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Linda is an experienced management consultant, executive, and board director who is passionate about social equity and democracy.  Linda’s 30 years of non-profit board leadership and consulting have been focused on education, healthcare, technology, and government.  A former Nashville mayoral candidate, Linda is deeply engaged in civic leadership, including the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Leadership Nashville, Nashville Entrepreneur Center, and Women Corporate Directors.  She chairs the Advisory Board at Harvard’s Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics. Linda is President of Impact Corporate Consulting, and was Business Unit Executive at IBM Consulting, Executive VP at KPMG Consulting, Global Chief Marketing Officer at BearingPoint, and Area VP of HealthCare Sales at Dell.  Linda’s 25 years of corporate and private equity board service includes HealthStream, Inc., Guidehouse, Inc., KPMG, Tribridge Enterprise, and Pinnacle Financial Partners.  Linda earned her BS, Marketing, from the Harbert College of Business, Auburn University, and is a Fellow of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI).

Armand brings 25 years of finance and operating experience across venture capital, early-stage companies, and global banks. He is the Co-Founder and CFO of Thimble Health, a healthcare technology company. Previously, he worked on the portfolio team at Supply Change Capital and was the CFO at Socialive. Earlier in his career, he held several roles within J.P. Morgan’s Corporate & Investment Bank and Asset Management divisions. Beyond his professional work, Armand is committed to advancing health, wellness, and education initiatives. He has served on the Board of Trustees of Chadwick School, the Board of Directors of Food Access LA, and the LA Advisory Board of CareerSpring. He currently serves on the Governing Board of Chadwick International School.  Armand holds a B.A. in Economics-Philosophy from Columbia and an M.B.A. in Finance from Cornell’s Johnson School of Management.

Kris joins EdAccess after a career in operational leadership, marketing and global partnerships. Throughout her career, she has developed and created programs to support access and community. As Executive Vice President of Business Operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers, she led all business operations and revenue generation, strengthening partnerships and fan engagement. Prior to that, she served as President of Fox Sports One, guiding strategic growth across major sports and entertainment properties including Staples Center. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Kris has served as Board Chair for Vistamar School and on the boards of Para Los Niños, the Dodger Dream Foundation, and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles. She has a deep commitment to community impact and is passionate about advancing equity, inclusion, and opportunity.

Karin comes to EdAccess after a career as an operational and strategy consultant in higher education. At PricewaterhouseCoopers and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, she led initiatives with education and nonprofit organizations to address challenges ranging from business process inefficiency to strategic operational decisions. Through the course of her work, Karin developed a keen interest in the issues around college access and persistence for low-income, underrepresented students. She holds a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was a Fellow at the MA Alliance for Early College.