Boston
Lynn Margherio, Founder and CEO
Lynn Margherio brings to Cradles to Crayons more than 20 years of business consulting, public policy and nonprofit experience. As Executive Vice President of the William J. Clinton Foundation’s HIV/AIDS Initiative, Lynn helped launch and build President Clinton’s program to assist countries in the developing world to plan and implement large-scale HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs. The procurement services operation, which Lynn oversaw, negotiated agreements that reduced prices of key AIDS drugs and tests by 50-90% off the world’s lowest market prices, achieving global savings of hundreds of millions of dollars. As a business strategist, she has advised Fortune 500 companies on growth strategies, competitive positioning, and investment/acquisition opportunities. Her career has also included public policy roles at the national and state levels. From mid-1997 to mid-1998, she directed the U.S. Commerce Department team that produced The Emerging Digital Economy report, the first U.S. government report to describe and measure the impact of information technology and the Internet to the longest peace-time expansion in history. In 1993 and 1994, Lynn served as a senior member of the health care reform team in the Clinton White House. Lynn graduated from Georgetown University. She currently resides in Boston with her husband Brian and children, Kyra and Eliot.
Jen White, Director of Development and Strategic Partnerships
Jen currently oversees activities related to all aspects of C2C’s fundraising and brand marketing including events and corporate and foundations relations. In her role she acts as liaison to many of the civic and governmental leaders in communities with whom C2C works. Jen’s career began in corporate banking, and for the past 15 years she has worked in the non-profit sector, serving in a number of leadership positions. She also serves as an elected Trustee of the Milton Public Library. Jen graduated from the College of the Holy Cross, and currently resides in Milton with her husband and two children.
