Our Leaders

Brian Doolan is an international development and For Purpose industry leader. He Chairs the Board of the Australian Centre for Social Purpose and provides strategic support to The Fred Hollows Foundation.  

Brian was CEO of The Fred Hollows Foundation from 2005 to 2017. Prior to joining The Foundation Brian directed factory worker support programs in East Asia and South Asia in conjunction with Nike and Gap, was Country Director of CARE International in Iraq and Vietnam, served as a senior executive and acting National Director of CARE Australia, was an Advisor to Australian Government Ministers on employment, education and training, and worked with a range of Australian Indigenous organizations. In 2004 the President of Vietnam awarded Brian the prestigious Friendship Medal for his "significant contribution to the economic and social development of Vietnam."

Shelley Goode is Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer for AARP Foundation. She oversees fundraising across the Foundation, AARP advocacy, and other AARP affiliates.

An inspirational leader, culture champion and strategic visionary, Shelley served most recently as chief development officer of Girl Scouts of the USA, where she led a revenue-generating team responsible for securing diverse funding streams from individuals, corporations, foundations and government grants.

As chief development officer for the KIPP Foundation, a nonprofit network of 280 college-preparatory public charter schools, she raised funds to implement diversity- and inclusion-focused solutions for students with low income, and has shaped policy and strategy at the C-suite level in various roles, including as vice president of resource development for Oxfam America.

In her more than 30 years of experience in fundraising, marketing and communications, and nonprofit leadership, she has led teams that deal with how to best deploy the forms of capital at our disposal — human, financial, social — in ways that sustain quality of life, unleash talent and spark development.

Emma has had a lifetime of association with the world of eye health. With Fred and Gabi Hollows as her parents, Emma has witnessed the growth of The Fred Hollows Foundation from its inception around the family dining table to it becoming the highly regarded international development organization that it is today. Emma has seen first-hand the transformative work that The Foundation does in places such as Nepal, Eritrea, South Africa, Bangladesh, and in Australian Indigenous communities. Emma has been a Member of The Fred Hollows Foundation U.S. Advisory Council since 2019, and Chair since 2021.

Emma is an environmental lawyer and consultant who has worked with the international research and development non-profit WorldFish on USAID funded projects focusing on sustainable fisheries for poverty and hunger reduction in Malaysia, Bangladesh and Zambia, and on public interest environmental law projects related to sustainable ocean management practices in Pacific Island Countries. Prior to moving overseas, Emma coordinated an Australian environmental non-profit focused on river conservation and water policy reform.

Emma holds a Juris Doctor specializing in Environmental Law from Macquarie University, a Master of Environmental Science and Law from the University of Sydney, Bachelors degrees in Science (specialising in Ecology) and Arts (majoring in Politics and International Relations) from the University of New South Wales, and is a Fellow of the Centre for Sustainability Leadership.

Tom Manning is Chairman of Cresco Labs, a national leader in the U.S. cannabis industry, and the founder of Harvard Square Lab, a social enterprise incubator.  Previously, he was Chairman and CEO of Dun & Bradstreet, the 

Tom Manning is the former CEO of Dun & Bradstreet, the global leader in corporate information and analytics. He has served on nine public company boards and seven private company boards in the U.S., China, and India over the past 20 years. His public company board leadership roles have included serving as board chairman twice, serving as chairman of the nominating and governance, compensation, and audit committees on six occasions, and serving as chairman of special committees four times. Notably, he was also the first American appointed by the Chinese government to a Top 5 bank board because of his knowledge of China and his Mandarin ability. His industry experience spans information, IT, software, professional services, telecom, consumer products, retailing, financial services, publishing, media, automotive, education, and healthcare. Tom lived and worked abroad for 18 years (in Hong Kong/China/Asia and Paris) before his return to the States.

Tom is also the founder of Harvard Square Lab, a pro bono social enterprise incubator that assists social entrepreneurs in the development, planning, and execution of their ideas. Since its launch, the incubator has assisted firms in social services, early childhood education, college placement, and job matching in the U.S. and recently began work with its first foreign client in Zambia in behavioral health. Tom has been published, quoted, or profiled in various media, including Chief Executive, CNBC, Industry Week, NPR, IHT, Business Week, Financial Times, WSJ, South China Morning Post, Journal of Private Equity, and Pepperdine Law Review. He is a noted speaker on China and corporate governance. He is a U.S. patent holder (4,803,625) and has an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA in East Asian Studies from Harvard University. He speaks Mandarin and resides in Evanston, IL.

Zachary Tan, MD is an Australian physician and General Partner at Aegis Ventures. Aegis Ventures invests and builds new health technology companies that transform the quality, access, and cost of healthcare. At Aegis, Zach led the development of Optain that leverages AI and the eye as the window to the body to improve access to early disease detection and better visual outcomes. Dr. Tan was previously a researcher at the Centre for Eye Research Australia and has published 30+ articles in public health and healthcare AI. He is a graduate of the Schwarzman Scholars program and has been recognized by Forbes as 30 Under 30 for Healthcare & Science.