Teresa McBride     Board Member

Teresa McBride is the Founder and CEO of McBride and Company - a Merchant bank and financial consulting group.

Ms. McBride was the former Founder and CEO - of McBride and Associates - a leading technology solutions company serving Fortune 500 companies and Governments.  Having built her company from inception up in 1985 to $200 million in annual revenue prior to selling in 1999, Ms. McBride and her company have received numerous awards and honors over the years, including The Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year presented at the White House.

She has also served on several boards, including being a director for The Federal Reserve Bank Kansas City Branch in Denver as well as a Senate task force under both the first Bush and then Clinton administrations. She has been a member of several organizations to include the Young Presidents Organization, The Committee of 200, a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, and the New American Alliance.

Philanthropically, Ms. McBride founded College Bound a nonprofit program, with the objective of reducing the dropout rate and crime rate, which go hand in hand.  The program matches grade school classrooms with a college student to help students establish an interest in higher education at an earlier age.  The McBride College Bound program has served over 120,000 students since its inception.