Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition Announces Three New Members of the Board
By Consensys, 29.05.2019
The Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition (BSIC) adds executives from Microsoft, Fullcycle and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance to its board.
New York, NY May 29 -- The Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition, an organization dedicated to advancing implementation of blockchain based initiatives to support the UN sustainable development goals, announced today the appointment of three new members to its board: Ibrahim AlHusseini of Fullcycle, Yorke E Rhodes III of Microsoft and Oksana Davis of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.
"We are excited to welcome three new board members who are exceptionally talented and distinguished entrepreneurs. Each brings a different perspective—from deep technical knowledge and standard setting in the Ethereum ecosystem to impact investing and sustainability. BSIC is poised to make further advancement in supporting blockchain solutions and convening key actors who are building these solutions,” said Vanessa Grellet, President of the Board.
“All systems and organisms evolve or perish. Capitalism, as practiced, has many merits as well as critical shortfalls. Technology can help us distill its better parts while retiring the rest. I’m proud to join the Board of Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition and look forward to working with the team to leverage the vast potential of blockchain to build a more inclusive capitalism that enables ordinary people across the globe to tackle the UN’s sustainable development goals,” said Ibrahim AlHusseini, Managing Partner of FullCycle Energy Fund.
“Early on I realized the potential for blockchain to catalyze transformational societal impact, particularly in adverse conditions affecting humans the world over. Having my hands on technology with such possibilities for systemic change and not doing something with it would be a huge missed opportunity. I’m delighted to bring to bear the breadth of technology knowhow of Microsoft with equal focus on cultural and humanitarian action to the board of BSIC,” said Yorke Rhodes, Cofounder of Blockchain @Microsoft & Principal Program Manager, Azure Blockchain Engineering.
“I am very proud and excited to be part of the board of BSIC. I am very passionate about the technology and what it can do to help our society. It is obvious that blockchain is becoming a more integrated technology, and I am looking forward to bringing my experience of working with standard industry organizations and assisting in standard setting in the Ethereum ecosystem to BSIC and being part of the team who can take it further for the benefit of our community,” said Oksana Davis, Chief Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.
The announcement comes as BSIC members, technologists, activists and entrepreneurs gather for two days of panels and workshops at the third-annual Blockchain for Social Impact Conference, taking place June 10-11 at Microsoft Conference Center, 11 Time Square, New York. Sign up to attend here.
