Randy Paynter

Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer

As the founder of Care2, Randy had the inspiration for harnessing the power of market forces to support social and environmental causes. Randy launched Care-Mail in 1998 as an online greeting card company that donated a percentage of revenues to nonprofits. The Company quickly expanded its focus to include additional free services and content such as email, news, shopping and community features, and re-launched as Care2 a year later.

Prior to founding Care-Mail, Randy was a consultant with Commtech International Management Corporation, which manages a series of venture capital funds. At Commtech he was involved in forming and guiding start-up companies. Commtech principals provided the incubator and early funding for Care-Mail, and two Commtech Directors still serve as Care2 board members.

Randy is active in several organizations with ties to social responsibility and environmental sustainability, including Social Venture Network and the CERES coalition. He holds an AB from Harvard University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Marlin Miller

Chief Operating Officer

Marlin joined Care2 in 1999 as the COO, bringing with him 18 years of high tech marketing and general management expertise. At Care2, Marlin manages the P & L of the company and the senior management team, including the heads of business development, engineering, marketing, content, sales and finance. Marlin is one of the primary drivers for developing and maintaining a profitable business model for the company.

Marlin also works closely with Care2's Advisory Board, comprised of five executives from leading internet community and media companies. The role of the Advisory Board is to help identify new business opportunities, provide feedback on strategic initiatives and facilitate connections with potential business partners. The advisors are based in San Francisco and New York, and meet quarterly. A private investment bank, Markwood Capital Alliance, is also involved with Care2's Advisory Board.

Prior to Care2, Marlin was VP of Marketing for the Enterprise Storage Division at Quantum, where he played a significant role in turning a money-losing business into a $700 million industry leader. He has also held marketing management positions at HP and was a management consultant at Bain and Company. Earlier in his career, Marlin was a consultant for Commtech International Management Corporation, which later became his connection to Randy and Care2.

Marlin holds a BS in Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In his spare time he is a founder and Chairman of the Foundation for a start-up charter elementary school.

Matt McGlynn

Founder and Chief Technical Officer

Matt is carbon-neutral and solar powered. His work at Care2.com combines a lifelong enthusiasm for environmental conservation with 18 years of experience imagining, designing, and developing software products and services. He is an eco-activist and a systems architect, an expert on CFLs and SQL, and equally at home discussing the minutiae of search engine optimization or grid-tied photovoltaic arrays.

He joined Randy in 1998 to build Care-Mail.com into one of the web's leading ecard destinations. His ongoing advocacy of open-source tools, scalability, and high availability created the platform for Care2's ongoing success. His recruitment of Care2's crackerjack Engineering team has provided the infrastructure for the past 10 years' worth of innovative web development on both Care2.com and ThePetitionSite.com.

As CTO, Matt oversees all aspects of technology at Care2, including leadership of initiatives in site search, SEO, and email deliverability.

On weekends, Matt can be found composing and recording music on his overgrown corner of rural Sonoma County, where he lives with his wife and son.

Clinton O'Brien

Vice President, Business Development

Clint joined Care2 in 2005 to lead the business development and campaign fulfillment teams, as well as to establish Care2's new Washington, DC office. In this role, Clint markets Care2's expanding menu of promotional services to Care2's nonprofit partners, helping them to recruit new members and donors from Care2's dynamic community of activist-minded cultural creatives.

Prior to Care2, Clint worked for seven years at nonprofit TV network PBS, first leading business development for the Interactive Division, and then company-wide. He also spent three years running the PBS Adult Learning Service, a profit-generating business supplying online and video-based courses to colleges. During this time Clint led the initiative to equip PBS member stations with the Web tools and know-how needed to cultivate members online. Previously, Clint worked for the Bertelsmann-owned book publisher Bantam Doubleday Dell (now Random House) as Business Manager for New Media.

In a past life, Clint spent seven years working as a news reporter in Washington, DC and overseas. In 1988 he won the National Press Club Outstanding Washington Correspondent award for an investigative newspaper series on toxic chemical polluters. He later reported from Moscow, from 1991-93, on the Kremlin coup and USSR collapse, for Newsweek Magazine and the Associated Press. He holds an MBA in Marketing from Wharton, and a BA in History from Brown University.

