Working to build hope.

FOUNDER, CEO

MK is a leader in social impact investing, community development, and urban revitalization, focusing on the San Francisco Bay area. In 2013, MK led the acquisition and multimillion-dollar renovations to revive the historic Lake Merritt Lodge into a residential facility comprised of 96 micro-units. In June 2021, MK was joined by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and other leading figures to inaugurate the full capacity usage of the facility to shelter and support homeless and medically vulnerable senior citizens in Oakland. For her continues contributions to her area of practice the Mayor of San Jose, Chuck Reed, appointed MK to serve on his transition committee and advise his economic council. San Jose, the Capital of Silicon Valley is 10th largest city in the United States. MK is praised by city officials, the community and the Historical Society for her social impact investment, actively supporting community activities, neighborhood revitalizing and job-creating investment strategies. Mk’s philanthropy has helped organizations helping families in need of shelter, food and emergency needs.

CO-FOUNDER, DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD

Tom is a produced screenwriter in Los Angeles, CA. After his son Zachary turned to drugs, became homeless and passed away, Tom vowed to spend the remainder of his life helping the homeless. His journey began with the realization that, given the enormous cost of California real estate, homelessness can happen to anyone. He met MK and saw her remarkable system at Lake Merritt Lodge in Oakland. He saw how it respects the dignity of residents and rewards investors. Learning Real Estate could be part the solution, Tom was eager to join her. Today, Tom works with the team to help brand this system and replicate it throughout California. Given his career creating successful ad campaigns for some of the world’s top brands, he’s well-suited to the task.

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BOARD MEMBER

Dr. Alidad Mafinezam is an internationally recognized policy writer and convener focused on West Asian Relations, Diaspora communities and immigration policy in the United States and Canada. He is the founder of the West Asia Council, a non-profit organization that promotes knowledge exchange, international cooperation, trade, and investment between North America and West Asian countries such as Turkey, Arab countries, and Iran.

ADVISOR

Eduardo has been volunteering in the US and across the world since his university days at Marquette University. Eduardo earned his medical degree at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Rochester, MN in 1996 and completed residency in Family Medicine at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Jacksonville, FL. He also completed three fellowships: UCSF Primary Care Research Fellowship, Northern California Faculty Development Fellowship, and Stanford University affiliated Family Practice Obstetrics Fellowship at Santa Clara County Hospital.

Dr. Dolhun invented and founded Drip Drop ORS in 2008, a patented, third-generation oral rehydration solution that has been used in relief efforts globally. He is the founder of Dolhun Clinic, a private practice in San Francisco. Dr. Dolhun served Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University Medical School from 2000-2018, where he was co-director of Ethnicity and Medicine since 2000. Since 2018 he has served as an Adjunct Professor in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University.

Eduardo has been published in numerous peer-reviewed medical journals. Dr. Dolhun is the recipient of Marquette University’s 2012 Service to the Community Award and the 2017 Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Humanitarian Award.

Eduardo is an active member of the Royal Medical Society, Wilderness Medical Society , American Association of Family Medicine and the Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health.

ADVISOR, GENERAL COUNSEL

James Warren is an American tax lawyer and a partner at Potomac Law Group, PLLC in Washington, DC. He graduated with first class honors from Cambridge University in England in 1978, and from Harvard Law School, J.D. magna cum laude, in 1990. He has worked at several major U.S. law firms as an international business and tax counsel, and has practiced largely independently since 2011 as Warren Global Law. His practice has included assisting the prosecution at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, observing and reporting on a major political trial in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and combating trafficking in persons in Monrovia, Liberia. He currently serves as counsel to various international schools and charitable organizations engaged in overseas relief and educational projects. He is also on the board of LastMile4D, a Washington, DC charity that advocates for women’s issues in developing countries.