Byron G. Auguste

Byron is one of the original founders of Hope Street Group and Chairman of the Board of Directors. A co-creator of the "Building the Opportunity Economy" policy package, he also co-authored the opinion piece in the Boston Globe entitled "The Biggest Tax is Debt", and has represented Hope Street Group in coalition-building discussions with political and business leaders and the media.

Ted Meisel

Ted Meisel is vice chairman of the board of Hope Street Group, a position he has held since 2006.  He joined the board in 2005, and has been devoted to its mission ever since.  He is particularly concerned about preventing the erosion of the middle class as the 21st century unfolds, and believes that reforming our socioeconomic systems – education, healthcare, retirement, job training – is critical to achieving the goal.  

Monique Nadeau

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it joined the Hope Street Group and the Board in early 2007. As President and CEO, she leads the organization to cultivate economic opportunity and prosperity for all Americans.

John Ackerly

John joined the Board in 2006, and has focused on Hope Street Group's strategic direction, organizational model, and impact model.

Ed Albert

Karen Alden

Karen joined the Hope Street Group Board in 2008.   She participated in the team that wrote Hope Street Group's policy paper on pre-K education and is a member of the board's governance committee.

Greg Galle

Greg joined the Board in 2007, after having served on the Communications Advisory Board, and currently assists Hope Street Group with reputation and communication strategy. Greg is the co-founder and managing member of C2 Group LLC, a consultancy specializing in innovation, reputation, and communication.

Bob Kocher

Bob Kocher is a Principal at McKinsey and Company where he leads the McKinsey Center for Health Reform and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution Engleberg Center for Health Reform. Bob joins McKinsey and Brookings after serving in the Obama Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Healthcare and Economic Policy and a member of the National Economic Council. 

Kenneth Sawyer

Ken Sawyer joined the board of Hope Street Group in 2011.  He is currently a Managing Director for Saints Capital. Before founding Saints in 2000, he was formerly the Head of Mergers and Acquisitions of Prudential Volpe Technology Group, a division of Prudential Securities. From 1996 to 1999, Ken was the Head of Strategic Advisory Services and Mergers and Acquisitions at Volpe Brown Whelan & Co., a privately held investment bank focused on emerging growth companies in technology and healthcare and later acquired by Prudential Securities in December of 1999.

Jordan Shlain

Dr. Jordan Shlain joined the board of Hope Street Group in 2011.  He founded Current Health, then called On Call Medical Group, in 1997 because he wanted to run a medical practice that puts priority on the doctor-patient relationship.

Andy Slavitt

Andy is chief executive officer of Ingenix, a leading health information and technology company with over 8,000 people in over 45 countries worldwide and one of six reporting subsidiaries of UnitedHealth Group.

David Javdan

David A. Javdan joined the Hope Street Group Board of Directors in January of 2010. He is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal, based in Washington D.C. and New York.