

Expertise

Visionary, innovator, women and girls
International development, grant and project management
Resource mobilization

WORK

For more than two decades, Judithe Registre has traveled the world working with organizations determined to make a change in the lives of those living in extreme poverty and surviving in unbelievable circumstances. Judithe’s work as program director with Plan International, Women for Women International, the International Foundation for Election Systems, Africare and Freedom House has taken her to many developing countries to work for women’s political and socioeconomic rights and improved citizens’ political and social participation, as well as working on anti-poverty and economic development issues.

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Cynthia Hardy Young

CHAIRPERSON

CEO & Founder/Pivot Global Partners

Expertise

Thought leader and mentor with a multi-cultural perspective
Strategic planning and implementation
Financial and organizational development and management

WORK

Cynthia Hardy Young has built a reputation of professionalism, high integrity, deep relationships, inspirational leadership, and delivering results at all stages of her career. Her keen analytical, diagnostic and change management skills, as well as her multi-cultural perspective, have uniquely equipped her to lead and advise organizations of various sizes, complexity and maturity in effectively transforming their operations.

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Leah Curran Moon, PhD, MPA

SECRETARY

Independent scholar, artist & entrepreneur

Expertise

Feminist scholarship, art and activism

WORK

Leah Curran Moon is an independent scholar, artist and entrepreneur whose work focuses on gender, sexuality and power. She has co-authored a number of publications, reports and papers on gender, race and sexuality in education, health and economic development, her performance work has been presented at multiple festivals and universities, and she is a frequent guest speaker and presenter on these topics at across the U.S. and Canada. Leah frequently teaches gender studies courses and is an evaluation consultant with Plan International’s Because I am a Girl campaign.

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Lisa R. Klein, PT, IMT.C

TREASURER

Founder / Total Health Physical Therapy, LLC

Expertise

Adult and pediatric orthopedic and neurological rehabilitation
Integrative Manual Therapy advocate and practioner
Holistic and alternative medicine

WORK

Lisa Klein’s bases her work as a physical therapist of patients recovering from traumatic injuries on a strong belief in treating the whole patient. During her training and early career, Lisa found most treatment modalities focus on restoring function without addressing the root causes; she realized that omission could provide little more than palliative care. In the course of her continuing studies, Lisa recognized the value of individualized whole-patient treatment plans developed through Integrative Manual Therapy techniques in restoring her patients to health.

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Nancy R. Smith

Independent Consultant / Writer

Expertise

Program/seminar design, implementation and facilitation
Partnership development
Donor research and fundraising

WORK

Based in Salzburg, Austria, Nancy consults with international nongovernmental and philanthropic organizations; working to provide multi-stakeholder/multi-cultural program development and implementation. Her work includes project management, partnership development and management, as well as seminar development and facilitation. She also supports these organizations with donor research, fundraising and grant development.

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Mvemba Dizolele

Author, analyst, lecturer and independent journalist

Leadership strategy and advocacy advisor

Expertise

Foreign affairs/international crises journalist, analyst and commentator

WORK

Mvemba covered the 2006 conflict and elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, embedded with United Nations peacekeepers in Ituri district and South Kivu province as a reporter. The Journal of Democracy, New York Times, Newsweek International, International Herald Tribune, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, The New Republic, Forbes and other outlets have published his analyses. A frequent commentator on African affairs, he has been a guest analyst on several radio and television programs, including PBS, NPR, BBC, Al Jazeera and Voice of America.

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Andres de la Roche

Founder and Creative Director, A.DELAROCHEDESIGNS

WORK

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Surabhi Chopra

Head – Strategy Planning and Head, India Chapter

Expertise

Strategy Business Planning and Implementation
Partnership, Selling Skills
Community Development
Educating the girl child

WORK

Surabhi is a collaborative leader and strong team player and strategist. She believes deeply in the value of education, and is driven to make a difference in the lives of young children and those coming from poverty-stricken backgrounds.

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Asha Hai

Creative marketing expert with an emphasis on customer relationships and retention

Expertise

Lateral and creative thinker with excellent communication skills
Strong project management & organizational skills based on sound commercial foundations
Pragmatic diagnostic and prescriptive problem resolution skills

WORK

With more than 13 years’ experience in sales and marketing, Asha Hai has developed a keen creative edge in all aspects of image branding and public relations. From cultural festivals and art exhibitions to commercial campaigns and customer loyalty, Asha consistently designs, directs and delivers media relations programs to bring her clients’ brand to the forefront of public awareness.

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