JAG-DC: Board of Directors

Greg Roberts

President and CEO

DC Children and Youth Investment Corporation

Greg Roberts currently serves as President and CEO of the DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation, a nonprofit organization that promotes improved outcomes for children, youth and families in the District of Columbia.

Under Mr. Roberts’s leadership, the Trust has raised more than $100 million in public and private funds to increase the quality, quantity and accessibility of services for children and youth. In the 2007 fiscal year, the Trust invested more than $15 million in community-based organizations that provide high-quality out-of-school time programs, serving more than 10,000 District youth. The Trust also trains more than 600 District youth workers and provides technical assistance to all grantees. At Mr. Roberts’s direction, the Trust has developed successful partnerships with community leaders, elected officials, educators, parents and students to cohesively serve the District’s children and families. In 2006-07, Mr. Roberts has led the Trust’s collaboration with partners across the city to implement the multi-million dollar Project My Time initiative to ensure that all District middle school students have an opportunity to benefit from high-quality out-of-school time programs.

In addition to his work with the Trust, Mr. Roberts serves on the boards of the Washington Regional Area Grantmakers, the Mayor’s Youth Development Commission, the Black Philanthropic Alliance and Jobs for America’s Graduates (president). He sits on taskforces, committees and work group including the DC Truancy Taskforce, Reconnecting Disconnected Youth Steering Committee, 2025 Campaign for Black Men and Boys, New Ways to Work (INET) Leadership Washington Grantmakers Children, Youth and Families working group and Public Education committee, CBASS Partners , “Double the Numbers”, Boys of Color Learning Circle and the Cross Cities network.

Mr. Roberts has more than 20 years of experience in working with underserved youth and successfully leading nonprofit organizations that serve them. Prior to joining the Trust in 2001, Mr. Roberts served as president and CEO of the Magic Johnson Foundation, where he raised $12 million in new funding for programs serving urban youth in disadvantaged communities. He also served as executive director for Summerbridge National, leading the growth of a national network of tuition-free academic enrichment programs. Prior to that, he founded and directed the Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust, developing a $6 million endowment to support minority students’ enrollment in independent schools.

Mr. Roberts’s other experiences include serving as executive director of the Talent Search program at Catonsville Community College and director of freshman orientation for minority students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He also previously served on the board for Children and Family Services and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and sat on a minority outreach taskforce for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mr. Roberts holds a Master’s degree in Higher Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from Central Connecticut State University.

Dr. Denise Glyn Borders

Senior Vice President

Academy for Educational Development

Dr. Denise Glyn Borders is a Senior Vice President and Group Director of the U.S. Education and Workforce Development Group for the Academy for Educational Development (AED).

The U.S. Education and Workforce Development Group focuses on improving the quality of decision-making for education reform from pre-K through higher-education levels, emphasizing comprehensive, systemic educational improvements and reform, and expanded formal and non-formal learning. The Group enables children, young people and adults - especially the underserved - to realize their learning and earning potential through its mission to improve and deliver innovative and effective organizational solutions. Reporting directly to the President and Chief Operating Officer of AED, Dr. Borders directs the six U.S. Ed&WD Group Centers.

Prior to joining AED, Dr. Borders was President and Chief Executive Officer of The McKenzie Group (TMG). A specialist in K-12 accountability and assessment systems, Dr. Borders directed a number of projects for the firm, including the development of a web-based annual accountability system and an evaluation of Voyager Expanded Learning Programs. Previous to working at TMG, Dr. Borders served in the Senior Executive Service (SES) at the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), in a position equivalent to Deputy. This school system serves over 115,000 children of military personnel and has an operating budget of $1.5 billion.

Dr. Borders holds a Doctorate of Education in Psycholinguistics and Research from Columbia University, Teachers College. In addition, Dr. Borders holds a Master of Education in Curriculum and Teaching and a Master of Arts in Urban Education from Columbia University, Teachers College. She also earned a Master of Science in Elementary Education from SUNY Cortland/Cornell University.

Frederick T. Walls, II

Senior Portfolio Manager

PNC Institutional Investments

Frederic Walls, II joined PNC Advisors as a Senior Portfolio Manager in September of 2004. He brings over 16 years of experience in various investment disciplines. Prior to joining PNC Advisors, Fred was Senior Vice President at Sturdivant & Co. Inc., a regional brokerage firm serving the Mid Atlantic region. As Director of Institutional Equity Research, his responsibilities included building and leading the sell-side research function, while publishing in depth reports on companies in the industrial sector. He also assisted in new business development efforts.

Before working with Sturdivant, Fred served as a Vice President at Prudential Financial. There he either led or participated in a number of analytical projects preceding Prudential’s recent demutualization and IPO.

