About LENDonate
Vivienne Hsu — Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Vivienne’s vision at LENDonate is to create a new ecosystem for nonprofit finances. This idea was a culmination of her 20+ years of experience as an investment professional and a seasoned nonprofit fundraiser.
Prior to her work as a social entrepreneur, Vivienne was Senior Vice President at U.S. Trust, where she advised clients on a wide range of investments. She served a Senior Portfolio Manager for Charles Schwab Investment Management where she oversaw its active equity strategies and was the lead portfolio manager for the Schwab Hedged Equity Fund. Prior to that, she was at American Century Investments where she co-managed mutual funds that totaled more than $10 billion. Rounding out her experience was investment risk consultant at MSCI Barra, and pension actuarial work on retirement plans.
Vivienne’s volunteer fundraising experience includes a one-year position as development director at Women’s Initiative for Self Employment. She has led three successful capital campaigns ($5m+ total) at her church, among other volunteer positions.
She received an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, where she also received an undergraduate degree in applied mathematics. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) charterholder.
Brett Ayers – Chief Credit Officer
Brett brings over twenty years of financial industry experience in commercial and investment banking to LENDonate. He has expert knowledge of credit risk, credit underwriting and loan lifecycle processes. Brett has developed a deep understanding of lending policy and procedures with extensive experience working with external regulators and auditors related to credit risk.
Brett started his career at First Bank as the Regional Credit and Portfolio Manager. He continued his growth as Senior Portfolio Manager and Credit Analyst at Fifth Third Bank. At PNC, his role was Senior Credit Risk and Financial Review Officer; his focus was on compliance and risk for commercial and industrial portfolios. At Fidelity Bank as Chief Credit Risk Review Officer, he worked to reduce processing time and overall streamlining of reporting processes.
Brett’s main focus has been to develop newer, complete methods of determining risk and automated methods of overall portfolio management. Brett has dual BA degrees in economics and history from Fordham University. While at Fordham University, he was a four-year letter winner as a member of the men’s basketball team.
Lynette Pang — Chief Operating Officer
Lynette joins LENDonate after a distinguished career in investment management. She was a member of the disciplined equity team at American Century Investments for 20 years and served as a portfolio manager for over a decade. In addition to her portfolio management responsibilities, Lynette served as the liaison between the Investment team and IT developers and led business continuity and internal audit efforts. Prior experience includes performance reporting and analytics and client support at MSCI Barra and State Street Bank.
Lynette’s commitment to the community includes volunteer work such as tax return preparer for low-income households, support line phone counselor, theatre-maker at community theaters, and training coordinator for classroom music education program. Her non-profit experience also includes having served as a board member for Stage 1 Theatre (3 years), and Music For Minors II (7 years).
Lynette graduated from the University of California, Davis with a BS in Agricultural and Managerial Economics and a minor in statistics. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) charterholder.
Marion Askins – Project Manager
Marion brings over twenty years of experience in executive administration, project management and executive recruiting. She has a unique combination of experience with start up companies and large corporate organizations. Marion has knowledge of many industries including financial services, technology, luxury goods, retail, clean-tech, corporate venture and consumer services.
Before joining LENDonate, Marion was an executive recruiter and administrator for Talent Age Associates responsible for client and candidate management for search assignments and overall administrative support including presentations, event planning, social media and projects. Prior to Talent Age Associates, Marion spent ten years in the financial services industry working for Tatum LLC, a professional services organization providing project based, interim and permanent solutions. Marion was the area administrator of the Northern California office comprised of thirty CFO Partners and other Financial Executives.
Earlier on, Marion was an executive coordinator with Odwalla and a Customer Service manager for Briggs & Riley Travelware. Marion started her career in the retail industry in managerial positions with Ross Stores, Lanz of California and Mervyn’s.
Sarah Weller — Technical Project Manager
Sarah’s career began in technology consulting at CGI, where she built trusting relationships with clients such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Australia New Zealand Bank (ANZ) and Comerica Bank while delivering exceptional customer support and training. Her experience ranges from compiling business and systems requirements, to designing and creating products, to implementing global software solutions.
At the end of 2013, Sarah joined Weller Smith Design, a boutique design studio specializing in creating thoughtful design solutions that reflect the client’s vision and mission.
Our Advisors
Carrie Dolan, Marketplace Lending AdvisorCarrie Dolan was CFO of Lending Club from 2010-2016. Prior to that, she served as Treasurer for The Charles Schwab Corporation, as well as CFO of Schwab Bank. Ms. Dolan holds a B.S. in finance and accounting, and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley.
Prior to joining Roofstock, Inc. in 2017 as Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Jason Altieri was the General Counsel of Lending Club who led the company in legal/compliance strategy and development from start-up to 1,600 person public company. Mr. Altieri received his J.D. – magna cum laude from University of San Francisco School of Law.
Current CEO of Bay Area Women Leaders Network and former CEO of Women’s Initiative for Self Employment, Ms. Abrams is also board member, investor, philanthropist, and consultant to numerous small enterprises. She is co-author of Scrappy Women in Business.
Ms. Downey is a seasoned private equity executive having managed teams at Pantheon Ventures, Goldman Sachs, and Merrill Lynch. She received her BA from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA from Wharton’s Graduate School of Business.
Ms. Sin is a senior executive with 15+ years of strategy and execution experience who is on a mission to create social impact through revolutionizing financial services and capital markets. She is Managing Director at State Street Global Advisors and is also co-author of Impact With Wings.
Mr. Saha’s 20 years of product development in the San Francisco Bay Area include roles at SAP, Sun Microsystems and Tibco. He has been involved in various non-profit charitable activities including founding global alumni association in the U.S. of his Alma Mater, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology.