The SBS Board of Directors

Jessica Loomer graduated from the University of Arizona with a BS in Marketing. At age 27, she lost her vision to a rare genetic eye disease called Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. Facing the many obstacles of vision loss, Jessica found a passion for running through the storm. She truly found a love for this sport and has run the Boston Marathon, NYC Marathon and California International Marathon. Jessica brings a skill set of Project Management, Public Speaking and Development to the Board. Jessica followed her passion and now works on the Accessibility team as an Architect at Spectrum in Denver, CO. She proudly supports and advocates for the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation as an Ambassador, striving to build connections and empower those around her. One of her favorite summer adventures is spending a week at a high school camp for kids that are blind/visually impaired; teaching them how to self-advocate, adapt and succeed in their life! Her positive energy is contagious and makes an impact wherever she goes.

Charles R. Scott is an adventurer, author of two books, co-founder of the nonprofit organization Team See Possibilities, and a 14-year veteran of Intel Corporation. He serves as a mentor to CEOs and senior executives, helping ambitious people work more efficiently and offering tools to craft a meaningful life.

He gives conference keynotes and developed an executive workshop called "What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?" He has delivered this popular workshop to thousands of CEOs and senior executives across North America, and has spoken at Uber, Intel, The World Bank, Harvard Business School and many others.

His adventures have been featured in press around the world, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, FOX News, National Geographic and Outside Magazine. He also gives talks at schools and to parent groups about raising resilient children. Mixing in anecdotes from cycling over 7,000 miles with his young children across Japan, Iceland, Europe and the U.S., and from guiding the first blind runner to cross the Grand Canyon and back nonstop, he helps people achieve ambitious goals while prioritizing their personal health.

Mr. Scott has a BA degree from Vanderbilt University and an MA degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Angela Winfield describes herself as a multifaceted professional who just happens to be blind. She became legally blind at 10 and totally blind at 20. She is an attorney, a published author, a professional motivational speaker, a life and success coach, a real estate investor, a wife, an avid foodie and yogi. Angela has received numerous awards including being featured in The Wall Street Journal.

Currently, Angela is the Associate Vice President for Inclusion and Workforce Diversity at Cornell University and is an advisor to the President of the university on diversity and equity. In this role she provides leadership and vision, developing innovative and practical strategic initiatives focused on creating actionable change. She leads the university's affirmative action and federal contractor compliance program, manages the university's five identity/affinity-based colleague network groups, provides training opportunities for the 7,000+ staff, oversees religious accommodations and serves on the university's ADA coordinator Team

Angela is admitted to the New York State Bar and is Of Counsel with the law firm of Barclay Damon and is a member of the firm's higher education, employment law and commercial litigation practice groups. Angela earned her law degree from Cornell University and her BA from Barnard College of Columbia University.

She currently sits on the boards of directors for Gadabout Transportation, the Rev Theatre Company and Legal Assistance of Western New York. In the past she served as board chair for the United Way of Cayuga County and is a former board member for Aurora of Central New York, that provides vision rehabilitation services.

Dan Berlin is an entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist and endurance athlete who happens to be blind. Diagnosed with rod cone dystrophy at 7 years old, he became legally blind in his late 20s. After more than 12 years of working in large, multi-national corporations, he co-founded Rodelle, a world-leading vanilla extract company which sold to Archer-Daniels Midland Company in 2018, and subsequently exited as CEO at age 48. In addition to serving on several non-profit boards, he is a co-founder and President of Team See Possibilities, a non-profit organization which empowers young people with vision loss to thrive by providing scholarship and mentorship to high achieving college students who are vision impaired. He also enjoys taking on epic endurance challenges around the world, challenging the perception of what a person with vision loss is capable of achieving. Dan was the first blind runner to complete the 46 mile rim to rim to rim run across the Grand Canyon and back, and has subsequently run over a dozen marathons, Ironman triathlons, as well as trail-ultramarathons in South America, Africa, Asia and New Zealand. One of his greatest athletic endeavors was competing in the 2018 Race Across America, known as the toughest bike race in the world. Dan co-founded Team Sea to See comprised of four stokers who are blind riding tandem bicycles and completed the race in an amazing 7 days, 15 hours, and 3 minutes. Dan's passion is finding and uplifting ability in himself and others.

Mr. Berlin has a BS degree from Penn State University and an MS degree from University of Delaware.