Meet Our Credit Committee

Brenda is the Head of Global Trade at Silicon Valley Bank. She leads a team that provides expertise to innovation economy clients doing business globally in addition to developing strategies to support client growth and success in global markets. Brenda serves on ITAC Committee 10 providing private sector input to White House policies, is a Board Member of the Bay Area Council, and has a Master’s Degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts.  Most importantly, she is passionate about transforming organizations, driving change, and advocating for global causes.

Edward is the Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC), which supports a holistic country-driven approach to accelerate the development and deployment of locally relevant climate technologies to the private sector. Before joining KCIC, Edward was the East Africa Region head for the Danish International Investments Fund and worked for KPMG East Africa in Corporate finance and Transactions Services. He also sits in several boards and is a faculty member at Strathmore University Business School where he teaches Corporate Sustainability and Innovation to executives. Edward is an Eisenhower Fellow and author of Impact Investing in Africa, A Guide to Sustainability for Investors, Institutions, and Entrepreneurs. 

Sola has over 15 years of work experience as a strategy and organizational development consultant and has worked in the private sector, the public sector and with development agencies. Sola has worked for a start-up political party (Kowa Party) and Nigeria's first innovation hub as the Coordinator of the FATE Institute for Venture Design. She is currently working at Designing Futures as a freelance consultant supporting faith-based organizations and their philanthropy investments in education in Africa. Her guiding mission is to build a future in which every African child gains access to quality education that will enable them to dream and reshape the future of the continent. Sola is a Kauffman fellow with a Bachelor of Science degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Master's in Public Administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. 

Carmina is the CEO and Founder of InvestEd- the Philippines’ leading student loan company. Prior to InvestEd, Carmina worked with Smarter Good Inc. to raise millions of dollars for youth-focused social enterprises. Over the past 8 years, she has also trained more than 6,000 youth in topics of employment, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship. Carmina also worked on projects with leading institutions such as Ashoka, Australian National University, Lutheran World Relief, and USAID. She has a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of the Philippines; Three certificate courses from the Asian Institute of Management in Entrepreneurship, Startup Management and Data Strategy, and a Social Entrepreneurship Certificate from INSEAD.

Huyen is the Program and Impact Investment Officer at the SK2 Fund. Originally from Hanoi, Vietnam she now lives in Aarhus, Denmark. Huyen has always had an interest in international affairs and has worked in impact investing and engaged philanthropy for over 10 years. Previously she served as the International Program Officer at Thriive, Vice Director at the Center for Economic Development Studies, and worked as a consultant at the World Bank in Vietnam. She is also an advisor and coordinator at Interhands, an organization that provides university scholarships and social entrepreneurship training to ethnic minority students from Sapa, Vietnam. Huyen received her Bachelor's degree in Economics from Foreign Trade University and her MBA from Troy University.  

Marion is a Co-Founder of Gweth, a community-based non-profit that supports at-risk teenage girls and distributes menstrual hygiene products in rural Kenya. Currently she is an Executive Coordinator at Belsa Energy Limited, a distributor of liquified petroleum gas across East Africa. She was first exposed to social enterprise and Miller Center when she participated in a work-study program at Digital Divide Data (GSBI 2014). At DDD she worked as an Associate delivering digital content, data, and research services to clients worldwide. She also owns Lingo Styles, a fashion business that trains and employs single mothers from underserved backgrounds to make African-inspired clothes and accessories. She is passionate about female empowerment and community development. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Kenyatta University with a double major in Sociology and Literature. 

John is an impact investor and has been a Senior Mentor at the Miller Center for the past 9 years.  He has mentored over 30 social entrepreneurs from 13 countries and 5 continents.  He has over 35 year of business experience spending time with large corporations and several startups and was co-founder of two.  He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.