About Us
History and Mission
Ventures for Hope was founded by Kim Ogden in 2014 as a nonprofit dedicated to building hope and economic opportunity for the global poor. Kim’s previous experience as a partner at Bain and Company, and later as a founding member of nonprofit Agape International’s management team, convinced her that the answer to global poverty was more job opportunities. While increasing global job opportunities is obviously a complicated public/private scale challenge, Ventures for Hope believes in using what resources we do have to impact those we can.
Together with the VH board, all professional women with big hearts and big ideas, VH was launched as an “umbrella” organization to help resource nonprofits focused on creating job opportunities in economically disadvantaged communities. VH supports such partner nonprofits through pro bono consulting, marketing and capital investment support.
Examples of Our Work
Building New Marketing Opportunities:
Supporting Capital Investment:
Pro Bono Consulting:
Ventures for Hope designed and piloted a catalog and website featuring all nonprofit products from a number of nonprofit partners including Ten Thousand Villages, Nomi Network, Mustard Seed, One Hen, and Starfish. Since most nonprofits lack the depth of products as well as the capital and manpower to launch major marketing efforts or innovations, Ventures for Hope provided an opportunity that our partners would not have been able to do alone. While Ventures for Hope lacked the capital and manpower to sustain a catalog business (and VH’s mission was not to become a retail enterprise), the catalog pilot provided its partner organizations with high end images and marketing approaches the were later incorporated into their own strategies (for example, Ten Thousand Villages). Ventures for Hope continues to be excited about the potential for expanded shared marketing investment for businesses with a proven social component.
The businesses launched by Ventures for Hope partner nonprofits do not have access to capital markets. For example, Nomi Network, a nonprofit dedicated to ending slavery for women and girls through economic empowerment, works with ethical sewing centers that provide survivors and women at risk of trafficking with much needed job training and job opportunities. Nomi was working to start a new sewing center in Bihar, but lacked the funds to do so. VH came alongside Nomi and through its network was able to raise $50,000 in capital support to build the new sewing center.
VH’s founder and Board have decades of experience in business consulting and provide this expertise at no cost to VH’s nonprofit partners. VH has provided counsel on overall, marketing, and fundraising strategy
Our Team
Ventures for Hope is a 100% volunteer supported organization with no paid staff. We welcome engagement and involvement from any who share our passion for building a better life for those in need. Ventures for Hope’s board includes women with a long track record of building businesses and building hope through compassionate counsel.
Jennifer Barron. Jennifer has more than 25 years of broad business background with a special expertise in marketing. She is currently a Senior Partner with Prophet in their New York office. Prior to Prophet, Jennifer was a Senior Vice President: Strategy and Market Insights with Fidelity Investments. Before Fidelity, Jennifer worked as a Senior Partner at the global management consulting firm Monitor Group where she cofounded the marketing practice Market2Customer. Jennifer holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Economics.
Donna Hazard, Secretary. Donna also has 25+ years of broad business background. Donna was Co-Founder and Vice President at Exact Sciences and before that, was Director of Business Development at Genzyme Genetics. Donna has more recently applied her significant business skills to the nonprofit world where she has served on the Boys and Girls Club of Boston Board for more than 12 years. She is the Co-Founder of the new innovative nonprofit, W2O (Women Working for Oceans) and the current Board Chairman Elect of the New England Aquarium. Donna is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and a graduate of Princeton where she received her AB in Biology and Human Affairs
Dianne Ledingham, Treasurer. Dianne is a Director with Bain and Company. She is one of the senior partners in Bain’s Telecom Media and Technology Practice Area and is also the Global Leader of the Sales and Channel Effectiveness Practice Area. She currently serves on Bain’s Worldwide Board of Directors and is chairperson of the City Year Boston Board of Directors. Dianne has her MBA from Harvard Business School and her BSc from Brown University in Electrical Engineering
Wendy Miller, Chairman. Wendy has more than 25 years of experience with Bain and Company in a variety of roles. Wendy is the current Chief Marketing Officer of Bain and Company and played a key role in building the marketing organization within Bain. Prior to assuming her role in Marketing, Wendy was a top performer on the consulting staff. She has her MBA from the Harvard Business School and her BA in Economics from Dartmouth.
Gina Praino. Gina is the current Pastor of Charles River Vineyard Church. Gina brings wisdom, compassion and strong leadership skills to the VH Board
Carla Small. Carla is Program Manager of the Innovation Acceleration Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. Prior to joining Boston Children’s Hospital, Carla served as a marketing and business strategy consultant to medical device, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and diagnostic companies through her own consulting firm and formerly with Health Advances strategy consulting firm. Carla also served as Director of Product Management at Work/Family Directions, where she helped to develop and launch a series of innovative nationwide work-family benefit programs. She currently serves on the Consumer Marketing Advisory Board for Medtronic Diabetes and the School Board of Codman Academy Charter Public School. Carla received her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and her MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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