04 / PEOPLE

Different experience.
Wider perspective.

The work begins with people who understand the complexity—and see the possibility.

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People & perspectives

Meet the people.

These profiles describe individual professional experience. Formal program roles are being developed; listed affiliations do not imply institutional endorsement.

Daryl Heald

Daryl Heald

Philanthropy and partnerships

Philanthropy leader connecting families, generosity initiatives and opportunities for sustained impact.

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Daryl Heald brings more than two decades of experience in family philanthropy, global generosity initiatives, and impact investing. He helped launch Generous Giving, Giving Wisely, and Global Generosity, and serves as founder and chairman of Generosity Path. His work connects philanthropic families with opportunities for meaningful, sustained impact.

Hanna Tomory

Hanna Tomory

Technology strategy and data systems

Engineer and technology executive with experience across commercial and government data environments.

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Hanna Tomory is an engineer and technology executive whose work at Palantir spans commercial and government settings. Her experience includes critical infrastructure, manufacturing, telecommunications, and finance, supported by graduate training in industrial engineering and theology. She brings a cross-sector perspective to complex data and collaboration challenges.

Frances Heald Sheffield

Frances Heald Sheffield

Family stewardship and nonprofit governance

Philanthropy and nonprofit governance leader with a background in healthcare and family stewardship.

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Frances Heald Sheffield brings experience in family stewardship, philanthropy, and healthcare. She serves as a trustee of the Maclellan Foundation and a board member of Generous Giving. Her background includes primary care and cardiology, with nursing degrees from Samford University and Vanderbilt University informing a practical, people-centered perspective.

Christopher Grauel

Christopher Grauel

Cybersecurity and applied AI

Technology founder, cybersecurity engineer and U.S. Marine Corps veteran focused on applied AI and evidence-based validation.

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Christopher Grauel is a technology founder, cybersecurity engineer, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran. His experience spans utilities, healthcare, manufacturing, legal services, and defense-adjacent engineering. Through Arktos, his work encompasses cybersecurity operations, embedded-system validation, applied AI, and data systems, with an emphasis on reproducible testing, documented acceptance criteria, and clear evidence of performance.

Kyle Newkirk

Kyle Newkirk

Federal assistance and operational scale

Former USAID Foreign Service Officer with federal-assistance, global supply-chain and nonprofit-governance experience.

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Kyle Newkirk served as a USAID Foreign Service Officer, with postings in Washington, D.C., Kabul, and Bangkok and experience managing post-conflict and post-disaster reconstruction projects. He combines federal-assistance knowledge with global supply-chain, commercial, and nonprofit-governance experience, bringing practical insight into complex operating environments and accountable delivery.

Justin Richmond

Justin Richmond

Field implementation and stabilization

Social entrepreneur with experience deploying technology, coordinating disaster response, and supporting stabilization programs.

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Justin Richmond is a social entrepreneur who started impl. project. His background combines technology deployment, disaster response, and stabilization work. At Palantir Technologies, he directed on-the-ground implementation in the Philippines following Typhoons Haiyan and Hagupit. During two USAID deployments to Afghanistan, he coordinated the District Stability Framework and advised Afghan, military, and civilian teams in the country’s east. Earlier military service included leading an Army special-operations team in the southern Philippines, supporting stabilization, counterinsurgency, and information operations.

Henry Kaestner

Henry Kaestner

Entrepreneurship and investment networks

Technology entrepreneur and investor who has helped build businesses and networks centered on stewardship.

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Henry Kaestner is a co-founder of Bandwidth, Sovereign’s Capital, Faith Driven Entrepreneur, and Faith Driven Investor. He brings experience building technology businesses, investment platforms, and international networks of entrepreneurs and investors, connecting enterprise leadership with a deep commitment to stewardship.

Ben Peays

Ben Peays

Organizational leadership and execution

Technology founder and nonprofit operator with experience across investment, commercial businesses and organizational leadership.

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Ben Peays is a technology founder and nonprofit operator with leadership experience spanning across over 100 countries. He brings practical experience building organizations and leading across commercial and nonprofit settings, with a background that includes investment, technology, and organizational leadership.

People in the process

Technical judgment.
Practical context.

A useful answer requires more than a dataset.

  • Technical expertise helps organize and test the information.

  • Operational experience helps identify what is feasible.

  • Philanthropic perspective clarifies how resources might contribute.

  • Local knowledge helps explain conditions that the records alone cannot show.

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