Bill serves as Chairman & President and leads the overall direction of TLI, finance, and business development. He brings more than 25 years as an entrepreneur, investor, executive, and consultant supporting growth industries and high-value clients across health, technology, financial, and energy industries. Bill has led many cutting-edge and dynamic companies in a broad range of industries. From bringing fintech to the PBM space, to building two $100m companies from scratch, to managing global financial and health organizations - using innovation and technical excellence across geography and industries to drive business growth, develop strategy, and manage finance.

Casandra has been a fierce and tireless advocate for the autism community for over 15 years. As a trained kinesiologist and longtime fitness professional, Casandra was a part-time instructor and fitness coach when her two youngest sons were diagnosed with regressive autism within just a few months of each other. Work plans were put on hold as Casandra was plunged into the long-term struggle of being a special needs parent. From fighting for ABA insurance coverage, to founding support groups and being a parent coach, Casandra has been passionately fighting for her kids and kids like them. The knowledge she has gained about law, education, nutrition, medical tests, research, and survival with two autistic boys has motivated her to help families with similar struggles. With the benefit of thousands of hours of tests, workshops, and training programs and having experienced the school system’s Child Find process, IEP meetings, due process, and mediation, Casandra is a battle-hardened survivor with many firsthand lessons to share. With that experience, Casandra led advocacy and parent support programs for Autism FIRST, a northern Virginia-based behavioral health company. In addition to her role as Director of Autism at TLI, Casandra serves as a mentor for parents through The Autism Community in Action, a national non-profit.

Keri is a senior business leader with more than 20 years of experience working at renowned enterprise organizations (e.g., American Express, Accenture, and Gartner/CEB) and boutique consultancies (e.g., RAISE Communications and the Alexander Group, Inc.). Through a combination of analytics and creativity, Keri helps organizations differentiate themselves in the market and execute winning strategies. She has served as a strategic partner to executives in the technology, finance, healthcare, media, and nonprofit industries. Keri is also passionate about supporting and serving the special needs community. In 2010, she founded Developmental Connections, a Virginia nonprofit launched to support social skills development for students with developmental disabilities and their peers. Keri is involved in a variety of other nonprofit organizations that support this community, including the Friendship Circle and Milestones Autism Resources.

Shawn oversees the administration, programs and the execution of the mission and strategic plan for TLI. An experienced leader and IT professional with an impressive history of driving organizational growth in both the information technology and services industries. Her responsibilities include developing, implementing, and ensuring the integrity and effectiveness of the organizational core systems and administrative services that support TLI’s mission, vision, and values.

Marah is a dynamic project management professional with a distinguished track record in spearheading technical and operational projects across biotech, financial services, animation, and healthcare non-profit sectors. As a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with an MBA, she excels in leading cross-functional teams to surpass project goals with a hands-on, academically informed leadership style. Embracing the principles of servant leadership, she is adept at fostering team collaboration and guiding diverse groups through intricate, high-stakes projects. Her strong communication skills and commitment to maintaining team morale have been instrumental in steering projects toward successful outcomes, and she has a diverse background that includes significant contributions to both for-profit business operations and the film industry.