Our board consists of dedicated men and women committed to the mission of the Expanding Vision Foundation. Read each member's bio by clicking on his or her name.
Richard A. Dent III
Richard A. Dent III serves as Senior Vice-President, Chief Operating Officer and Co-leader since 2007. Under his leadership with President/CEO Denise Landman, the brand has grown from $0 to a $1 billion enterprise making it the #1 loungewear brand in the world and the fastest growing retail business in Limited Brands history - and perhaps all of retail.
His oversight includes business strategy, finance, inventory/merchandise planning, inventory deployment, demand forecasting, human resources, business operations planning, PINK freestanding store concept, all corporate staff interfaces (e.g. real estate, store operations), a $35 million annual SG&A spend and a $30 million marketing, digital, PR and visual budget. He also played a critical role in the creation of PINK’s licensed apparel line that features co‐branded products of 60 top universities across America and teams for both the National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB). He was responsible for negotiating separate multi‐year exclusivity deals with the NFL, MLB and Collegiate Licensing Company and instrumental in extending this strategy to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), providing those institutions with the largest retail apparel distribution deals ever given to HBCUs.
The West Philadelphia native was born and raised in the neighborhood of Wynnefield and graduated from one of the state’s top preparatory high schools, The Episcopal Academy (located in Merion, PA) in 1988. He went on to Florida A&M University’s elite School of Business & Industry where he received both a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (1992) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a concentration in Corporate Finance (1993).
Dent launched his professional career in 1993 with Ford Motor Company where he held seven positions in five years culminating with the position of Finance Manager for the F Series/Expedition/Navigator Platform, Light Truck Vehicle Center, which at the time was the #1 selling vehicle program in North America for any manufacturer - foreign or domestic. In 1998 at age 27, Dent became the US Controller for Sales and Marketing at Volvo Trucks North America, making him the youngest controller at Volvo - worldwide.
In 2000, Dent began his career at Limited Brands, the $10 billion parent company of brands including Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works. Through the years he rose through the ranks to play instrumental roles in the company’s growth in positions of increasing scope and responsibility -- beginning as Director of Finance, Corporate Finance Staff, Limited Brands (2000 - 2002) before moving on to Director of Strategic Planning, Bath and Body Works (2002 - 2004), Vice-President of Strategic Planning, Bath and Body Works (2004 - 2005) and then Chief Financial Officer, Victoria’s Secret PINK (2005) before being appointed to his current position in 2007.
Outside of work, Dent pursues his passion of preparing young men for life and higher education through his involvement in a variety of civic, educational and religious organizations that share that mission. He serves as Chairman of the Board and volunteers as a group mentor for Expanding Visions Foundation, a Columbus, OH based non-profit agency dedicated to the growth and development of inner‐city male youth ages 12‐18 (since 2007).
Dent is also the Chairman of the Budget and Finance committee for Florida A&M University’s Board of Trustees (since 2007), a member of the Executive Leadership Council and a lifetime member of the National Black MBA Association and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated. He has also been Chairman of the Board of Trustees at New Salem Baptist Church in Columbus Ohio (2003 - 2006).
Richard A. Dent III is married and resides in Columbus, Ohio with his family.
Lee S. Nathans
Lee Nathans is a licensed property and casualty as well as life and health insurance broker. He serves on the Board of the Columbus Association of Health Underwriters. He has co-chaired committees on Continuing Education and Legislation and currently serves as the Chair of the Community Outreach Committee. He has special interests in helping the uninsured, especially uninsured children, obtain insurance coverage. Lee has received the Community Service Award from the Ohio Association of Health Underwriters in 2009 and 2010.
Prior to becoming an insurance broker, Lee was Operations Director for a retail auto parts chain in Central and Western Ohio. Lee began his career working in the public sector. He served as a consultant with the International City Management Association in Washington, D.C. working with mayors and city managers on improving their police departments. He then moved on to Cleveland, where his work on manpower analysis with the Cleveland Police Department lead to the creation of the Cleveland Emergency Medical Service System which he served as its initial Director.
Lee has a BA from The Ohio State University and a MS from American University in Washington, D.C. He is also a Registered Health Underwriter.
Andrew Boy
Andrew E. Boy is the Founder and Executive Director at Columbus Collegiate Academy. Prior to starting Columbus Collegiate, Andrew was selected in August 2006 as one of thirteen outstanding leaders from across the country to participate in the highly competitive Building Excellent Schools (BES) Fellowship. During the BES Fellowship, Andrew studied the highest performing urban charter schools across the country, completed a school and leadership residency at a high performing urban middle school, and received extensive training in governance, finance, operations, school organization, curriculum development, and school culture. The Columbus Collegiate Academy was founded upon the knowledge and experience he gained through the fellowship and a passion for closing the achievement gap.
As an experienced urban educator, Andrew Boy spent five years at W.E.B. DuBois Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio, an urban charter school that was then rated as excellent or effective by the state of Ohio. At DuBois, Andrew designed the science program as Science Director from 2001-2005, improving students’ proficiency scores from 0% passing to over 80%. During Andrew’s time with this school district he was awarded Teacher of the Year two times, and facilitated several mentoring relationships between students and various Cincinnati professionals. While serving as the Executive Director of Columbus Collegiate Academy, the school has quickly become one of the highest rated urban middle schools in Ohio. Columbus Collegiate was also named one of only 22 schools nationwide to receive the EPIC award by New Leaders for New Schools for dramatic gains in student achievement. Through these achievements and his work in the community, Andrew was selected by Business First as one of Columbus’ Forty Under 40 honorees. Andrew holds Bachelor’s degrees in Education and Communication from the University of Cincinnati and a Masters of Education Administration from Xavier University.