Chair
LETICIA HASHEM
Leticia Hashem is a graduate of Harvard College with a degree in Economics, and earned her MBA from Harvard Business School. She is Co-Founder and Chief Programs Officer of Infused Impact, a not-for-profit investment and consulting firm focusing on small business formation and growth in developing nations. Prior to this, she served as U.S. Director for Danita’s Children Hope for Haiti, an NGO that provides orphan care, education, medical services and feeding services to the extremely impoverished communities of Northern Haiti. With a business both in management consulting and corporate enterprise, as well as the nonprofit sector, she has deep expertise in strategic planning and organizational leadership. She also has an extensive background in church ministry, serving for 14 years as a licensed minister and associate pastor, for a large, nondenominational church in New England. She is a teacher and public speaker, with more than 20 years of experience in both sacred and secular arena.
Leticia has a passion for responding to and empowering the oppressed and the vulnerable – particularly children — as evidenced by her current and previous nonprofit work, as well as volunteer service as a guardian ad litem for abused and neglected children and as a Board of Education member for her city.
Leticia has served on a number of organizational boards, including non-profit, public sector, and church governance boards. She currently serves on the board of Harvard Business School Community partners of Connecticut, providing pro bono consulting services to non-profit organizations in Connecticut and on the board of Child and Parental Rights Campaign, an organization providing legal rights protection services for at-risk children and families. Leticia lives in Orange, CT, has been married for 23 years to Jim Hashem, and has a daughter who is a recent college graduate and NGO worker in sub-Saharan Africa.
