Board of Directors

These are the people who are legally and fiscally responsible for Do Something. They are sort of like owners ... except that instead of cutting up the profits (there are none), they give us advice, support, money, and in some cases, their first-born child (Seriously). We meet with them 4 times a year -- and we have great attendance at Board meetings because this is a fun group of smart people. Most of them are also on committees that meet in between Board meetings-so they are an involved, active, group of intelligent people. Board terms start in October, and we had a lot of exciting, new people join our board this fall!

Jeff Arnold

He founded WebMD. Yeah, that guy. Now he is building www.howstuffworks.com into another powerhouse. His company (Convex Group) also has other cool technology like flexplay (DVD rentals) and lidrock (DVDs in the top of plastic cup lids). He is super-smart and gives us really great ideas.

Larry Berg

He is a mergers and acquisitions guy at Apollo. He has terrific instincts and knows lots of cool people-we love his advice and introductions. Good guy.

Steve Buffone

Big lawyer at big law firm, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. He has been on the Board since the beginning-and his firm has given us over 1 million dollars in pro bono legal services. Steve and his people have always treated Do Something like a high paying client. We're super lucky.

Dave Burwick

Pepsi runs through this guy's veins. He is the top dog of Pepsi, Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade ... Canada. The guy is a marketing genius and has super ideas and connections for us. Everyone we meet has something nice to say about him.

Matt Cohler

One of the facebook guys. Knows everybody in Silicon Valley. Looks like he is 12 but has the wisdom of a 50-something. Several people on our staff harbor crushes on him. Great guy.

Matt Diamond

He founded Alloy Media and Marketing one of the top teen marketing firms in the country. Everyone at Alloy is super nice and super helpful to us—from giving us feedback on our site to laying out pages in our magazine to giving us space on gymboards. We also love that Matt looks like he actually is a teenager, but has the wisdom of a very old man.

AJ Discala

This guy knows everybody. Seriously. Thanks to him, we’ve met restaurant owners, professional wrestlers, and a top male model. Random, right? AJ has his own investment firm and own chunks of some great companies like UBid and YFly.

Damien Fahey

Smooth, all-American host of TRL. Super cool. Teenage girls swoon. Teenage boys want to be him. We're just proud to call him one of us.

John Faucher

Every board should have a financial analyst on it. He is the guy who zeroes in on the exact summary of a point, the crux of an issue. We love having him around (and some of us would like to bring him to Thanksgiving dinner to mediate among family members.) An Eagle Scout, youth volunteerism is in this guy’s blood.

Icemba Gibbs

She is part of the marketing team for one of the coolest companies in the world: jetBlue, the official airline of Do Something. She is as fabulous as her company—and there is no better compliment than comparing someone to jetBlue.

Marge Magner

She’s been called “the most senior woman in banking in the world” and appeared on the Fortune list of most powerful women in business at #4. She is super passionate about global poverty and the person behind us taking on a village in Malawi.

Dave Mazza

He is so involved with us that sometimes it is hard to remember that he is also one of the most powerful venture capitalists in the country. Grove Street Advisors is the fund that funds other funds. (Did you follow that? Read: he is important.) His baby here is the BRICK Awards, which he has chaired several times. Not uncommon to get a call from him at 9pm on a Friday with a great idea. Love his passion.

Jason McDonell

He runs the Dorito’s brand. That’s right. This is the guy who green-lighted those awesome new buffalo ranch chips. And, we love that he is Canadian! We have big big plans with Dorito’s in 2007…stay tuned.

Wenda Millard

Super connected, super cool, super woman. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. is lucky to have her talent. We’ve got a piece of her heart (along with other Boards like Trinity College and the James beard Foundation).

Jim Milligan

His company, FreedomZone, does really cool alternative marketing campaigns. He was the one who said, "Let's really turn the BRICK Awards into the Oscars and televise it." We've turned his name into a verb here: how can we Milligan that idea?

Michael Sanchez

The CEO of CafeMom and the co-founder of Do Something. Mike has the institutional memory here from when he was CEO of Do Something in the late 90's. He now chairs the Audit Committee-which is a thankless job. So we're thanking him here. Thanks, Mike!

Tom Scott

One of the "two Toms" who founded Nantucket Nectars. He also founded and now runs Plum TV. Tom is the guy who doesn't make it to every Board meeting, but when he does, he asks the good questions about impact. He is truly dedicated to making the world a better place and always wants to hear about the lives we change and the great things young people are doing thanks to us. We all expect him to run for office someday. He has our vote!

Andrew Shue

Ok. So we all remember him as "Billy" from Melrose Place, but in reality he is a super smart, down to earth guy ... who has three kids and a wife who he loves very much. He is now working on directing a movie about girls soccer called Finding Gracie. He could have started a clothing line or launched a cologne, but instead, Andrew poured his fame into Do Something, convincing Aaron Spelling to give him 1 minute of airtime to launch the organization in 1993. Andrew is still the heart of Do Something and we love it when he pops into the office for the day.

Cleary Simpson

One of the top dogs in global communications at Time Warner. She has been there for nearly 30 years (yeah, a long time) and yet she still comes up with fresh cool ideas. We love her enthusiasm and energy. Really helpful as a sounding board for new ideas and partners.

John Swift

He is enormously humble and kind…and yet super powerful. Responsible for about 2 billion in media buys, he is running PhdUS overseeing the spending of some really cool brands. He is the guy helping bring the BRICK Awards to your living room. Love that.

Darryl Wash

A venture capitalist who founded Ascend Ventures and our Board Treasurer. He is the best Treasurer Do Something has ever had-really reviewing numbers, setting clear policies, and communicating really effectively with everyone. This is the guy everyone wants on their Board-and we've got him!

Kimmie Weeks

Currently serves as Executive Director of Youth Action International. The organization works to support the needs of children and young women in five post-war African countries. At the age of nine, he came face to face with civil war, human suffering and death in Liberia, West Africa. Kimmie vowed that if he survived the war, he would spend the rest of his life working to ensure that no child suffer as he did. In 1994, Kimmie co-founded the Voice of the Future Inc., which worked to provide health care and nutrition to children. In 1996, he served as Chairperson for Liberia’s Children’s Disarmament Campaign and lobbied the disarmament of more than 15,000 Liberian child soldiers. In 1998, Kimmie was forced into exile after troops loyal to Liberian President Charles Taylor attempted to assassinate him for a report he had issued on that government’s involvement in the training of children as mercenaries. In 1998, he began working with Search for Common Ground to develop a reconciliation and peace education program for and by children. To date, that program has been replicated in more than six countries. Kimmie has been the subject of a book, two documentaries and has received several international awards including the 2007 BRICK Award.

Michael Yanover

is the Head of the Business Development at Creative Artists Agency. CAA’s Business Development department works across the agency to create new lines of business (e.g., CAA China, CAA Sports and CAA Lifestyle) and service its clients outside their core activities. Michael also focuses on the representation of: technology-based clients, such as Cisco, SanDisk, Imax and cutting-edge IPTV company Joost; internet clients, such as LonelyGirl15, Wallstrip and Rocketboom; and start-ups such as Funny-or-Die. Prior to joining CAA, Michael was a Senior Vice President at Macromedia (now part of Adobe) where he launched their successful online division, Atom Entertainment (recently purchased by Viacom). Previously, Michael ran his own entertainment company, which produced two television series for domestic and international broadcast, and a theatrical film released by MGM. Michael began his career in M&A and entertainment law at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, in New York, and at Sinclair Tenenbaum & Co., a leading entertainment law firm in Los Angeles. Michael holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and a JD from the University of Toronto.