USA Board of Directors
The Hon. John Brumby AO (Chair)
Former Premier of Victoria
John was elected Chair of The Board of The Foundation on 1 February 2016. Before that, he was a member and active supporter of The Foundation and joined the Board in 2013. John is well known from his roles as the Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010 and as Treasurer from 2000 to 2007. He was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia in 2017.
Since retiring from the political arena, John has become the Chair of MTAA Super, the Chair of Citywide Solutions Pty Ltd and a Professorial Fellow at both Melbourne and Monash Universities. John is the Chair of the Board’s Governance & Nominations Committee.  The Hon. John Brumby AO (Chair)
Former Premier of Victoria
John was elected Chair of The Board of The Foundation on 1 February 2016. Before that, he was a member and active supporter of The Foundation and joined the Board in 2013. John is well known from his roles as the Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010 and as Treasurer from 2000 to 2007. He was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia in 2017.
Since retiring from the political arena, John has become the Chair of MTAA Super (now Spirit Super), the Chair of Citywide Solutions Pty Ltd and a Professorial Fellow at both Melbourne and Monash Universities. John is the Chair of the Board’s Governance & Nominations Committee. 
Brian Doolan
Chair, The Australian Centre for Social Purpose
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."
Emma Hollows
Director since April 2, 2024
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.
Nicki Anderson FAICD
Director since 2022
Nicki joined the Board in May 2022 with a strong link to Hollows through her uncle, an ophthalmic surgeon who specialized in cataract surgery and corneal grafting, and throughout her childhood would talk about sight changing surgery he’d done at the eye camps in Bihar India and about Fred Hollows.
Nicki has over 25 years’ experience working in Oceania, Asia, Europe and America and has hands on leadership experience in strategy, sales/fundraising, marketing, customer experience and innovation within the humanitarian, food, beverage, consumer goods and agribusiness sectors. In addition to her significant leadership roles in the commercial sector, she was the Head of Major Donor Partnerships for over three years at Australian Red Cross and won the Persia Porter Scholarship in 2018. 
Nicki is currently a Non-executive Director of ASX listed Graincorp and Collins Food, Deputy Chair of the Australian Made Campaign Limited, and Non-executive Director of the Craig Mostyn Group and Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. She is former Chair & Member of the Monash University Advisory Board for the marketing faculty.
Nicki holds an Executive MBA from the University of NSW (AGSM), a Bachelor of Business (marketing major) from the University of Technology Sydney and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Nicki is a member of The Board’s Governance, People and Culture Committee.
Zachary Tan
Director since April 2, 2024
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.
Tom Manning
Chairman, Cresco Labs. Founder, Harvard Square Lab. Director since November 1, 2024
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 global leader in corporate information and data analytics. He also serves on the board of The Basics, a leading firm in early childhood education, and the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, which he chairs.
His interest in healthcare spans forty years. He played a leading role in the launch of McKinsey’s healthcare practice, later launched a telemedicine company, and now continues to invest in health AI ventures. Most importantly, he is familiar with blindness due to family experience with retinopathy and loss of sight.
Tom worked and lived in Asia for nearly 20 years, serving as CEO of Cerberus Asia Operations & Advisory Limited, CEO of Capgemini Asia, and CEO of Ernst & Young Consulting Asia. He was a senior partner with Bain & Company in Silicon Valley and was also a practice leader with McKinsey & Company earlier in his career.
One of the few American business executives with substantial experience working with Chinese companies at the board level, Tom served on six public company boards in China (nine worldwide) and also served as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Council on the Future of China.
As an educator, he served for five years on the adjunct faculty at The University of Chicago Law School, where he taught courses on U.S-China relations, corporate governance, private equity, and innovation. He was an Executive-in-Residence at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago and was a Senior Fellow in the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University from 2019-2021.
He earned an MBA from Stanford and an AB in East Asian Studies with honors from Harvard College and speaks Mandarin. He lives in Chicago.
Shelley Goode
Director since November 1, 2024
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.
Shelley has served in leadership roles with Volunteers of America, the Smithsonian Institution, Spelman College, Syracuse University, and Johns Hopkins University, and currently serves on the boards of the Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust (MS GIFT), and Mary Baldwin University and The Fred Hollows Foundation (USA)
Officer of The Fred Hollows Foundation Board of Directors
Andrea T. Sanseverino Galan
As a respected and renowned executive in the global nonprofit sector, Andrea T. Sanseverino Galan is recognized for her ability to drive growth to significantly expand an organization’s impact and for transforming organizations into more equitable and inclusive enterprises. Leveraging her deep expertise in organizational growth, fundraising, marketing and communications, she has worked with organizations to make a lasting difference in the lives of vulnerable populations in the US, UK, Europe, Latin America and China.
As Chief Growth Officer & Head of North America for The Fred Hollows Foundation, Andrea is bringing her wealth of experience to deepen the impact of this global, Australia-founded nonprofit dedicated to preventing avoidable blindness. Prior to stepping into this role in January 2022, she held the role of Global Director of Development and Communications and member of the executive leadership committee at Lumos Foundation, the international children’s charity founded by J.K. Rowling, where she focused on meeting the needs and improving the outcomes for the millions of children living in institutions and orphanages around the world.
Andrea’s career includes leadership roles in both the nonprofit and private sectors, including serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer at China Institute in America; Vice President for Advancement at Manhattan School of Music college conservatory; and Senior Director of Development at Americas Society/Council of the Americas. Additionally, she has inspired and educated a new generation of changemakers as an adjunct professor at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service and has also served as a consultant for UNESCO.
She holds a Master of Arts degree from The University of Warwick (UK) and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Goucher College (US).
Global Leadership
Founding Director
Gabi Hollows
Meet the heart and soul of The Foundation, Gabi Hollows. She is an extraordinary woman: a national treasure, an Order of Australia recipient, a skilled orthoptist and the champion of The Fred Hollows Foundation.
Gabi knows a little about having eye problems. She had eye surgery when she was three years old and while it sparked her interest in medicine, little did she know this was the beginning of what was to become her lifelong work.
CEO
Ross Piper
Ross Piper became CEO of The Fred Hollows Foundation in March 2025. With over 30 years of leadership experience across global development and ethical investing, he is committed to a world where no one is needlessly blind.