Board of Directors
Jude Kearney
Winrock Board Chair Jude Kearney is the managing partner of the Washington, DC, office of Asafo & Co. Kearney focuses his practice on corporate transactions, with an emphasis on international project finance. He handles various matters involving energy development, mergers and acquisitions, complex litigation and corporate matters, and has specific experience in international markets, including […]
Jerry Adams
Jerry Adams founded the Arkansas Research Alliance in 2008 as a nonprofit, public-private economic development organization focused on investing in university research to change the economic trajectory of Arkansas. He retired as ARA president and chief executive officer in late 2021. Prior to starting ARA, Adams held a variety of senior leadership positions at Conway, […]
Samar Ali
Samar S. Ali is a research professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University, the founding president and CEO of Millions of Conversations, and co-chair of the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy. Her work focuses on positive compromise through promoting conflict resolution best practices among people, communities and nations experiencing polarization due […]
William Bumpers
Bill Bumpers is a retired attorney. He spent 35 years representing clients regarding climate change and Clean Air Act matters. Bill currently runs a small community solar company. In addition to serving on Winrock’s board, he is chairman of the board for Neighborhood Sun, a solar marketing and customer management company. He also serves on the board of […]
Beth Dunford
Beth Dunford is vice president for agriculture, human and social development at the African Development Bank, where she is responsible for strategy, lending and other activities in agriculture, water and sanitation, education, and health, as well as bank-wide work on employment and gender equity. She also leads the bank’s multi-billion dollar response to the COVID […]
Michaela Edwards
Winrock Board Member Michaela Edwards is a partner at Capricorn Investment Group, one of the largest mission-aligned investment firms in the world. Capricorn is part of the Jeff Skoll Group, which manages the investment portfolio of Jeff Skoll, the Skoll Foundation, and other institutional clients. Prior to joining Capricorn in 2019, Michaela spent nine years […]
Thomas C. Green
Thomas C. Green is a nationally recognized trial lawyer who has represented members of Congress and other public and corporate officials in connection with many of the most well-known and significant federal criminal trials and investigations beginning with the Watergate case. For many years he managed Sidley Austin’s criminal defense practice group in Washington, D.C. […]
Nanette Medved-Po
Nanette Medved-Po is the founder and chairwoman of the HOPE and PCX Groups. HOPE (Generation HOPE Inc. and Friends of HOPE, Inc) invests 100% of its profits to improve public school education infrastructure, agriculture interventions for smallholder farmers, and environment initiatives in both the plastic waste and carbon sequestration spaces. As an impact company, HOPE […]
Lisa Milton
Lisa Milton is the founder and CEO of AZAP Flores y Regalos, an online e-commerce platform focused on flower and gift delivery in Mexico and the United States. Previously, she was the director of a mobile apps company that created over 50 applications and was pre-loaded onto over a million phones in Latin America, partnering […]