The governance of CALMEADOW is carried out through its board of directors by the executive director.

Alejandro “Alex” Silva, President of the Board, Founding Partner of Omtrix
Mr. Silva is Executive Director of Calmeadow and represents Calmeadow on AfriCap’s Board. He also manages the Antares Fund, a for-profit equity participation fund aiming to develop a secondary market for shares of microfinance institutions (MFIs), financial institutions specializing in servicing small and micro entrepreneurs. He was executive director of ProFund Internacional, where he was responsible for the management of a regional investment fund specializing in equity investments in MFIs in Latin America and the Caribbean. He has been a board member of numerous MFIs in countries such as Nicaragua, Haiti, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Elisabeth Rhyne, Senior VP, Policy and Research & Development, ACCIÓN International
Ms. Rhyne directs ACCION's research efforts to develop new financial products for the poor and leads ACCION’s microfinance industry development activities. She oversees ACCION’s publications and educational activities. Ms. Rhyne previously worked as the director of the Office of Microenterprise Development with USAID and as an independent consultant in Mozambique.

Jose Siman, Independent Consultant.
Mr. Siman serves as a director or advisor for a number of social and commercial organizations, current roles include: Director of the National Board, INCAE Business School, El Salvador, Board member of the Human Development Report initiative of the UNDP (2001 – 2008), Secretary of the Enterprise Council on Sustainable Development, and a consultant to various international organizations, private enterprises, and governments. Mr. Siman has also been a guest scholar at numerous institutions of higher learning and policy institutes such as the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C., the Institute of Latin American Studies at La Trobe University in Australia, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Mr. Siman was also a philosophy professor at the University of Central America, has served as a board member for various private development enterprises, and received the Order of Civil Merit from the king of Spain in 2005.

Damian von Stauffenberg, Founder and Principal, MicroRate.
Mr. von Stauffenberg founded MicroRate, the first rating agency for microfinance institutions. MicroRate was designed to provide transparency to the microfinance industry and thereby attract commercial funding sources to microfinance. Mr. von Stauffenberg has had a long and successful career with the World Bank and its private sector affiliate, the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Juan Carlos Pereira, Manager of ELF and STLF, Partner of Omtrix
With Omtrix since 2004, Mr. Pereira was the operational manager of ProFund and is now partner of Omtrix, Inc, and manager of the Emergency Liquidity Facility (ELF), an innovative fund for short-term loans to microfinance institutions in liquidity distress due to natural events or local crises, as well as for the Risk Management Facility (RMF), a technical assistance facility to MFIs in managing financial risks. He has also been a board member of Corporations, Banks, and MFIs in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru.

Management
Alex Silva
Georgina Vasquez
As an investment officer with Omtrix, Ms. Vázquez is responsible for financial, technical and operational follow-ups for Antares Fund and the Short Term Liquidity Facility, as well as providing support for Calmeadow’s operations.