Bryan de Lottinville, Founder and Chief Enthusiast
Bryan is a self-described “recovering lawyer” who is constantly dreaming of novel ways to help global enterprises reinvent corporate purpose programs to provide better social and business returns, while simultaneously tackling some of the biggest struggles in the social impact landscape. After 13 years as CEO of Benevity, Bryan stepped aside in 2021. He continues to help guide the vision of the company in his role as Chief Enthusiast.
An internationally recognized thought leader in the space, Bryan is a Top 100 Corporate Social Responsibility Influence Leader, Forbes Business Council contributor and frequent speaker and blogger on corporate purpose.
Bryan believes that the path to sustainable change is through grassroots engagement and cultural evolution, both within companies and broader society. He has cultivated and nourished in Benevity a passionate culture and belief that providing people with more choice and opportunity to “do the right thing” will not only help people be their best selves, but also ignite an inherent desire within today’s socially conscious employees, customers and communities to become an extraordinary force for positive change in our world. We think he’s on to something there!
Christopher Maloof, Chief Executive Officer
Chris is our CEO. With extensive experience in product development, global business strategy and organizational growth, Chris brings a wealth of expertise in accelerating performance and scale in high-growth enterprise SaaS companies.
Chris is a firm believer in the power of people, rooted in the philosophy that when you empower team members to build and serve their customers with passion and dedication, the overall impact on the company and its community is immeasurable. In his role, Chris steers the company’s enterprise impact platform vision and drives Benevity’s mission to bring unrivaled technology and experiences to the social impact space.
Prior to joining Benevity, Chris was president at MeridianLink, where he led the company in its mission to democratize access to financing in local communities. He played a crucial role in expanding the company's customer base, driving strategic acquisitions, supporting the company’s digital transformation initiatives and ultimately charting a growth path to a successful IPO. He has also held multiple leadership roles at a host of impact-oriented organizations.
Helping purpose-driven companies make a positive impact on the world inspires Chris to lead Benevity’ executive team to continue to set the standard for social impact engagement solutions worldwide.
Lance Ludman, Chief Financial Officer
As Chief Financial Officer, Lance leads Benevity’s finance, legal and operations teams, which have securely disbursed over $14 billion in donations to more than 450,000 nonprofits worldwide.
With over two decades of financial operations, strategy and business development experience, Lance partners with all business functions to deliver scalable, data-driven financial strategies to support Benevity’s continued global growth.
Lance is a firm believer in doing well by doing good, and his passion for purpose-driven technology companies has been a throughline across his career.
Prior to joining Benevity, Lance was Chief Financial Officer at DreamBox Learning, a leading K-12 math and literacy SaaS provider, where he built and scaled the company’s financial planning and analysis, accounting and business intelligence functions. Prior to that, Lance spent nine years in corporate development and as CFO for both the international and enterprise market divisions at Blackbaud.
Based out of Seattle, Washington, Lance is an avid golfer and fly fisher and enjoys spending time with his wife, three children, and his black Labrador retriever.
Sona Khosla, Chief Impact Officer
In her role as Chief Impact Officer, Sona is responsible for infusing impact into Benevity’s business and culture and overseeing the company’s own impact and inclusion initiatives. At the helm of Benevity Impact Labs, an incubator and resource hub, Sona and her team bring cutting-edge data, research, insights and best practices to help organizations and individuals maximize their impact and authentically live their purpose.
As the host of Benevity’s podcast, Speaking of Purpose, Sona is a frequent guest on shows and in the media discussing topics such as building purpose-driven brands, authentic employee and customer engagement, corporate giving trends and diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
Contact us at press@benevity.com to book Sona as a speaker for your corporate or industry event.
Jane Moran, Chief Technology Officer
In the role of CTO, Jane leads the charge in delivering Benevity’s bold and innovative ESG-tech solutions as more companies around the world recognize the critical importance purpose brings to attracting, retaining and engaging employees and customers. Working with Benevity's product team, Jane helps propel Benevity’s growth and enable more companies, from mid-market to enterprise, engage stakeholders in ESG, purpose and social impact initiatives.
Jane completed her Ph.D. in astrophysics with the initial intention of becoming a physics professor. However, her skills in decoding complicated data, along with her ability to lead with empathy and authority, landed her in data science where her work has spanned the full range of understanding customer behavior and applying that understanding to data-driven solutions in targeted marketing and optimized digital experiences.
Prior to joining Benevity, Jane was Senior Vice President, Data and Technology at AIR MILES/Loyalty One where she was responsible for leading a team of technologists who specialized in front-end mobile and web development, back-end systems and platform development, API development, architecture, UX research and design, DevOps, security, production systems, IT support, project management, and data science and analytics.
Julie Werner Caldwell, Chief Client Officer
As Chief Client Officer, Julie leads Benevity’s highly-rated team of professionals who provide personalized client experiences through implementation, technical and end user support, renewals and client success management. She is fanatical about the client experience, ensuring Benevity’s clients realize the value of their investment and reach their social impact goals.
Julie brings over 15 years of experience in CSR and HR technology as well as client success. Prior to joining Benevity, Julie led Client Success at Workday — whose HCM is now connected to Benevity’s platform through a certified integration — and spent 10 years at Blackbaud leading client experience teams.
Based out of Atlanta, GA, Julie loves to travel whenever she isn’t chasing her two young kids.
Candace Worley, Chief Product Officer
As Chief Product Officer, Candace leads Benevity’s product management and product design teams. In her role, Candace is responsible for driving product strategy, advancing Benevity’s global product vision and accelerating innovation across its portfolio of products and solutions.
With over 25 years of enterprise security strategy, product marketing, and product management experience at leading tech companies including Ping, Amazon Web ServicesMcAfee, and Intel, Candace has played a pivotal role in transforming global businesses towards successful launch of revolutionary products and solutions that have set new benchmarks in the technology industry.
Candace is a member of two cyber security advisory boards, Contraforce and HYAS.
Cristine Kao, Chief Marketing Officer
As Chief Marketing Officer, Cristine leads Benevity’s marketing efforts, driving strategies that amplify the company’s mission to power positive change. With over 20 years of B2B SaaS experience, Cristine brings a passion for leveraging technology to empower organizations and communities, known for her ability to fuse business growth with purpose-driven marketing.
Before joining Benevity, Cristine was CMO at ABC Fitness, where her leadership doubled business growth in five years and transformed the company into a technology innovator, serving over 40 million members worldwide. She also served as VP of Marketing at ACTIVE Network, where she strengthened brand presence and implemented transformative strategies to connect people to meaningful experiences.
Beyond work, Cristine is dedicated to giving back through Dallas United Crew, where she volunteers to make paddling accessible for youth, adults, and breast cancer survivors.
Janeen Speer, Chief People Officer
As Chief People Officer at Benevity, Janeen champions and exemplifies Benevity’s purpose-driven culture and firmly believes that great technology has the ability to change the world.
Janeen and her team work to fuel our rapidly growing, global employee base with mission-driven talent, ensuring everyone has the leadership and tools they require to thrive.
With more than 20 years of experience, Janeen brings deep expertise in recruitment, leadership development and talent management to her role at Benevity.
No stranger to scale, she supported Shopify in growing from 5,000 to 10,000 employees in a three-year timeframe. Janeen has also held senior leadership roles at WestJet, Lululemon and Starbucks.
Janeen speaks on topics such as the future of work, scaling culture and talent best practices. She serves on the national board of Junior Achievement and is based in Calgary with her husband and two girls. During winter months, Janeen can be found enjoying downhill skiing (and après-skiing!) in Fernie, BC.