Board

Sally grew up in Ohio and pursued international affairs and economics (Xavier University) and law (DePaul University). She received training in mediation and took extensive course work in alternative dispute resolution while in law school. Sally owned and operated two restaurants with her husband Mike before settling in upstate New York to raise their two daughters and run her divorce mediation practice. Sally serves as Director and CFO of the Skees Family Foundation. Expanding her role from foundation board member to part time staff has been one of the highlights of her professional career. She looks forward to expanding the reach of the foundation and its unique methodology in the coming years.

Vincent Oviedo, DSW, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist who earned both his Master of Social Work and Doctor of Social Work from the University of Southern California, completing his doctoral degree in May 2026. His doctoral work focused on addressing social isolation, particularly its impact among males. Raised in Los Angeles, California, Vincent brings a multidisciplinary background that integrates clinical practice and public service. He has experience in nonprofit management with the City of Pasadena, where he contributed to policy development, grant writing, and contract administration. Vincent’s clinical experience includes work with gang-involved youth in group homes, young adults in acute psychiatric settings, and veterans at the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration, where he provided individual and group therapy addressing a range of mental health and adjustment concerns. He also has experience serving older adults, previously working as a relocation manager supporting individuals experiencing displacement and providing onsite psychotherapeutic services within a Life Plan community. Vincent currently maintains a private practice and resides in San Diego, California, with his partner, Suzanne Skees, founder of the Skees Family Foundation. He is honored to serve as a member of the Foundation’s board.

Cecilia is the CEO of Agora Partnerships and co-lead of Red de Impacto. She has spent over a decade leading and supporting impact organizations for strategic growth and innovation across the globe, with a targeted focus on the Americas. Her experience spans strategic design, program creation, business development, and organizational change for entrepreneurship, youth development, and women’s economic empowerment initiatives. Previously, she held roles directing or managing operations and marketing for Global Citizen and Global Goods Partners. Additionally, Cecilia has founded and built two organizations, Torus Teens and Small Fry, to address education and economic opportunity gaps in disadvantaged communities in the US. Cecilia holds an MBA from Baruch College, an MS in Global Education from Drexel, and a BS in Apparel Design from Virginia Tech.

Eléonore was born on the east coast of the US and majored in International Studies at American University in Washington, DC. She had a few internships at refugee resettlement centers and NGOs in the area and then moved to Mozambique with the Peace Corps after graduation. After two years of being a secondary-school teacher in the north of the country, she worked at the Morgan Stanley Foundation in New York City and then moved back to Mozambique to work in consulting. She is currently working on a Platform for the Development of the North of Mozambique, focusing on private and public sector collaboration for sustainable development.

Sarah Helly is a recent graduate of the Critical Museum Studies MA Program at the University at Buffalo, studying the intersection of Indigenous Studies and Anthropology under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. She is currently working as a Research Assistant in the Anthropology Department of the New York State Museum. She is also a member of the Skees family, and looks forward to carrying on the legacy of family involvement in the foundation.

Mariana Osório de Castro is an investment professional at LS, a family office she manages from South Africa. Mariana works across dealmaking, portfolio management and operational support. Over the last 8 years, Mariana has lived in Mozambique, Kenya and now South Africa, working at the intersection of impact and commercial capital at different fund managers. She is particularly interested in helping entrepreneurs navigate the challenging journey of making a positive mark on the world while building sustainable businesses.

Ms. Amelia Kuklewicz has 23 years of experience managing projects, leadership and strategy in financial inclusion and institutional strengthening. Her experience includes financial product design, training design, e-learning and health and technology project implementation. She has been part of the leadership team at Grameen for over four years, shaping the strategy, fundraising and acting as an organizational spokesperson. In addition, she has led the USDOL RICHES project, WAGE Central America project and has been instrumental in developing Grameen RLRB curriculum, tools for mitigating the risks of unintended consequences of economic strengthening initiatives, gender toolkit, and Safeguarding Policy. Before joining Grameen Foundation, she worked at FINCA International as Regional Operations Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean implementing credit and operations programs. Her previous experience includes working at ACCION International and spent a number of years in Washington, DC working at various non-profit organizations. Amelia has her master’s degree in Applied Economics from Johns Hopkins University and she speaks Spanish and Polish.