Meet the GoFundMe Executive Team

Tim Cadogan

Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board of Directors

Tim joined GoFundMe as CEO in March 2020 to accelerate GoFundMe’s mission of changing the way the world gives. Tim brings a range of consumer and B2B expertise in addition to hands-on volunteer experience. Before GoFundMe, Tim was CEO of OpenX, a pioneer of programmatic advertising technology. At Yahoo Tim led the ad business and, previously, the consumer search business. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Mr. Cadogan was VP of Search at Overture and a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey. He has a BSc from London School of Economics, an MPhil from Oxford University, and an MBA from Stanford University. Tim serves on the boards of Liveramp (NYSE: RAMP), Slickdeals and OpenX. Alongside his professional work, Tim was a volunteer for Sierra Madre Search and Rescue for 7 years, completing a wide range of SAR operations in the mountains of Southern California and the Sierra Nevada.

J Allard

Chief Product and Technology Officer

J joined GoFundMe in July 2022 as Chief Product and Technology Officer to develop the future of online fundraising and advance the vision to become the most helpful place on earth. J has more than three decades of technology, engineering and entrepreneurial expertise and has built some of the world’s most well-known consumer products and software solutions. Previously, J spent nearly 20 years at Microsoft, leading the company’s Internet strategy and was the founder of Xbox. J shipped over 30 products during his tenure and has been issued more than 50 patents. After getting his bike stolen in 2010, J uncovered a billion dollar black market that he was committed to dismantling. Under his leadership as co-founder and CEO, 529 Garage has become the largest bike registration network with nearly 2.5 million registered bikes, reducing bike theft in partner cities by double-digits and helping victims recover bikes daily. He has an honorary Doctor of Letters from his alma mater, Boston University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science. J can be found breaking bones on his mountain bike, stage diving at punk rock shows, playing pinball and going on adventures with his family.

Greg Mrva

Chief Financial Officer

Greg Mrva joined GoFundMe as Chief Financial Officer in 2022. Greg has 25 years of experience leading finance, strategy, and operating teams for technology businesses and leading investment banking teams advising global technology companies. Prior to GoFundMe, he was the President of TPG Pace Tech Opportunities where he led the organization’s successful Business Combination with Nerdy Inc. (NYSE: NRDY), where he now serves on their board of directors. Greg was previously the Chief Financial Officer of StubHub, where he sat on both the StubHub and eBay finance leadership teams leading financial planning, analysis and forecasting, controllership, financial operations and strategic planning. Greg has also held leadership positions at Morgan Stanley, Barclays and Yahoo! focusing on advising consumer internet companies on capital markets and strategic acquisition transactions.

Margaret Richardson

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Margaret joined GoFundMe in May 2022 to lead a newly established corporate affairs team responsible for government relations, public policy, and corporate communications. Previously, Margaret led Trust and Safety teams at Apple and Airbnb responsible for preventing, detecting, and responding to fraud and abuse and led Airbnb’s Global Policy team as it scaled globally. Prior to Airbnb, Margaret served as Chief of Staff and Counselor to Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. in the U.S. Department of Justice, where she refined her creative problem solving and consensus-building skills. Prior to joining the U.S. Department of Justice, Margaret developed an innovative legal services program that advocated for more equitable criminal justice representation approaches. She holds a BA from the University of Virginia, a JD from U.C. Berkeley Law School and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School.

Musa Tariq

Chief Marketing Officer

Musa joined GoFundMe in January 2021 to further build the GoFundMe brand and drive the company’s marketing and communications functions. Since joining the company, he has been recognized for his leadership in Forbes’ Entrepreneurial CMO List 2022, and in Insider’s Most Innovative CMOs of 2022. Prior to GoFundMe, Musa was global head of marketing for Airbnb Experiences where he drove brand awareness and adoption of that rapidly growing part of Airbnb’s business. Before Airbnb, he was chief brand officer at Ford Motor Company and named to Forbes’ 2017 World’s Most Influential CMOs list. Musa has also held marketing leadership roles at Apple, Nike and Burberry and has a B.S. in Geography and Economics from London School of Economics. A distinguished counselor to iconic and emerging global brands, Musa currently serves as an advisor to MasterClass, The British Fashion Council, Felix Capital and several other starts ups.

Stephanie Cunningham

SVP People

Stephanie oversees global people operations, recruiting, total rewards, learning and development and facilities. With over a decade of experience, she brings expertise and passion for building and scaling the full employee experience and workplace environment. Most recently she was at Polyvore, a technology platform, where she built and managed the employee experience and facilities as the company grew, eventually being acquired by Yahoo! Prior to this she managed human resources, facilities and culture at AdMob, a high growth start-up. After Admob’s acquisition by Google, she spent two years at Google supporting the Global Mobile Sales and Strategy team’s employee experience. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Notre Dame de Namur University, summa cum laude, and has completed Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Talent Leaders program.

Mai Leduc

Head of Payments

Mai Leduc joined GoFundMe as Head of Payments in April 2022. At GoFundMe, she leads the teams responsible for building new products & global experiences that fuel our trusted payments network and further our mission of helping more people help each other. Mai has nearly two decades of experience in the payments/fintech space, leading teams to build innovative products that transform how people, merchants, and the industry at-large move money. Most recently as the Head of Product for Global Payments & Commerce at Airbnb, she helped build one of the broadest and most complex global payments networks in e-commerce. During her time at Square, Mai led the Product teams to deliver Square’s first EMV reader to market in the US and Australia, enabling chip transactions, and built out the payment processing capabilities to unlock contactless payments – SQ Cash and Instant Deposits for SQ merchants. Mai has also led teams at Wells Fargo and Blackhawk Network. She holds a B.B.A in Management Information Systems from the University of Texas at Austin.

Paul Tkachuk

SVP of Finance and Data Insights

Paul joined GoFundMe to help the company realize its mission of becoming the giving layer of the internet for individuals and charities. He is responsible for financial planning, operations management, data insights and reporting. Paul brings a breadth of business experience from fast-growth startups as well as from large public companies in the technology space. Most recently, he was at Facebook helping scale the finance operations functions throughout the IPO/hyper-growth phase. Prior to that, he led financial planning and operations functions at Unisfair (acquired by InterCall) and SideStep (merged with Kayak). In addition, he was at Covad, Deloitte, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Paul earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of Southern California.

Kim Wilford

General Counsel

Kim joined GoFundMe to manage the legal and compliance obligations of the world’s largest social fundraising platform and to operationalize and expand the charitable initiatives of GoFundMe.org. With almost 20 years of experience helping start-up to publicly-traded company leaders drive innovation and growth, she is a business-minded problem solver with significant experience in commercial transactions, mergers & acquisitions, regulatory compliance, data privacy, and charitable giving. Most recently, Kim was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of WageWorks, Inc. where she helped build and take public the venture-backed consumer directed benefits business. She has a B.A. in Political Science, with an International Relations Concentration, from U.C. Santa Barbara and a J.D. from McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific.

Morgan Wood

VP of Customer Operations

As one of GoFundMe’s first employees, Morgan has over 7 years of experience in the online social fundraising space. After building GoFundMe’s customer support systems from the ground up, he is now responsible for overseeing all customer-facing departments including our Customer Happiness and Trust & Safety teams. Energized by the opportunity to make fundraising easier than ever, Morgan leads his teams with enthusiasm and drive to ensure our customer experience is both effortless and safe. He always encourages his teams to explore new ideas to challenge the status quo and to continually evolve the way in which we operate. Morgan earned a degree in Business Administration from California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo and continues to draw upon a wide variety of work experience as a teacher, writer, bartender, and operations manager prior to GoFundMe.