About Us

The TRIAD Trust is a consortium of exceptional athletes, artists, musicians, filmmakers, physicians, educators, policymakers and health care advocates dedicated to increasing HIV/AIDS awareness and encouraging prevention. We train local leaders to run sustainable sports, arts and media programs for orphans and vulnerable children in areas affected by HIV/AIDS.

Our goal is to create a dependable stable of expert volunteers in the fields of sports, the arts, media, health care, and education who will help:

(a) assess the specific needs of a community with exceptional respect for maintaining cultural integrity;
(b) inspire children to lead positive lifestyles with their leadership, skills, and compassion;
(c) identify leaders within community;
(d) train these leaders to help create sustained and sustainable programs;
(e) provide ongoing mentorship to the community leaders and material assistance when possible;
(f) raise financial and material support for the ongoing work in each of our partner communities.

The TRIAD Trust, Inc. is a registered 501c3 charitable, non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible.

Board of Directors

Brooke Wurst
Founder and Executive Director

Brooke is a longtime HIV/AIDS advocate and educator. She first began teaching adolescents to use the arts as a vehicle to learn life skills while she was an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania. Since 1997, Brooke has been the program director of a private education group. She earned her master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She studied Literature as a graduate student at Harvard University and Literature and Photography at Oxford, and earned her BA with honors in Comparative Literature from the University of Pennsylvania. Brooke has written for the editors of numerous publications including the Chicago Tribune, Rolling Stone, Collier's Encyclopaedia and several technology magazines here and abroad, and she has been involved with performing arts as a writer and musician since she was a little girl. You may have missed her first performances-doing magic shows for her parents' guests at dinner parties-back in 1978. Since then, she's played to audiences as a musician and comedienne in New York, LA, Philadelphia, Boston, London, and Chicago. Her lifelong dedication to empowering children in creative ways and belief that education is the only way to fight HIV/AIDS led her to found the TRIAD Trust.

Megan Leo, MD
Medical Director

A former collegiate stalwart for the University of Virginia's standout women's soccer team, Megan went on to pursue a career in Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida with a focus on Global Health. Megan is completing her residency in Emergency Medicine at Boston Medical Center. She has been on the ground for research and medical missions in Central America, Bangladesh and South Africa. Megan has contributed articles to the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, and was awarded a fellowship by the American Society of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine. She brings an exceptional understanding of compassionate treatment of HIV/AIDS in developing nations and the power of sport to every aspect of her involvement in the TRIAD Trust.

Doug Rudisch
Chief Financial Officer

Doug is a Managing Director at Bain Capital Partners. In 1996, he started Bain Capital's Brookside Fund. Prior to joining Bain Capital in 1994, he worked for Boston Consulting Group for several years in Boston and Australia. Doug graduated magna cum laude from The University of Pennyslvania's Wharton School of Business with a focus on finance and entrepreneurial management. He also actively serves on the Board of Directors of Surfer's Healing, which offers children with autism the opportunity to go to surf camp and ride the waves with the world's best surfers.

Matt Wurst
Chief Communications Officer

In his current role as Senior Manager of Interactive Services and Editorial Director for NBA.com & WNBA.com, Matt has an extensive background in communications, marketing and journalism. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in political science, he will manage the integrated communications strategy for TRIAD as well as facilitate the journalism program and act as liaison between TRIAD and NBA/WNBA.

Angela Hucles
Director of Sports Programming

Angela is a veteran member of the United States Women's National Soccer Team and WUSA's Boston Breakers. She won an Olympic Gold Medal in the 2004 Athens ganes and previously set a goal-scoring record while an All-American player at the University of Virginia. In addition to her busy travels, Angela also finds the time to serve as spokesperson for Massachusetts' treasurer's program to promote math literacy for children. She is also the creator of TRIAD's Shoes To Use initiative.

Our Volunteers & Advisors

Kristine Lilly, Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist; Two-time World Cup Champion & MVP of 1999 Women's World Cup; Captain, United States Women's National Soccer Team and WUSA's Boston Breakers; all-time international caps leader.

Ruth Riley, WNBA All-Star; Two-time WNBA champion and MVP of the 2003 Finals, Olympic Gold Medalist in 2004, NCAA champion with the University of Notre Dame in and Final Four MVP in 2001. A seven-year WNBA veteran, Ruth is currently member of the San Antonio Silver Stars. She has also volunteered for the Nothing But Nets program and countless WNBA Cares community activities both at home and abroad.

Brad Barnett, A graduate of Tulane University, Brad has worked with the National Basketball Association in a number of roles, from public relations and marketing partnerships to event management and new business development. He is currently pursuing his degree in Sports Business at Columbia University.

Sara O'Neil, comedienne/casting producer for numerous television programs on NBC, MTV, BET, and other major networks; improvisational comedy performer and instrustor. Sara also is the author of "The Goddess Mode," and is a certified Firewalking Instructor and empowerment seminar leader.

Gabriel Ledger, MD, Physician, writer, comedy performer, and documentary filmmaker; Gabe's unique angle on medicine and the arts have earned his documentary film, "The Rest of My Life: Stories from Trauma Survivors," awards at several film festivals across the United States; you'd never know he wore bright orange pants as the graduation speaker at Harvard Medical School.

Sarah Dacey, Head Coach, Babson College Women's Soccer; former assistant coach at Boston College, Providence College, and the University of Tennessee; former coach of top-tier U17 youth teams; as a three-time NCAA champion as a part of the University of North Carolina women's soccer team, Sarah parlayed her skills professionally as a member of WUSA's Carolina Courage and Boston Breakers.

Eran Bendavid, MD, Physician, researcher, former college soccer player at Dartmouth College; a graduate of Harvard Medical School, he completed his residency in internal medicine at Stanford; he is currently a fellow at Stanford's Center for Health Policy studying interdisciplinary approaches to prevent and treat infectious diseases in developing countries.

Kim Frumin, Photographer and education consultant; Fulbright Scholar who created a program to teach photography to Bedouin children living in the Negev desert as a way for them to chronicle their disappearing culture. She coordinated programs between the NYC public schools and the Guggenheim Museum. Kim earned a BA in anthropology and art history from the University of Pennsylvania, and her Ed.M. from Harvard's Graduate School of Education focusing on art and technology in education.

Courtney Harrell, Singer, songwriter, producer, music educator; Courtney not only works actively as a professional musician, but created an innovative program in Boston Public Schools that integrates music with social development issues that impact urban youth. She has toured around the world with pop star Jo-Jo, amongst others, and has written & produced for The Cheetah Girls. Courtney trained at the Berklee College of Music and continues to be based in her native Boston. .