Lisa Romano

Vice President, Marketing

Camilla M. Eriksson

Founder and Vice President, eCards and eMail

As one of the most awarded animators on the web, the Swedish artist Camilla Eriksson started out as a cartoonist in the 80's. Her cartoons Quarantine, Planet of Musse and 40-40 are syndicated in Europe by Bull's Press and in Asia by Sun Media Group. She has also authored and illustrated 2 children's books for Raben's Publishing. In the mid 90's Camilla turned to animation creating MillanNet, one of the largest original Gif and Flash animation repositories on the web. In 1998 Camilla co-founded Care-Mail, which later changed its name to Care2.com. One year later she relocated to San Francisco to be able to work closer to the company. As a Vice President of E-Cards and E-mail, Camilla has been responsible for building and developing the postcard section of Care2. In addition to creating her own 2,000+ animated e-cards, Camilla has hired some of the greatest animators, photographers and artists there is today to help her create one of the best and most diversified postcard sites on the Internet.

Randy Ferrell

Vice President, Sales

Randy is responsible for building the Care2 sales team and driving advertising and business sponsorship sales. A veteran of the sales arena, Ferrell came to Care2 in 2000 from The American Taekwondo Association's Black Belt Academy, where he was #1 in all-time sales and established strong ties to the community as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Ferrell also received awards for being #1 in sales for Workout America while building a regional network of health and fitness clubs, and for achieving top worldwide sales for Coppertone Spectra. Ferrell brings a wide range of sales executive skills to Care2, including an extensive track record of hiring, training and motivating high-powered sales teams. He received his initial sales and marketing training at Florida State University and Gulf Coast Community College.

Edward Traylor, III

Senior Director of IT

Edward E. Traylor, III joined the Care2 team in 2007 bringing with him 14 years of System/Network Engineering, Software Development, and overall Management experience.

As the Senior Director of IT and Web Operations Edward is responsible for the teams that manage the internal Technology systems and those that manage production systems that facilitate the Care2 online presence.

Over the last 14 years, prior to joining Care2, Edward led IT and Technical/Web Operations teams at several well-known companies such as The Harding Group, Epoch Internet, Colsa Corporation, and WA, Inc.

Edward has a passion for Technology and believes deeply in Care2’s mission, "Discover, share, take action!"

Joe Baker

Senior Director of Nonprofit Advocacy

Joe Baker joined Care2 in August 2006. Joe manages the Campaign Team, which runs online campaigns for nonprofit partners, helping them to recruit new members and donors from Care2's community.

Prior to Care2, Joe was the Executive Director of N-TEN. He also worked for Amnesty International USA as the Director of Internet Communications after serving as Grassroots Advocacy Director and Deputy Director, Western Region. In addition to his extensive nonprofit management experience, Joe spent seven years performing and managing research in systems analysis and software engineering.

Joe has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (System Science) and a B.S. in Economics/Systems Science from UCLA.

Joe serves on the Board of Directors of Death Penalty Focus and volunteers for the Sierra Club and Amnesty International.

Annie B. Bond

Healthy Living Executive Producer

Annie is the executive producer of Care2.com's Green Living channels. Recently named one of the top 20 environmental leaders by Body & Soul Magazine, she brings over 20 years of experience as a leading authority, writer and editor about the connections between the environment, personal health and well-being. Annie has authored four books, including: Home Enlightenment (Rodale Press, 2005), Better Basics for the Home (Three Rivers Press, 1999), Clean & Green (Ceres Press, 1990), and The Green Kitchen Handbook (with Mothers & Others; foreword by Meryl Streep) (HarperCollins, 1997), and wrote the chapter on cleaning in The Healthy School Handbook (NEA Professional Library, 1995). She was founder and editor-in-chief of Green Alternatives for Health and the Environment, the national consumer magazine designed to provide a community to the emerging environmental health field, and the founding editor of The Green Guide (a publication of Mothers & Others), an Utne Reader Alternative Press award recipient for general excellence in newsletters.

Annie also authors Care2 Ask Annie, a tip-filled Q & A that offers practical help, recipes, and solutions to meet your concerns about environmental health, the environment, natural, and simple living.

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