Meet Our Executives

Operation Warm is headquartered in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, about 35 miles southwest of Philadelphia. It operates as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) and all contributions are tax deductible. Now in its tenth year, Operation Warm operates with a small staff, who manage fundraising, develop programs, expand relationships with our various partner organizations, select coat styles, materials and colors and oversee the manufacturing and distribution of coats.

Richard D. Sanford

Chairman & CEO email

Dick is a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist. He began his career at Arthur Anderson and was VP of Finance and Executive Vice President of Commodore International. He went on to found Intelligent Electronics, which grew to a $3.7 billion dollar wholesale distributor of micro-products and services. In 1998 Dick started The Sanford Foundation to support disadvantaged children. The first charter school in Pennsylvania was an early product and today that school, known as The Chester County Family Academy, operates in West Chester, PA. He has served on the Board of the Brandywine Museum and Conservancy. In 1998 Dick founded Operation Warm.

Kim Fremont Fortunato, Esq.

President email

Kim joined Operation Warm in 2006 with the goal of expanding its reach, increasing coat distribution and leveraging its impact to effect positive social change in the country. Prior to joining Operation Warm, Kim co-founded and was the first CEO of Social Venture Partners Delaware, an organization that focused on the investment of early childhood education. Kim has chaired the Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education and served on the Board of Lincoln Center's Institute for Aesthetic Education. Kim is a graduate of Duke University and the Widener University School of Law.


TRUSTEES

  • Richard D. Sanford
    Chairman & CEO, Operation Warm
  • Barry M. Abelson, Esq.
    Partner, Pepper Hamilton
  • Basil Anderson
    Former Vice Chairman, Staples
  • J.B. Doherty
    Managing General Partner, TDH
  • Mrs. J. Maxwell “Betty” Moran
    Trustee, 1957 Charity Trust
  • William C. Pickett, III
    Former Director of Finance, Dupont Specialty Chemicals
  • Geoffrey Rogers
    Managing Director & SVP, Glenmede Trust Company










ADVISORS

  • Timothy D. Cook
    COO, Apple Computer