Our Team - Board of Directors
Lindley Pless
Lindley was motivated to create Little Wings after realizing that her
friends, family, coworkers, and contacts were always eager to give to the
projects and fundraisers she was in touch with. She saw this as a good way
to match people who have money to share with the causes that are really
worthy of the help. Lindley has worked with the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
as a volunteer camp counselor since 1999. She is actively involved with
Free Arts for Abused Children. She sits on the board of the St. Rollando's
Foundation, a Jamaican non-profit that raises awareness and funding for
mothers and infants affected by hydrocephalus.
While she has met with and worked with all of our charities in their US
offices, her goal is to make it to Africa by 2010 to see Ubuntu, Kagando,
and Doc to Dock in action. Lindley is a reporter at NY1, and has been able
to share many interesting stories about non-profits and the people who
make them possible in her 4 years on-air.
Brooke Goodchild
Brooke currently works at Revolution Money, a financial services company that is part of Revolution LLC. Prior to joining Revolution Money, Brooke worked at Medsite, a leading e-pharmaceutical marketing company. While at Medsite, Brooke initiated a partnership with AmeriCares, a humanitarian aid organization, which encouraged physicians to donate their Medsite Rewards Certificates to help bring medical supplies to at-risk populations and communities in need. Brooke has volunteered and served on the Junior Committee for Free Arts for Abused Children, mentored and served on the Young Volunteer Committee for the East Harlem School, and joined the Run4Research team, a charity that uses marathons as a platform to raise money for cancer research. Brooke holds a BA from Bowdoin College and graduated from Deerfield Academy.
John Pless
John is a principal at private equity firm Snow Phipps Group LLC, and with a long history of work in investment banking, John keeps the books in order and assesses the financials for the groups we get involved with. John has been donating to many charities since graduating from Middlebury College in 1999, and he is also a volunteer who has worked with Free Arts for Abused Children. John graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1995.
Cynthia Jamieson
Cynthia works at Ralph Lauren in the Creative department designing interiors for the company in Europe and New York. She started her eight year career at Ralph Lauren in the philanthropy department and worked on establishing the Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation. Through the RL Foundation, Cynthia worked on the RL Center for Cancer Care and Prevention in Harlem, The American Heroes Fund to support 9/11 victims, the Pink Pony Fund which raises money for the fight against cancer and the company volunteer program. She has also been on committees for Free Arts for Abused Children and East Harlem School. Cynthia grew up in Sydney, Paris, Toronto, Greenwich and currently lives in New York City. She graduated from the George Washington University and is currently working towards her degree in Interior Design at New York School for Interior Design.