meet the leadership team

founder & ceo

Ken Smith

Ken is the Founder and CEO of LYN, but he'll tell you the real story belongs to you. He built LYN because he believed ordinary people, giving in small ways, could do something extraordinary together. His role is to make that possible. Yours is to make it happen.

Let's fund one million dreams.

mission ambassador

Darin George

Some people lead with their resume. Darin leads with his life. Two decades as a business development executive. Board service with local nonprofits. Thirty years married, three kids, and a cycling club he runs on weekends. Wherever he shows up, he shows up all the way. At LYN, that means being a relentless champion of the cause. His role is to channel that passion into the causes we exist to support.

mission ambassador

Darin George

Some people lead with their resume. Darin leads with his life. Two decades as a business development executive. Board service with local nonprofits. Thirty years married, three kids, and a cycling club he runs on weekends. Wherever he shows up, he shows up all the way. At LYN, that means being a relentless champion of the cause. His role is to channel that passion into the causes we exist to support.

vp marketing

Brett Hoehne

When Ken first sketched LYN on a napkin, Brett saw what it could become and couldn't walk away. Ken is the visionary who dreamed it. Brett's job is to translate that dream into simple story and working systems, so the people who need LYN can actually find it. He's a brand strategist, a storyteller, and the father of four kids he and his wife are raising to be powerful individuals and confident dreamers. He brought every one of those instincts here.

CFO (Charity CFO)

Kim Thomason

Our books are managed by Charity CFO, an independent accounting firm, because we believe trustworthy giving starts with us. Kim and her team hold us publicly accountable to the same standard of radical transparency we ask of every nonprofit we support.

CFO (Charity CFO)

Kim Thomason

Our books are managed by Charity CFO, an independent accounting firm, because we believe trustworthy giving starts with us. Kim and her team hold us publicly accountable to the same standard of radical transparency we ask of every nonprofit we support.