Ben Ryan Cushman

Building Markets works in crisis-affected countries to build markets, create jobs and sustain peace by connecting local entrepreneurs to new business opportunities, and by connecting interna...

We serve the people who house America.We're leading the way to provide safe, affordable, and reliable credit, so people across the United States have opportunities to buy, refinance, or rent ...

World Connect is an international grant maker focused on empowering local entrepreneurs in the developing world to raise living standards in their communities. www.worldconnect-us.org

GFS is a coed K-12 day school in Philadelphia, founded in 1845. It enjoys an international repu-tation for superior academics, athletics, college prep and college admissions.

A continuing care retirement community providing independent living apartments and houses, assisted living, and a Medicare certified health services and rehabilitation center.

IRC is a New York City based humanitarian relief organization serving people whose lives and livelihoods shattered by conflict and disaster. Airbel is the innovation, research and developmen...

Founded in 2011 by the global design and innovation firm IDEO, IDEO.org is a nonprofit dedicated to applying human-centered design to alleviate poverty in partnership with other nonprofits, ...

10,000 Degrees, a nationally recognized nonprofit, has been helping underserved students get into and through college at unprecedented rates since 1981. Originally called Marin Education Fun...

One of the Five College Consortium (Hampshire, Amherst, Smith, Mt. Holyoke and UMass) Chair of Governance Committee, member of the Executive Committee. Led successful Board shift from operat...

Sonoma County’s only private college prep high school Board Chair 2009 – 2012, member of the Executive & Finance Committees Led successful initiative to reduce $33 million debt by >50%

A national non-profit promoting safe schools for GLBTQ youth.

A private educational technology company serving elementary level students. Led product line and marketing expansion into mainstream education market

A new retail concept blending kitchenware retailing and cooking schools Led successful business plan development, venture capital funding and early roll-out

A national chain of over 2,000 value-priced haircut stores. Managed operations through 500% growth, developed and led successful new competitive strategy

An early venture capital backed marketer of personal computer application software Built successful sales organization, grew sales from &lt 1 million to &gt 30 million

A leading early marketer of video games and personal computers Grew national account sales from $3 million to >$40 million, established retail distribution for new PC line

Learned the ropes of retail store and buying operations