Ralph F. Boyd, Jr., Chair President and CEO SOME (So Others May Eat) Former Assistant Attorney General of the United States
Ralph F. Boyd Jr., Trustee/Chairman has been the Board Chair since 2013, having joined the Board in 2005. He is currently on the HR & Compensation Committee and the Nominating & Governance Committee. He formerly served on the Investment and External Affairs Committees. Mr. Boyd is President and CEO, SOME (So Others Might Eat). He formerly was a Senior Resident Fellow for Leadership and Strategy for The Urban Land Institute. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross, Massachusetts. Previously Boyd served as the Executive Vice President of Community Relations at Freddie Mac and Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Freddie Mac Foundation. Earlier in his career, he was the Assistant Attorney General of the United States and was in private legal practice in Boston, MA. Mr. Boyd also served on the Board of Directors of DIRECTV Group, Inc. and was the U.S. Representative to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva. Boyd received a B.A. from Haverford College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Glynna Christian Head of Global Technology Transactions Holland & Knight LLP
Glynna Christian, Trustee/Vice Chair , a position she assumed in 2020. Ms. Christian joined the Board in 2019 and currently serves on the Audit, HR & Compensation; and Nominating & Governance Committees. She previously worked on the External Affairs Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Christian is the Head, Global Technology Transactions, of international law firm, Holland & Knight LLP. Ms. Christian advises both emerging and established companies, serving as a trusted adviser in deal-making across virtually all operational and strategic areas of their businesses. She has more than 20 years' experience counseling clients on emerging and transformative technology, communications, media, and data transactions that are strategic to her clients’ businesses. Ms. Christian earned her J.D. from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 1994, cum laude, and her B.A. from the University of North Texas, 1990, cum laude. An active and sought-out thought leader, Ms. Christian has lectured for a variety of professional organizations and written numerous articles on technology and digital transactions.
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