2012 National Conference

Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager

Woodrow "Woody" McCutchen became vice president, senior portfolio manager in 2010. He has more than 25 years of experience in small business management and technical assistance, and in economic, business and youth development. Before joining EMCF as a portfolio manager in 2001, he was president and CEO of the National Association of Small Business Development Centers in Arlington, VA. The grantees with which he initially worked at the Foundation Harlem Children's Zone and other national organizations and networks. While continuing to assist key grantees, he also assumed responsibilities for managing relations with co-investors as well as grantees participating in the Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot as well as helping grantees position themselves to take advantage of public funding opportunities.

McCutchen earned an master's of business administration from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business, and a bachelor's from Howard University.

Program Officer of Health Care

Tina Markanda is a program officer of health care at The Duke Endowment. She works with programs related to rural health, child health, senior adult health and end of life. Prior to joining the Endowment, she worked in private industry, at an academic medical center, and a private not-for-profit community hospital. Markanda earned a master's of business administration from Wake Forest University and master's of science in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives and is a Hull Fellow with the Southeastern Council of Foundations.

President and Executive Director

Tom brings over 35 years of experience in senior level management in the public, non-profit and for-profit sectors serving the needs of children, youth and families. This wealth and breadth of knowledge and experience across all three sectors, brings a balanced perspective on the issues and unique challenges that face the Nurse-Family Partnership program. Most recently, he was President and Chief Operating Officer for Cornell Companies, a private, for-profit company providing adult corrections and juvenile justice treatment services nationwide. In this position he provided administrative management for the company's four regional program offices and also provided oversight for human resources, purchasing, marketing and development, communications, public affairs, research and evaluation.

Tom additionally served as Director of Child Welfare Services for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania overseeing programs and services for abused and dependent children. While in that position, he worked with the Pennsylvania legislature to amend the Pennsylvania Child Protective Services Law (CPSL) to increase safeguards for delinquent, abused and neglected children. The National Office is fortunate to have secured his expertise as we endeavor to implement an aggressive growth and development strategy over the next 10 years, with the goal of improving the life of every low-income, first-time family in the United States. As a visionary senior executive, Tom has driven large scale cultural change, post acquisition assimilation, and program development that built organizational effectiveness and propelled growth. He is a proven leader, facilitator, collaborator, team builder, public speaker and change agent. In addition to his professional accomplishments and impressive credentials, Tom brings a passion for the Nurse-Family Partnership program and an awareness of its value on the lives of children, families and society as a whole.