Daniel D. Rubino
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ImpactWayv
Daniel D. Rubino is the Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ImpactWayv. He is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GCA Capital Group, a business development, financial and legal services advisory firm in New York. Previously, he co-founded and was Chief Executive Officer of 787 Capital Group LLC, a privately-held merchant banking firm in New York. Mr. Rubino was Partner and Advisor to the 52nd Governor of the State of New York, Mario M. Cuomo, for over 15 years. Governor Cuomo was Chairman of the Board of 787 Capital. In addition, Mr. Rubino was a Senior Partner in the Corporate and Financial Services Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York and was with the firm for more than 25 years.
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Mr. Rubino has decades of business, financial, nonprofit and legal experience and expertise in the private, public, and quasi-public sectors, as well as in philanthropy and the nonprofits sectors. He specializes in: business development, organization and management; nonprofit and charitable foundation leadership; health care, social and educational services; corporate and nonprofit governance and regulatory compliance; infrastructure development; public-private partnerships, complex business transactions; finance and securities; sovereign governmental advisory services.
Over the last thirty years, Mr. Rubino has advised a variety of public and private organizations, including the State of Rhode Island; Federal Republic of Nigeria; Cablevision and Madison Square Garden; QVC; HSN; Philadelphia Stock Exchange; Comcast; J. Crew; PepsiCo; Thomson International; United Health; Kenneth Cole; and numerous Wall Street investment banks and private equity firms.
Mr. Rubino served as a member of the Board of Directors (and Audit Committee) of Emblem Health / GHI (one of the largest health insurance corporations, with revenues of over $12 billion) for more than 10 years. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Cabrini Mission Foundation (a global nonprofit organization consisting of medical centers, educational institutions and elder and hospice care facilities) for 15 years. Mr. Rubino served on the Board of Trustees of the World Energy Forum (a United Nations affiliated organization focusing on sustainable energy development) and the New York Institute of Energy and Water. He also served as Board Member of the Fordham Center for Nonprofit Leaders (a graduate program sponsored by Fordham University Graduate Schools of Social Service and Business Administration, integrating social justice, business and management education). He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuro Research, Changing Our World, Inc. and as the first Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Finance Committee of Cabrini Medical Center in Manhattan. Mr. Rubino serves as Board Member of the Connecticut Retail Merchants Association, St Martin Academy (New Haven, CT), Town Fair Tire Foundation, the Nancy Ann Mellen Foundation, and is a member of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy.
Mr. Rubino has received the United Hospital Fund’s Distinguished Trustee Award, bestowed annually to trustees of boards of hospitals in the New York metropolitan area for extraordinary service and leadership. Mr. Rubino is a frequent lecturer at various legal and business conferences and has Chaired PLI’s Annual Review of Corporate and Securities Law in New York City. Mr. Rubino is admitted to the Bar of New York State. Mr. Rubino received a J.D. from St. John’s University Law School where he was Editor-in-Chief of the St. John’s Law Review, Editor-in-Chief of the Catholic Lawyer, as well as a St. Thomas More Scholar.
Serge Dumont
Vice Chairman, ImpactWayv; Former Vice Chairman, Omnicom Group
Serge Dumont is Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of ImpactWayv Inc. Mr. Dumont’s career has been characterized by a global focus, the creation and management of companies in challenging markets, and a commitment to philanthropy and community service.
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He was, until 2018, Vice Chairman and Chairman Asia Pacific of Omnicom Group, Inc. (NYSE:OMC), a global marketing, advertising and communications holding company. As a young entrepreneur in the early 1980’s, he founded China’s first independent communications group and today is widely acknowledged to be one of the most influential of the original pioneers in the country’s communications industry.
With on-the-ground business experience in Asia, Europe, and the United States, Mr. Dumont brings a deep international perspective to his endeavors. He also believes that companies must serve a purpose beyond simply making a profit, and that social responsibility is an integral part of business success. His role as a global citizen extends beyond business to encompass philanthropy particularly in the areas of health education.
He has been serving on the boards of several corporations, academic and non-profit institutions and was a Special Representative for UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS.
Mr. Dumont received honors and awards from national governments and international organizations for his contributions to business, philanthropy, health, culture and education.
A graduate of the Sorbonne with dual degrees, Mr. Dumont also studied at Taiwan Normal University and the Political Institute in Taipei. He is fluent in English, Mandarin and French.
George C. Dolatly
President and Director, ImpactWayv
George C. Dolatly is the Co-Founder and President of ImpactWayv, and a member of its Board of Directors. He is also a Managing Director and the General Counsel of GCA Capital Group, a business development, financial and legal services advisory firm in New York. Mr. Dolatly has over 25 years of experience in structuring, negotiating and executing complex business transactions. He specializes in private equity and venture capital transactions, domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate finance transactions, and corporate governance matters.
