BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Paula Shirk, President & Founder, is an experienced entrepreneur. Paula’s innovation and marketing and leadership skills have been recognized in such publications as the New York Times, New York Magazine, Vogue, Runner’s World, Cosmopolitan, American Health, Working Woman, Elle, the New Yorker, the New York Post, the New York Daily News, Women’s Wear Daily, Crain’s and the Japanese magazine Nikkei Woman. She has been awarded the B’nai B’rith Board of Governors’ Distinguished Achievement Award as “a woman of accomplishment and stature as an innovative business leader.” In 2010, in recognition of her work in Cambodia, Paula was chosen as one of Brooklyn’s Extraordinary Women by District Attorney Charles Hynes, who praised Paula’s “exceptional selflessness, dedication and compassion.” Paula is the mother of two sons, one of whom, Rudi, is from Cambodia.
Douglas Eads, Director, worked as a financial specialist at Merrill Lynch for many years, and in his retirement has become an active investor. Douglas has served on the Board of BB2C since its inception and has been actively involved and generous in the growth of our organization.
Donna Anderson, Head Subject Matter Expert, is a professor of Economics and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. She has over 25 years of university teaching and research experience in the areas of women in the U.S. and international economies, family-friendly workplace policy, public and tax policy and sustainability. Prior to earning her Ph.D. in Economics at Michigan State University, Donna worked for the General Electric Company in accounting and finance, and as the Policy Analysis Director at the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University.
