African Leadership Foundation is led by an independent, seven-member, US-based board of directors that reviews and administers all grants.

Chris Bradford, President, African Leadership Foundation
Chris is the founding President of African Leadership Foundation and Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at African Leadership Academy.

Jon Cummings, Director, McKinsey & Company
Jon Cummings is a Director at McKinsey & Company. Jon was in South Africa from 1994-2002, where he co-founded the Johannesburg Office and was the Office Manager for seven years.

John Gachora Mburu, Managing Director, Banc of America Securities
John Gachora Mburu is a Managing Director at Banc of America in Charlotte, NC, where he heads the Asset Backed Securities structuring and analytics group.

Johnathan Greenblatt, Co-founder, Ethos Water
Jonathan Greenblatt is the co-founder of Ethos Water, a former vice president of Starbucks Coffee Company, and an acknowledged thought leader on social entrepreneurship and sustainability.

Derek Schrier, Managing Member, Farallon Capital Management, LLC
Mr. Schrier is a Managing Member of Farallon Capital Management, LLC. In 1994, he managed elections research and polling for the African National Congress during South Africa’s first-ever democratic elections.

Kim Smith, Co-Founder and Senior Advisor, NewSchools Venture Fund
Kim Smith co-founded NewSchools Venture Fund in 1998 to transform public education by supporting education entrepreneurs. In NewSchools, Kim created a new "hybrid" approach to investing in social entrepreneurs.

John Tedstrom, Ph.D, Executive Director, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS
John Tedstrom is Executive Director of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBC), where he leads the world’s premier international NGO uniting over 200 companies in the fight against HIV/AIDS.