Our Leaders

Meron Mathias leads the Corporate & Foundation Partnerships team at SOS Children’s Villages - USA.  She is experienced in the design, delivery and messaging of measurable corporate-cause partnerships that generate awareness and action to fuel efforts that lift up vulnerable children, families and communities. She has structured powerfully branded cause marketing campaigns, developed social impact programs and launched integrated outreach initiatives, mobilizing consumers, workforces and influencers. Prior to joining SOS Children’s Villages - USA, Meron worked as an account manager to socially responsible Fortune 500s and multinationals and in-house at leading national and international nonprofit organizations focused on economic empowerment, education, preventive health care and humanitarian aid.

She holds a Bachelor of Science from the College of William and Mary and a Master of Business Administration from George Mason University.

Sean Maloney oversees SOS USA’s individual giving programs, including major and mid-level donors, grassroots marketing and sponsorship programs.

With a passion for forging talent that drives capacity building for NGO’s, Sean leverages heart, mind and disciplined execution to deliver high-performing outcomes. For the past decade, he has been directing world-class development operations, including strategic growth planning, expanding donor pipelines and forging trusting global partnerships to open new markets and gain new funding opportunities. While operating in dynamic environments, and occasionally ambiguous territory, he relies on communication skills and ability to bring people together to gain consensus towards mutual goals.

He most recently served as the Director of Development & Fundraising Operations at Women for Women International, a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides support for marginalized women survivors of war. In his personal life, Sean is an active member of the multi-sport community in Washington, DC. He has completed two Ironman races and is now training for his third. He serves as an Ambassador for the DC Triathlon club, and in this role helps introduce multi-sport to new triathletes and helps them find their place within the community. Ultimately, he hopes to compete at Kona – the world championships for Ironman – either through the legacy program or through podiuming in his age group.

Darryl Hotch is the Vice President, Finance & Operations for SOS Children’s Villages - USA. He has over 18 years of experience working for international and domestic nonprofit organizations as a financial and operational leader, in addition to working in the private sector and at a Big 4 accounting firm.

Darryl’s nonprofit involvement ranges from five years spent in the field, based in South Africa, to various roles with US-based organizations, including several senior leadership roles at World Vision, Catholic Relief Services, SNV USA, International Justice Mission and Habitat for Humanity. He has experience establishing strategies, financial mechanisms, and financial processes and systems, as well as managing the compliance requirements associated with funding mechanisms such as grants, contracts, endowments and charitable contribution vehicles. He has expertise with diverse funding sources, including US and foreign governments, multilateral organizations, major foundations, corporations and private sources. Darryl has specific familiarity with federal awards (assistance and contracts) and has been involved with proposal budgeting, project management, audits, indirect costing, NICRA applications, sub-recipient monitoring procedures and contract administration.

Darryl has experience working in matrix reporting structures and has successfully used collaboration and relationship building to improve operational performance of individual and broader organizations. He has a dual Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Accounting and is licensed as a CPA.

Lora Sodini is the Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships at SOS Children’s Villages - USA, where she cultivates transformational gifts to help the world’s most vulnerable children. She has over a decade of experience in fundraising, marketing, relationship management and strategy development for both nonprofit organizations and private-sector companies.

Lora works closely with SOS’s principal donors, foundations and strategic partners to help them fulfill their philanthropic goals. She holds an undergraduate degree from Miami University.