PRESS RELEASES

Bridge Partners Appoints Multiple International Development Chief Financial Officers

NEW YORK, N.Y., May 2017 —

ACUMEN

Jacqueline Woo joined Acumen’s global leadership team as Chief Financial Officer, based in New York City, responsible for financial operations, strategy, planning, and reporting across our geographies. She was previously a VP for Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

More information here: http://acumen.org/people/staff/jacqueline-woo/

PACT

Bruce Pankey joined Pact’s global leadership team as Chief Financial Officer, based in Washington DC, responsible for all aspects of global financial management across the 25 countries where Pact operates. He joins Pact from Catholic Charities USA, where he served as SVP Finance and CFO.

More information here: http://www.pactworld.org/news/pact-names-new-chief-financial-officer

INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION (IPA)

Lucy Berkowitz joined IPA as Chief Financial & Administrative Officer, based in New York City, responsible for leading the global financial and administrative functions. She has over 20 years’ experience in financial, accounting and administrative management in both for profit and nonprofit international organizations. Most recently, she was Chief Financial & Administrative Officer for Natural Resource Governance Institute.

More information here: http://www.poverty-action.org/people/lucy-berkowitz

Tory Clarke, the Partner who worked on each of these searches, stated: “The international development and social entrepreneurship space is sector where I have a deep personal passion, as well as a belief that Bridge Partners can add real value, given our own global diversity-inclusion mission.”

About Bridge Partners

• Bridge Partners (bridgepartnersllc.com) is an international executive search firm, with over a decade of experience executing global leadership searches.
• We have both an international nonprofit practice (other global clients include Global Resilience Partnership, Habitat for Humanity, Global Health Corps, Digital Green) and a global for-profit practice (clients include GE, Starbucks, McKesson, Novartis)
• What pulls our two practices together under Bridge Partners is a focus on diversity-inclusion in all its forms – supporting our clients in their efforts to attract the very best leadership team that brings the most diverse range of experiences and backgrounds, in order to innovate and reflect the global communities and constituents they serve.

Contact:
Tory Clarke
Co-Founder & Partner
tory.clarke@bridgepartnersllc.com