Introducing Our Newest Board Members — and Community Advisory Board!
Leadership Transitions for the Year Ahead
Behind the scenes, we are fortunate to be supported by the work of our Board of Advisors, Alumni Leadership Council, and now our newest group of all-star Hack.Diversity supporters: our Community Advisory Board.
Across all three of these leadership boards, we appreciate the time, resources, and investment in Hack.Diversity and our mission that all members give — and as we gear up for 2021, we want to give our deepest gratitude to those members who have reached the end of their service:
- Scott Friend, who served on our Board of Advisors
- Flavio Andrade, who served as President of the Alumni Leadership Council
- Iris Castaneda, who served as Treasurer of the Alumni Leadership Council
We are thankful for the many ways they have impacted the Hack.Community, and congratulate them on their roles in helping to get our organization to where we currently are — operating our largest Fellowship program yet, keeping tabs on our largest Alumni network yet, and celebrating our fifth year of existence. We continue to wish them the best in their future endeavors.
New Board Member Additions
This year, we are excited to welcome two new Board Members: Patricia Winton and Ovidio Reyna.
Patricia (Tricia) Winton is Global Head of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) at Bain Capital, one of the world’s leading multi-asset alternative investment firms. She collaborates closely with Bain Capital’s investment teams and portfolio companies to further develop and progress the firm’s ESG strategy and drive positive social and environmental results across the global platform. Integral to Bain Capital’s approach is the commitment to improving diversity, equity and inclusion across the firm and its investments.
Tricia has over 25 years of experience building effective and successful businesses, focusing on value creation, organization performance and responsible investment. Prior to joining Bain Capital, she was a Principal at ArcLight Capital Partners where she led the firm’s ESG, Strategy and Human Capital efforts. During her tenure, she developed and led cross-functional execution of an ESG strategy within the firm and across its portfolio to set targets and to measure and drive impact.
Earlier in her career, Tricia advised public and private sector organizations and non-profits at McKinsey & Company and led client relationship management at Cambridge Associates. She has also held positions at Digitas and Lehman Brothers. Tricia currently serves on the Impact Council of Bain Capital Double Impact, the Advisory Board of Hack.Diversity, and the Stepping Strong Center at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
She holds an M.B.A. from Tuck School of Business and B.S. degree from Dartmouth College.
Ovidio (Ovi) Reyna is a 2018 Hack.Diversity alumnus, 2019–2020 Hack.Diversity Mentor, and lead technical advisor for the de.Hackathon program. Outside of the 15+ hours/week that he currently dedicates to the coaching of Fellows’ technical skills development, Ovi is a Senior Software Engineer at Liberty Mutual Insurance (Host Company since 2018), where he pushes the adoption of cloud computing throughout the organization to reduce cost, increase application and disaster recovery redundancy, and create easier pathways for developers to get their product to customers faster. His software engineering career spans a wide range of industries including health tech, private aviation, fantasy sports/gambling, and as of late, insurance. He is often the only Latinx engineer on his teams and is passionate about not only being a representative role model to engineers of color, but also ensuring that they have a voice at the table within corporate environments.
Prior to finding Hack.Diversity, and making the career transition into tech, Ovi held different careers including as a public school educator, and as an advocate for inmates with mental health issues. Ovi has a Master of Science in Software Development from Boston University, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, with a focus on the Middle East, both from Howard Payne University.
While Ovi has lived in South Korea, Texas, Florida, and now Boston, he grew up in Mexico and is teaching his two year old daughter to always root for Mexico during the World Cup, even though they tend to choke in the quarter finals.
Launching Our Community Advisory Board
While the Hack.Diversity Board of Advisors provides high-level support related to growth, revenue, and pipeline building, we are also excited to launch a new Community Advisory Board to complement their efforts.
Chaired by Rachel Kohn and Kai Tribble, this group is composed of technology and equitable access champions who seek to support Hack.Diversity in efforts to expand our reach. They are primarily tasked with capacity building alongside the Hack.Team, assisting with integrating industry trends within our programming and curriculum, and supporting the steering of our Alumni Leadership Council.
Members bring expertise in technology, operations, professional development, and entrepreneurship, and commit to volunteering their time to drive initiatives, host events, and raise funds for the benefit of Hack.Diversity. Along with our mission to increase representation of Black and Latinx technologists in the Boston tech ecosystem, we also expect this Board’s makeup to reflect our deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion — and we are humbled to have assembled this team of outstanding individuals who have chosen to actively engage and keep building with us:
As we look forward to leveraging the full potential of all of our leadership boards in the coming year, we invite you to take a moment to reflect on the incredible highlights of the year we just ended — check out the Hack.Diversity 2020 Impact Report.
Then, meet the 2021 Fellows — stories out now.
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