Cincinnati, OH | Class 3 鈥� Exp. 2030 鈥�

Kate Nelson is a nationally recognized organizational change management expert, accomplished executive, and thought leader with more than 30 years of experience helping organizations navigate complex transformations, strengthen leadership effectiveness, and build high-performing cultures. Throughout her career, she has partnered with senior executives across healthcare, consumer products, retail, manufacturing, and professional services to successfully lead large-scale change initiatives and drive sustainable organizational performance.

As Founding Partner of Change Guides LLC, Kate has advised organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to mission-driven nonprofits on strategy execution, leadership alignment, organizational effectiveness, and culture transformation. Her expertise has been instrumental in helping leaders guide their organizations through mergers and acquisitions, enterprise technology implementations, supply chain transformations, and significant shifts in business strategy.

Among her notable accomplishments, Kate led organizational change management initiatives supporting the adoption of e-commerce for a $150 billion grocery retailer, guided leadership teams through post-merger integration at an $8 billion medical device manufacturer, and directed change management programs for global supply chain transformations and enterprise-wide technology implementations at leading organizations.

Prior to founding Change Guides, Kate served as Managing Director at Nelson Consulting Group and spent nearly a decade with Deloitte Consulting, where she advanced from Consultant to Senior Manager. She began her professional career as a Governor鈥檚 Fellow for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Kate is also a respected author and contributor to the field of organizational change. She co-authored The Change Management Pocket Guide: Tools for Managing Change, The Eight Constants of Change: What Leaders Need to Know to Drive Change and Win, and Managing Change in an Agile World: Principles and Practices, publications that have become valuable resources for leaders and practitioners worldwide.

A committed volunteer leader, Kate currently serves as Chair of the Town of Jupiter Island Local Planning Agency, Vice Chair of the Academic Research Award Committee for the Association of Change Management Professionals, and a Board Member of the Cincinnati Squash Academy.

Kate earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies, cum laude, from William & Mary and holds both a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Natural Resources from The Ohio State University.

Not only does Kate bring a unique combination of strategic insight, governance experience, leadership development expertise, and a deep understanding of how organizations successfully adapt and thrive in periods of change, but she is also is a passionate squash parent who brings a unique Midwest perspective to our Board. Kate鈥檚 daughter recently graduated from Princeton University, where she was a member of the squash team and her son is currently a squash student-athlete at Denison University.

Philadelphia, PA | Class 3 鈥� Exp. 2030 鈥�

Karen Dougherty Buchholz serves as a Strategic Advisor for Comcast Corporation after serving as Executive Vice President of Administration. In this role, Karen had a wide array of corporate responsibilities, including corporate real estate, facilities, aviation, corporate services and experiences, travel, and security.

Karen served a more than 25-year tenure at Comcast and led many facets of the organization. She was the executive in charge of the development of the Comcast Technology Center (including the Four Seasons Philadelphia), a $1.5 billion, 60-story tower adjacent to Comcast鈥檚 corporate headquarters, the Comcast Center. Karen also previously the development of Comcast Center, a $750 million, 56-story tower.

For close to a decade, Karen led the company鈥檚 Impact & Inclusion function. Karen also established Comcast鈥檚 first corporate communications infrastructure, unifying communications for the entire family of Comcast companies. This included leading communications during many company acquisitions, including the company鈥檚 transformative acquisition of AT&T Broadband in 2001-2002.

Prior to Comcast, in 1997, then-Mayor Edward G. Rendell appointed Karen as President of Philadelphia 2000, the organization that brought the 2000 Republican National Convention to Philadelphia and served as the City鈥檚 official Host Committee.

Karen received her M.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Dickinson College and the Dickinson Center for European Studies in Bologna, Italy.

Karen serves on the WSFS Financial Corporation and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB Board of Directors and the FS Credit Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. Board of Directors. is the chair of the Board of Directors for the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, and also serves on the boards of Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts.

Karen was inducted into the Broadcasting+Cable Hall of Fame in 2024. She has received numerous awards, including: 2018 Police Athletic League of Philadelphia鈥檚 PAL Award; 2016 Philadelphia Magazine’s Trailblazer Award; 2014 United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Women鈥檚 Initiative Award; 2012 Multichannel News Wonder Women Award; 2009 Pennsylvania鈥檚 Best 50 Women in Business Award; and 2008 American Heart Association 鈥淕o Red for Women鈥� Woman of Heart Award

Not only is Karen a highly respected and accomplished member of the Philadelphia business community, she has a strong passion and connection to squash as a parent of a former junior player and a long-time supporter of 黑料不打烊. Karen鈥檚 daughter, Julia Buchholz was a standout player at the University of Pennsylvania from 2017-2021.

New York, NY聽 |聽 Class 4 鈥� Exp. 2027 –

Stuart is a co-founder of the law firm, Friedman & Wittenstein and has served as counsel for various public and private company boards. Stuart has extensive experience in corporate governance and best practices.

In the area of Sports Law, Stuart has previously served as general counsel of a professional sports league in the United States and Canada, and has represented executives, coaches, players and broadcasters of various professional sports teams and leagues.

Stuart graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Syracuse University and The George Washington University Law School. Stuart is an avid squash player and previously served on the squash committee of his club.

Philadelphia, PA聽 |聽 Class 2 鈥� Exp. 2029 –
Eric is the Carl R. Pacifico Professor of Neuropsychology, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, and the Athletic Director Emeritus (1998-2021) at Drexel University, where he teaches, among other courses, Sport Psychology, Personality Assessment, and General Psychology.

He is a thought-leader on the psychology of happiness and the Director of The Happiness Lab at Drexel, a think tank that investigates the meaning of happiness and its place in our culture and society, to transform lives, communities, and environments.

Eric is an accomplished squash player, skier, and musician, and the current President of the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society.

Philadelphia, PA | Class 2 | Ends 2028 –

Philadelphia, PA | Class 2 | Ends 2028 –

New York, NY | Class 2 | Ends 2028 –

Philadelphia, PA | Class 2 | Ends 2028 –

Brooklyn, NY | Ex-Officio | Ends 2025 –

Will is the founder and CEO of Speakable LLC, a boutique public speaking and presentation firm. Will has almost twenty years of sports management experience, serving on the Executive Committees and Boards of Directors of both the US Olympic Committee and 黑料不打烊. He also served on the Athlete鈥檚 Advisory Council on the Olympic Committee for two terms. He has been the back-page columnist of Squash Magazine for the past twenty years.

While at Yale (鈥�85), Will earned first-team All-America and All-Ivy honors. He went on to become a world-ranked squash player on the men鈥檚 professional touring circuit and was the United States鈥� #1 ranked player in 1990 and 1995. Will has won three national championships, has competed in the World Championships and the Pan Am Games.

Chicago, IL | Ex-Officio | Ends 2025 –聽

David serves as a Senior Advisor to the Squash & Education Alliance (SEA). From 2005-2023, David was the CEO of Chicago鈥檚 MetroSquash and grew the program from inception to serving over 400 students each year.聽In 2015, he successfully completed an $8 million capital campaign and construction of the Hussain Family MetroSquash Center on Chicago鈥檚 South Side. In 2018, he led the program鈥檚 expansion to Evanston and in 2023 the land purchase for a future facility. David holds a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Kellogg and a B.A. from Princeton University where he was a member of the 1993 NCAA Championship Team and 1995 NCAA Doubles Champion. David previously competed on the Professional Squash Doubles Tour where he attained a top 5 world ranking.