Chuck Stetson, CEO
In 1999, the Bible Literacy Project
www.bibleliteracy.org
was established and co-
published with the First Amendment Center “The Bible & Public Schools, A First
Amendment Guide” which had 19 other endorsers including the National School
Boards Association, America Federation of Teachers, National Education Association
and the People for the American Way among others. Essentials in Education –
www.essentialsineducation.org
was added later as the efforts included producing
U.S. Constitution Social Studies Reader.
In 2017, the Stetson Family Office started Healthcare Impact Foundation, a
501(c)(3), to bring capital and management expertise to life science companies
at all stages and to build and maintain an efficient life science eco-system. The
Foundation also works to advocate for disease prevention as a strategy to drive
healthcare savings.
Stetson Family Office has set up a unique Global Family Office BioForum to
facilitate collaboration between family offices around the globe and healthcare
innovators. Family Offices are responding with excitement. Study groups on
Alzheimer’s, Cancer and Diabetes/Obesity have been set up to help Family Offices
understand these chronic diseases and where the best investment opportunities
might be - See
Philanthropy.
Grace Mathew, Managing Director
Grace is responsible for the Indo Asia- Pacific Region
Selected as one of Australia’s 100 Brightest Young Minds in 2010, Grace has
applied her strengths in communication, leadership, and strategic relationship
management to roles in business, philanthropy, and media, regularly
presenting to audiences of up to 60,000 since age 15. She was awarded the
Goldman Sachs Global Leader Award in 2008, in recognition of her international
achievements in the community and international leadership initiatives.
While earning a Bachelor of International & Global Studies and Master of
International Relations from the University of Sydney, Grace also completed
postgraduate courses in Political Science at George Washington University.
Raimondo del Balzo di Presenzano, Vice President
Raimondo curates the Oncology unit of the Healthcare Impact
Foundation. Raimondo started his career on the LATAM desk of
HSBC Private Bank and then became a portfolio manager and financial analyst
at Dromeus Capital, a Hedge fund, and subsequently at SterWen, a multi-family
office based in Switzerland. Raimondo is a CFA Charter holder and was awarded
his BSc and MSc in Business Administration from HEC Geneva, University of
Geneva, where he served as a Council Member for the Faculty of Economic and
Social Sciences.
Maria Makela, Vice President
Maria brings 20 years of international market expertise in healthcare and
life science, where she leads a Women in Family Offices initiative to advocate for
gender parity in private investment offices. She worked as a business strategist
and management consultant to Business Finland (previously Finpro).
Maria lead projects on Future Trends for Service Design and was part of
all of Finpro’s healthcare and life science engagements and business development
initiatives. After Finpro she led the business development efforts of a consortium
of Finnish Clinical Research Organizations which were expanding their businesses
into the US.Maria has her Masters in Social Science from the University of Turku,
in Finland and a MBA (International Business) from Farleigh Dickinson University,
Teaneck, NJ. She is a Board Member and Senior Vice President of Finlandia
Foundation’s New York Chapter.