Fred’s time before Prudential was spent as an equity research analyst and portfolio manager with Smith Barney Investment Advisors in New York. While assisting on the Forbes Honor Roll cited $3.5B Appreciation Fund, he served as a portfolio manager for institutions and high net worth clients. His duties also included partnering with consultants to service clients and generate new business.

Fred earned his B.S. in Mathematics from Howard University with minors in Insurance and Finance. He earned his MBA from the Wharton School in Finance with a concentration in Investment Management. Fred holds Series 7 and Series 63 registrations.

Natalie M. Cofield

Manager of Business Development

Washington, DC Economic Partnership

Natalie Cofield serves as the Manager of Business Development with the Washington, DC Economic Partnership. In this role, she is responsible for managing business retention and expansion, assisting with the organization’s development and attraction efforts, and conducting industry research and economic strategy development.

Prior to joining the partnership, Ms. Cofield held a number of management positions with leading financial services and economic development corporations. Her experience includes: Program Manager for the Merrill Lynch Atlantic Fellowship Program; Special Assistant to the General Manager for the City of Los Angeles Community Development Department, where she served as the Assistant Project Manager for the Department’s Economic Development Strategy; and as an Internal Consulting Services Analyst at JPMorganChase in New York.

Ms. Cofield has spoken at the National Center for Black Philanthropists, United Negro College Fund Annual Conference and sat on Advisory Committees for the United Way Latino Scorecard and the Los Angeles High School Drop-Out Conference.

Natalie received her Master of Public Administration as a National Urban Fellow from the Baruch School of Public Affairs, has a Bachelors of Business Administration from HowardUniversity (Magna Cum Laude), and Certification in Non Profit Capacity Building from the City of Los Angeles.

She has received numerous awards including a Certificate of Recognition from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for her work on Economic Policy in Los Angeles and in 2006 Natalie was named one of Ebony Magazine’s “Top 30 Young Leaders Under 30”.

Barbara Span

Vice President of Public Affairs

Western Union

Barbara Span is Vice President of public affairs for Western Union, based in Washington, D.C. Public Affairs/Government Relations at Western Union is responsible for managing key legislative, regulatory and consumer issues and strategic relationships, serving as subject matter experts and communications liaisons, managing community relations and advocacy programs, and conducting issues research analysis. Barbara’s focus for Western Union is on a wide spectrum of issues, ranging from immigration, financial inclusion, and economic development to consumer fraud and alternative financial services.

Although working on Western Union initiatives since September 2004, Barbara fully joined the company during its split from parent company, First Data, in October 2006. She became part of First Data through the acquisition of Concord EFS, Inc., a Fortune 1000 company, which was one of four acquisitions since Barbara originally joined Internet, Inc.’s MOST ATM/debit Network in 1996 as director of advertising and research. She subsequently has held brand management and positioning roles through the merger and/or acquisition of 12 companies, integration of subsidiaries and strategic alliance partners. Throughout her tenure at the leading U.S. and global electronic payments processors and ATM/debit networks that comprised First Data, she had been responsible for strategic market intelligence, branding, PR, public affairs, advertising, Web sites and industry and government relations.

Her work for the company has addressed a myriad of issues including privacy, identity theft, account aggregation, authentication in Internet purchasing, check electronification, a wide range of payments fraud, natural disasters, and Y2K. She has been responsible for producing white papers and research that have supported Federal fraud protection legislation, including elements of the FACT Act and the Real ID Act and currently works with cross-industry working groups on fraud, immigration and other consumer issues.

Prior to her role in the payments industry, Barbara worked in the advertising industry, for agencies such as Leo Burnett and Ketchum Advertising. In her work for clients including Nestle, Star-Kist, Heinz, Rust-Oleum and Blue Cross, she has been responsible for dozens of strategic re-positionings, product launches and Effie award-winning campaigns. She is a Northwestern University alumnus.

Joy J. Dorsey

Director of Diversity

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

As Director of Diversity at Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI), Ms. Dorsey is responsible for the overall coordination of PHI diversity efforts by working with each line of business within PHI to ensure continued implementation and execution of PHI’s diversity strategy, as well as promoting fair and consistent practices across all lines of business. In addition to the internal focus, Ms. Dorsey is also responsible for communicating PHI’s diversity strategy and commitment to the external community through our Supplier Diversity initiatives.

Prior to joining Pepco in 1988, Ms. Dorsey worked for the Long Island Lighting Company and the law firm of Mahr and Babinecz. She has held various positions of increasing responsibility with Pepco and its affiliates including, Vice President, Pepco Energy Services and Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Potomac Capital Investment.

Ms. Dorsey received her B.A. in Economics from Howard University and her J.D. from Hofstra University in New York. She is a member of the New York, Maryland and District of Columbia Bars.