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As a transactional attorney in private practice, most recently as a partner with Norton Rose Fulbright LLP and Baker Hostetler LLP, Mr. Dolatly has provided strategic legal and business advice to clients in numerous industries, including healthcare, technology, financial services, infrastructure, public-private partnerships, real estate, telecommunications, gaming, hospitality, leisure, media and entertainment, insurance, manufacturing, retail and publishing. His clients have included Warburg Pincus, UBS, Morgan Stanley, The E.W. Scripps Company, WPP Group plc, Zurich Financial Services, Tailwind Capital Partners, Radius Ventures, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), the Nasdaq National Market, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, EPR Properties, The Topps Company, Falconhead Capital, Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group and Vera Wang Global Retail. He has advised on transactions ranging in value from several million dollars to over $20 billion. His international experience includes transactions throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Mr. Dolatly received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 1993, and his A.B., cum laude, in Economics from Princeton University in 1990. He is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey and is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association.
Benji Bernstein
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, ImpactWayv
Benji Bernstein is the Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of ImpactWayv, joining the venture from his previous role as Senior Director of Research and Data Analytics at Changing Our World. He leads the technology team at ImpactWayv, with primary responsibility for developing the ImpactWayv™ Social Impact Technology Platform, as well as all of ImpactWayv’s integrated technology and data analytics offerings.
At Changing Our World, Benji played a leading role in managing and further expanding the firm’s strategic Research and Data Analytics service offerings, with a particular focus on designing and packaging new, data-driven technology solutions to meet core nonprofit fundraising, as well as impact measurement and program management needs for major corporates and nonprofits alike.
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Benji also has extensive experience in additional nonprofit and for-profit management consulting service areas – from strategic and business planning, to development strategy and campaign implementation. During his tenure at Changing Our World, Benji provided data-driven development counsel, and comprehensive market research and analysis, to some of the nation’s most prominent nonprofit organizations and corporations – including The Salvation Army, National 4-H Council, UN Foundation, Hilton Foundation, Conoco Phillips, and Amgen, among several other major organizations and foundations. He also provided strategic development counsel directly to Former Governor of Puerto Rico, Sila Calderón, and her private Foundation – one of the top community economic development organizations working in Puerto Rico.
Outside of his professional work, Benji also has a committed and extensive track record in the social action space. Benji began his career working as a Community Development Fellow with the Yahel Social Change Fellowship – through which he spent a year working with and assisting local community organizers in an underserved community abroad, to improve communal education opportunities, and build positive, sustainable programming for local at-risk youth. He now serves as a Board Member of this growing organization, where he is actively involved in developing its major strategic planning, development and marketing initiatives.
Benji holds his BA, magna cum laude, in Economics and Philosophy from Brandeis University, and recently completed his studies in The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s Business Analytics Program.
J. Thomas Jones
Director, ImpactWayv; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Women’s World Banking
Tom has built a career devoted to improving the welfare of those in need through economic development/empowerment and poverty alleviation. Based in New York City Tom leads the global operations of Women’s World Banking, driving the organization’s three strategic business lines: designing financial inclusion solutions for financial service providers; social impact private equity fund; and leadership and diversity training. He sits on the Boards of Global Citizen/Global Poverty Project (GC/GPP); Refinitiv Charities; Stichting to Promote Women’s World Banking; and World Animal Protection (WAP) International UK and U.S. Tom serves as the Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committees for GC/GPP, WAP International, WAP U.S., and as a member of the Policy Committee of GC/GPP and Audit Committee of his local public school.
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Previously, Tom has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Women’s World Banking; worked at the New York City Economic Development Corporation under the Bloomberg and Giuliani administrations, and at the New York City Office of Management and Budget; and served as a political aide in the Tucson, AZ office of U.S. Senator Jon Kyl.
Tom is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, holds a Master of Public Administration from the Eller School of Business at the University of Arizona, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University at Buffalo.
Farah Pandith
Director, ImpactWayv; Author and Foreign Policy Specialist
Farah Pandith is an author, foreign policy strategist, and former diplomat. A world-leading expert and pioneer in countering violent extremism, she is a frequent media commentator and public speaker. Her book is How We Win: How Cutting-Edge Entrepreneurs, Political Visionaries, Enlightened Business Leaders, and Social Media Mavens Can Defeat the Extremist Threat. She served as a political appointee under Presidents George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, and most recently she was the first-ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities, serving both Secretaries Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. She has served on the National Security Council, at the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in various senior roles. She has also served on the Department of Homeland Security’s Advisory Council, chairing its task force on countering violent extremism.
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Ms. Pandith is a senior fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School as well as an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. She divides her time between Washington, D.C.; London; and Cambridge, Massachusetts.