David Satterthwaite (left) and Roger Aburto (right) founded the
predecessor to Prisma in 1995.
U.S. Operations
David J. Satterthwaite
President and Chief Executive Officer
As Prisma's co-founder, David has built Prisma’s Nicaraguan predecessor
since 1995. David is an experienced entrepreneur applying sound
managerial acumen to achieving social and financial returns.
For his work with Prisma, David has been recognized with national
awards from Fast Company, Hewlett Packard, the National
Social Venture Competition, and the Puget Sound Business
Journal. David is a regular speaker on the topics of commercial
microfinance and social enterprise.
David has sat on the boards of several “social enterprises” including
Access Technology Learning Center, a technology and training
company increasing workplace productivity of the blind, First
Immigrants Funding, a mortgage company in Seattle, Bridges
to Business, a job placement and training firm in Boston, and
Fonkoze, a micro-lender in Haiti.
He leads MicroCapital,
a research initiative on the microfinance emerging asset class.
David graduated with honors from Haverford College with a degree
in Political Science. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in "Social
Entrepreneurship” at Boston College.
Dr. Kendall Mau
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operational Officer
Kendall joined Prisma in 2002. Kendall is a seasoned financial and
human resources executive as well as an International Management
Consultant having worked with for-profit and non-profit organizations
in the United States, West & East Africa, Central & South America,
and former Republics of the Soviet Union. He was also a Peace Corps
volunteer in Panama and Senegal. Kendall's professional experience
includes nine years as Vice-President of Finance & Administration
of Silicon Valley FCU, a federal credit union with $90M in assets
and $60M loan portfolio. Kendall spent eight years working in international
finance for Castle & Cooke, an agriculture production company in
the Americas, where he rose to Division Head. Since 1996 Kendall
has acted as President of Kendall Philip Consulting, an international
management consulting firm specializing in micro-financial institution
turn-arounds focusing on strategic planning, financial operations
analysis, organization & management development, and training needs
analysis.
In 1997, Kendall received a doctorate degree in Business Administration
from Golden Gate University. Six years earlier, he gained a Certificate
of Human Resources Management with Distinction from the University
of California Extension. In 1976, Kendall received an MBA, in Operations
Research, from the University of Maryland.
Monnie Biety
Examiner
Monnie joined Prisma’s team in 2002. Monnie has more than 17 years
of experience auditing and examining credit unions, microfinance
institutions, small banks and working with the CAMEL evaluation
method. Her professional experience includes ten years as a Principal
Examiner at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) where
she directly supervised 25 credit unions ranging in assets from
$500,000 to $800 million. She also has many years of international
consulting experience with World Council of Credit Unions, Canadian
Cooperative Association, Asian Development Bank, Freedom from Hunger,
ACDI/VOCA and other for profit consulting companies in the areas
of small financial institution licensing, operations, and regulation.
She works both at the institutional (within the financial institution)
level and at the regulatory or Central Bank level. She has been
published several times; the latest contribution being 3 chapters
to a soon to be released book - Adequate Internal Controls, Assessing
Liquidity, and Asset Liability Management.
Monnie holds a BA in Journalism from Creighton University and an
MBA from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Monnie is responsible for the CAMEL evaluations of Prisma’s subsidiaries.
In addition to her work with Prisma, Monnie consults for numerous
microfinance organizations.
U.S. Interns
Interns have joined Prisma from Babson College, Boston College,
Dartmouth College, Harvard, MIT, Seattle University, Stanford, U.C.
Berkeley, University of Washington, Wellesley College and Wharton.
All internships are non-compensated and consist of a virtual working
arrangement combined with periodic on-site meetings at Prisma.
If you are interested in applying as an intern, click
here.
International Operations
Prisma Microfinanciera de Honduras, S.A.
Orbelina Valeriano
General Manager
Maria Elena Ramos
Administrator
Prisma Microfinanciera de Nicaragua, S.A.
Carlos Alberto Aburto Villalta
General Manager
Honey Maria Aburto Villalta
Portfolio Manager
Board of Directors
 Roger
Aburto
Co-Founder of Prisma
Prior to co-founding Prisma's predecessor in 1995 and serving as
its President, Mr. Aburto was the manager of a regional microcredit
fund for eight years. Mr. Aburto's earned a BA in Sociology from
the Universidad Centro Americano (UCA) and is currently pursuing
his doctorate in education.
Richard Burnes
Principal of Charles River Ventures
Mr. Burnes has decades of business venture experience as a co-founder
of the Boston VC firm. He has invested in numerous companies that
have gone public. He is also a trustee of Boston's Science Museum
and Vice Chairman of the Sea Education Association. Mr. Burnes is
a founding board member of Prisma.
George Kraus
Retired Entrepreneur
Mr. Krause has been Founder & CEO of four successful companies,
including JBS Associates, a check insurance company for retailers.
Mr. Kraus, retired, is involved in Angel investing and supporting
humanitarian projects. Mr. Kraus is a founding board member of Prisma.
Matt McConnell
Retired Entrepreneur
Mr. McConnell sold the company he founded, Compatible Systems, to
Cisco Systems in 2000. He currently lives in Boulder, Colorado with
his wife and two children. Mr. McConnell joined Prisma's board in
2002.
David J. Satterthwaite
President, CEO
Board of Advisors
Adam Berry -
Vice-President, Global Marketing, Macromedia
David Glass -
Principal,
429 Partners
Mike Hearle -
Health Care Tzar, Lee Munder Capital Group
Madeleine Klinkhamer -
Partner, Enterprising
Solutions
Mike Megalli -
Managing Partner, Group 1066, LLC
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