Meet the Board
Our Board of Directors and Board of Advisors provide strategic oversight and counsel to guide One Love in its mission to stop relationship abuse.
Our
Board
Denise Balthrop Cassidy
Denise Balthrop Cassidy has actively supported One Love Foundation since 2016. Based in Seattle with her husband Barney, Denise currently devotes her time to her three-teenager family and to transformative philanthropic enterprises focused on equality, education, health, and sustainability. During her thirty year professional acting career, she performed across Europe and the US, from the Kennedy Center in DC to Berkeley Rep. Denise is a graduate of Duke University (BA, Theater & Comparative Area Studies) and The Catholic University of America (MFA, Acting). A natural educator, her extensive experience includes teaching at Cornell University, in Poland for the U.S. Information Agency, and many institutions across the country.Christine Chao
Christine J. Chao is currently General Counsel of the Foremost Group, an international shipping company. Christine has extensive corporate and commercial law experience, having worked in senior legal positions for three Fortune 100 companies: GE, Federal Express, and Ultramar Corporation. Christine began her legal career upon graduation from Columbia Law School with the Wall Street law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf focusing on M&A, US securities, leasing and project finance. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University and currently serves as a Trustee for her alma mater. Christine is honored and proud to join One Love and join in the movement to educate others about the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships. After living abroad in Hong Kong, China and London, England, Christine now resides in Greenwich, CT with her husband Jos Shaver and their two sons.Sharon Donnelly Love
Herbert A. May III
Michael “Colin” McLane
Colin is the CEO of The McLane Group, a diversified business in the financial services, intelligence, and security industries. In addition to his responsibilities at McLane, Colin serves as the Senior Advisor to NYC Police Commissioner, James P. O’Neill. Mr. McLane is a member of the Domestic Security Alliance Council and National Law Enforcement Associates. Colin earned his MBA from Columbia University and his BA from Boston College where he is in the Varsity Club Hall of Fame for Men’s Lacrosse. The McLane Family has been active supporters of One Love for years and are very proud that Colin was invited to the board of trustees at One Love in an effort to educate people about the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships. Colleen, Colin, Maddie, Liam and Colin Jr. live in Rye, New York.Olachi Opara
Olachi is portfolio manager at Brown Advisory. She works with the portfolio management team to help manage the balanced accounts of their private clients. She joined Brown Advisory in 2007 from T. Rowe Price where she served as a retail specialist. Education- University of Maryland, MBA (2013)
- Princeton University, AB (2006)
- Board Member, Invest In Girls
- Board Member, Maryland SPCA
- Committee Member, One Love Foundation
David Outcalt
David Outcalt is a partner of Lexington Partners, a global alternative investment manager primarily involved in providing liquidity solutions to owners of alternative investments and coinvesting alongside leading private equity sponsors. Prior to joining Lexington in 1994, David worked at Landmark Partners and Bear Stearns. He graduated from Williams College with a BA and from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with an MBA. David also currently serves on the board of trustees of University School in Hunting Valley, Ohio, the New York Advisory Board of Enterprise Community Partners and the Board of Directors of The Bronxville School Foundation.Sharon Robinson
Marie-Louise Skafte
Marie-Louise Skafte is the founder of Skafte Global Law, P.A., a boutique consulting firm. She serves as Consultant and provides general advice to global companies, executive management teams and acts as outside General Counsel. Marie-Louise is licensed to practice law in Canada, the United States and England. Prior to forming the firm, Marie-Louise worked in San Francisco as Vice President – Global General Counsel, Head of HR and Corporate Compliance with The Cronos Group leading teams in 19 countries. She also worked for Deutsche Post DHL, with operations in 220 countries holding the position of General Counsel for Canada. She has previously held key management positions for DHL Express (USA), Inc., American President Lines Limited, MasTec, Inc., and the Massachusetts Port Authority. Marie-Louise obtained a JD from Suffolk University Law School, a BA in Labor/Management Relations & Business from the University of Toronto and Industrial & Labor Relations at Cornell University, where she earned academic and athletic scholarships. As an avid traveler and commercial pilot, she hopes to expand One Love’s international reach. Marie-Louise resides in Florida with her husband Roger Martin.Christopher W. Solomon
Michael J. Ward
