BOARD OF DIRECTORS
A graduate of Nobles in 1990, Alex Gallagher has a passion for the game of basketball coupled with a devotion to those he coaches. Gallagher has led the Nobles Girls Basketball Program to 13 ISL championships in 15 years while compiling an overall career record of 402-97. He also comes off the 2016 season having led his team to their 5th consecutive New England Class A Title. Before coming to Nobles, Gallagher coached the Weston Boys Basketball Team to two Dual County League championships, two North Sectional Championships, and one State Championship in 1998. He was honored in 1998 by the Boston Globe as the Massachusetts Coach of the year for his title-winning team.
Gallagher has served as the Athletic Director at Nobles for the past seven years. He graduated from Nobles in 1990 and returned to work at his alma mater in the 2000/2001 school year. Gallagher also teaches history and was the Varsity Baseball coach at Nobles from 2004 - 2010. In the spring of 2016, Gallagher led a group of 19 Nobles students to Rwanda where they served the Shooting Touch communities.
ALEX GALLAGHER
Chair of the Board
Athletic Director and Girls Varsity Basketball Coach at the Noble and Greenough School
ALAIN MATHIEU
Trustee
Chair of Foley Hoag’s Sports & Entertainment Practice
DANIEL KANE
Treasurer
Director at CBIZ & Shareholder at CBIZ CPAs PC
After becoming a beloved player for the Boston Celtics to start his NBA career, Grant now plays for the Dallas Mavericks. He is a leading advocate for women’s equality in sport and is a perfect addition to this incredible group of altruistic minds, eager to advance Shooting Touch’s mission of health, racial, and gender justice through the game of basketball. Prior to getting drafted by the Celtics in the 1st Round of the NBA Draft in 2019, he was a standout player and person at the University of Tennessee, where he received back-to-back SEC Player of the Year awards (2017-2018, 2018-2019) as a member of the men's basketball team and took part in the university's VOLeaders Academy, a group of student-athletes working to create positive change through sport.
Grant is a known leader within the NBA, serving as the First Vice President of the National Basketball Players Association and is an active participant in local community service opportunities.
Grant is from Charlotte, North Carolina, where he has established the Grant Williams Family Foundation, dedicated to identifying and promoting opportunities for the next generation through sports, financial empowerment, mentorship, and the arts.
GRANT WILLIAMS
Trustee
NBA Player for the Charlotte Hornets & First Vice President of the NBPA
Coming soon
KATIE BENZAN
Trustee
Assistant GM of the Salt Lake City Stars; Coordinator of Pro Scouting for the Utah Jazz Former WNBA basketball player
Marisa Moseley spent the past three seasons as the head coach at Boston University, her alma mater, where she guided the women’s basketball program to a 45-29 overall record. Moseley was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year after her first BU team finished fourth in 2018-19 after being chosen in the preseason to finish ninth. During the COVID19-influenced 2020-21 season, she led her team to a 12-3 finish and a spot in the conference tournament championship game.
Prior to Boston University, Moseley coached three national players of the year and 11 All-Americans while assisting UConn to a 331-14 record and two of the longest winning streaks in NCAA basketball history (111 and 90 consecutive games). In addition to her coaching duties, Moseley served as a member of the University of Connecticut Diversity Council and was on director of athletics David Benedict's Leadership Team. Furthermore, she was a member of the Student-Athlete Development Diversity Committee and was the athletics department's liaison to the Office of Diversity.
MARISA MOSELEY
Trustee
Former Division I Head Women's Basketball Coach
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Becky Bonner's career has been dedicated to serving the game of basketball through relentless commitment to winning habits, authentic relationships, and passion for continuous personal and professional development. Bonner currently serves as the Director of Player Personnel for the Orlando Magic. Her experience spans a number of high impact roles within women's college basketball, NBA League Office, FIBA, USA Basketball, and the Orlando Magic.
Bonner is also a former standout basketball player. She was a Parade All-American in high school and played college basketball at Stanford University and Boston University. Her accolades include being a 2018 inductee into the Boys & Girls Club of America Hall of Fame, receiving an Olympic gold medal after serving on Mike Krzyzewski's basketball operations staff for the USA Men's National Team, serving as an on-court member of the Orlando Magic coaching staff while maintaining her front office role, and coaching in the NCAA women's basketball national championship as a member of the University of Louisville coaching staff.
BECKY BONNER
Director of Professional Personnel, Orlando Magic
Coming soon
ELIZA GOODE
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Car Guru
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Katie Carlson is a vocal advocate for the rights of women and girls around the world. As a specialist in gender and development with a particular focus on the African context and concentrated experience in Rwanda, Katie has been collectively studying, writing about and working in gender for over 13 years. In recent years she has focused primarily on developing capacity-building and training programs, and has extensive experience in project management and community development.
KATIE CARLSON
Founder of Paper Crown Rwanda
Nathalie Neema has grown up around Africa and now works in Kigali as the Lead in Operations at Impact Hub; working with community Growth and Management, developing Impact Measurements, managing events and Project Planning. Previously, she was an Operations Manager at SMGF Ltd (Societe Mutuelle de Garantie et de Financement). Nathalie has also volunteered with Solid Africa, GIZ, Umutima Women Center, Rwandan Orphan Project and with Shooting Touch before acting as a board member.
Crispin Gishoma is the Director of Rwanda Diabetes Association (RDA) since 2012 and the Chairperson of Non Communicable Diseases Alliance in Rwanda. He has been working for RDA after completing his undergraduate degree in economics in 2004. Crispin specialized in Project Planning and Management with a Masters degree and is currently pursuing a second Master degree in Global Health at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda.
It is the individual stories of endurance and struggle of people living with Diabetes in Rwanda that motivates Crispin to work hard to provide the best possible health care in Rwanda and to raise awareness about diabetes and other NCDs. As the Director of RDA he manages an organization of 18 employees that runs a centre for diabetes education and vocational skills, organizes conferences, conducts hospital visits and follow-up of diabetics around the country, patients’ group support, awareness campaigns and more.
CRISPIN GISHOMA
Director of Rwanda Diabetes Association, Chairperson of Non-Communicable Disease Alliance, Kigali
NATHALIE NEEMA
Operations Lead, Impact Hub, Kigali
Dr. Magnifique Irakoze was born in Butare, a small village 2 hours outside of Kigali. Through his hard work and dedication, he received a scholarship through medical school and became a doctor in 2016. Magnifique has a strong passion for helping create a healthier nation and is extremely involved with empowering the youth. Magnifique is the Regional Director for the International Federation of Medical Students Association, the Vice President of AfriYAN (African Youth and Adolescents Network) and a teacher to 1st, 2nd and 3rd year medical students with the University of Rwanda.
DR. MAGNIFIQUE IRAKOZE
Resident for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kigali
Coming soon
DOMINIQUE TURIYATE
UNICEF Rwanda Human Resources Officer and Vice President of UGB Men's Basketball Team Rwanda