Michael Ward served as the chairman and chief executive officer of CSX Corporation for fourteen years. CSX is one of the nation’s premier transportation and logistics companies. Over his 40-year career, Mr. Ward headed CSX’s operations, coal sales and marketing, and finance departments. Under Mr. Ward’s leadership, the company continually achieved record safety performances while providing vital services to customers and posting strong financial results for shareholders. On the Harvard’s Business Review’s November 2016 ranking of The Best Performing CEOs in the World, Mr. Ward ranked 26th in generating the best return for shareholders and the environment. A native of Baltimore, MD., Mr. Ward’s commitment to personal philanthropy and corporate citizenship has been recognized with City Year’s prestigious Lifetime of Idealism Award. Mr. Ward is a member of the Board of Directors of PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (PNC). He also serves on various not for profit boards including City Year, One Love, Edward Waters College, Hubbard House, the Civic Council of Jacksonville, and Gen Wow. Through his private foundation, the Michael Ward and Jennifer Glock Foundation, he has donated over $35M to various charitable causes. The focus of the giving has been increasing educational opportunities and results in elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and college, as well as promoting healthy relations, preventing domestic violence, support of the military and the arts. Mr. Ward earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in 1972, and received a master’s degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School in 1976.Debbie Weir
A senior executive of the nation’s leading gun violence prevention organization, Everytown for Gun Safety, Debbie Weir has more than 28 years of proven success in nonprofit management in the areas of capacity building, programs and services, fund development, marketing and communications, board management, advocacy, strategic planning, employee and volunteer development, and expanding visibility and influencing stakeholders to support mission priorities. As Senior Executive Managing Director, Organizing and Engagement, since November of 2017, Weir has led the grassroots fight for gun safety in Washington, in statehouses, and with corporations and other strategic partners across the country. Weir has focused on developing and executing the strategy for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and the Survivor Network at both the national and state levels. She has overseen the implementation of new initiatives like Students Demand Action, and has worked to develop programs focused on suicide prevention and partnerships within the corporate and medical communities. Before joining Moms Demand Action, Weir served as the Chief Executive Officer of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), leading the network of more than 200 MADD affiliates across the U.S. and spearheading efforts to end drunk driving, help fight drugged driving, serve the victims of these violent crimes, and prevent underage drinking. Weir joined MADD’s National Organization in 2002 as Vice President of Victim Services, and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2005. Her proven leadership led her to be promoted to MADD CEO in March 2012. Under her leadership, the number of victims MADD served each year more than doubled—serving one victim every 15 minutes. With the launch of the Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving in 2007, twenty-thirty states have passed model DUI all-offender ignition interlock laws, which have saved an additional 1800 lives. Debbie lives in Virginia with her husband and has two sons.Our
Advisors
Lela Agnew
Saat Alety
Tai Beauchamp
Aimie Billon
Laura Brown
Noble Carpenter
Darci Darnell
Thomas DeLong
Dani P. Deering
Tenagne Girma-Jeffries
Holly Gordon
Amy Griffin
Anthony Harris
Erica Hoholick
Brooke Jackson
Justin Jackson
Walker Jacobs
Kate James
Shavar Jeffries
Mike Levine
Doris Meister
Christina Metzger
Leslie Morgan Steiner
Leslie Morgan Steiner is the author of the New York Times bestseller Crazy Love, an international speaker on family violence, and an expert resource who appears regularly on National Public Radio, NBC’s Today Show, MSNBC and Fox News. Her TEDTalk on the complexity of relationship abuse has been viewed over 6.5 million times. Leslie, a former victim of relationship violence herself, provides the board with expert resources and advice on real life applications, which helps One Love grow as a nationally recognized voice against relationship violence.
Megan Murphy
Dan Pallotta
Monica Rowe
Troy Ruhanen
Kim Rutkowski
Dr. Kim Rutkowski formerly served as the Chairman of the Board for the One Love Foundation. Prior to her role as Chairman, Kim was the first Chairman of the National Advisory Council. She has been a driving force behind the strategic planning and growth of the organization. Kim graduated with a BA and MBA from Temple University and a DBA from Jacksonville University. Her professional career includes more than twenty years working with Fortune 500 companies. She was also the founding Board Chair for City Year Jacksonville and is currently a Trustee of the Delta Zeta Foundation. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Davis School of Business and teaches International Business and Marketing.