LEADERSHIP

TEAM

Donny Vanker - Executive Director LOB
DONNY VANKER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Donny is the Executive Director and Managing Member of Loaf of Bread (LOB), a faith-inspired organization dedicated to uplifting underserved communities in the Global South through integrated systems in healthcare, agriculture, education, and vocation.

With a background in strategic leadership and organizational transformation, Donny brings years of experience guiding institutions through complex transitions and growth. He previously led an international nonprofit through a 50-year generational succession, and helped shape the operations of a human performance conglomerate spanning 37 entities, refining his ability to build unity, integrate systems, and inspire innovation across diverse teams.

At LOB, Donny leads initiatives that bridge humanitarian missions with technology and strategy — including the Kyaka II Malaria Prevention and Treatment Project, scaling from a 600-person clinical trial to reach nearly one million refugees in Uganda, with a target of over 590,000 QALYs gained. He also plays a pivotal role in developing LOB’s digital ecosystem and strategic partnerships to sustain long-term impact.

Rooted in a servant-hearted philosophy, Donny thrives on connecting people and ideas for transformative outcomes. His leadership embodies LOB’s mission: to build collaborative, regenerative systems that empower communities and multiply hope across generations.

Pablo Stefanini - Chief Growth Officer LOB
Pablo Stefanini
chief growth officer
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Pablo Stefanini is an international executive and venture builder operating at the intersection of technology, strategy, and human progress. As Chief Growth Officer at LOB Group, he leads global growth, partnerships, and ecosystem development for a portfolio of ventures spanning AI, health, food, and digital inclusion — uniting profit with purpose through technology that serves humanity.

With over 15 years of experience driving digital transformation and expansion across technology, travel, hospitality, and marketing industries, Pablo has built a career on translating complex ideas into scalable realities. His work consistently focuses on creating platforms, partnerships, and operating models that turn innovation into measurable impact — whether for high-growth startups or global enterprises.

Before joining LOB Group, Pablo held senior leadership roles at Globant and Monks (part of S4 Capital Group), where he spearheaded strategic growth programs and co-led engagements with world-leading technology and lifestyle brands. Across continents — from Silicon Valley to Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, and Milan — he has built a reputation as a connector of disciplines: where strategy meets execution, and vision meets impact.

Pablo’s philosophy is rooted in the belief that the next frontier of innovation is regenerative — technology that restores ecosystems, empowers people, and builds systems designed for seven generations ahead.A native of Argentina, now based in Italy, Pablo combines a global business mindset with deep empathy for social transformation. His current focus lies in developing AI-native ecosystems that orchestrate public, private, and philanthropic capital to solve some of humanity’s most pressing challenges.

Brian VanHall - Strategic Advisor LOB
BRIAN VANHALL
STRATEGIC ADVISOR
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Brian is a strategic advisor to LOB Group and the Chief Executive Officer of Continental Diamond Tool, where he leads a global, innovative team dedicated to engineering and delivering superabrasive solutions for advanced industrial applications worldwide.

A versatile and visionary leader, Brian brings over two decades of experience catalyzing clarity, culture, and capability across complex organizations. His career spans executive roles in private, public, and nonprofit sectors, where he has designed and implemented growth strategies, acquisitions, and transformations that strengthened operational excellence, expanded market leadership, and increased enterprise value.

Having lived and led across North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, Brian has built an international reputation as a trusted strategist, negotiator, and leadership coach. His approach integrates rigorous business systems with a deep commitment to human development — empowering teams to communicate, collaborate, and innovate with purpose.

As a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), Brian holds an MBA and MHA from Baylor University and a summa cum laude degree from the University of Tampa. He also holds postgraduate certifications in corporate governance, strategic planning, and leadership coaching.

Passionate about organizational excellence and lifelong learning, Brian is driven by one mission: to help people and companies realize their full potential through clarity, connection, and collective growth.

CTO LOB Group
ADRIAN BREITBURD
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
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Adrian  is a world-class technology leader and system architect with over two decades of experience building large-scale digital infrastructures for some of the world’s most demanding organizations. Known for his combination of deep technical mastery and rare humility, Adrian has led cross-continental engineering teams and architected mission-critical platforms that now serve millions of users daily.

Before joining LOB Group as Chief Technology Officer and Strategic Advisor, Adrian served as Vice President of Technology at Globant, where he led high-impact engineering programs for global enterprises across finance, telecommunications, and digital platforms. He was also the lead architect behind the creation of Openbank — Santander Group’s 100% digital bank in Spain — where he built the end-to-end infrastructure and core banking systems between 2018 and 2020. This initiative became one of the most successful digital banking transformations in Europe, recognized for its reliability, scalability, and elegant integration of AI, data, and user experience at enterprise scale.

Adrian’s career began in software engineering roles across Google, Facebook (Meta), EA, Fnbox, Sisdam S.A., and Educ.ar SE, evolving through every layer of the technology stack — from backend systems to cloud-native architectures and enterprise modernization. His technical philosophy centers on clarity, resilience, and systemic intelligence — building technology ecosystems that not only scale but endure.

At LOB, Adrian spearheads the digital architecture and infrastructure strategy powering the group’s AI-native platforms, ensuring each product operates with the same rigor, reliability, and elegance as world-class enterprise systems. Under his leadership, LOB’s technology foundation has become a benchmark of trust, performance, and future-proof design, bridging humanitarian purpose with elite engineering.

His colleagues often describe him as “the calm architect in the storm” — a rare blend of technical genius, integrity, and grace under pressure.

Damian Burne - Head of Operations LOB
DAMIAN BURNE
HEAD OF OPERATIONS
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Damian is the Head of Operations at LOB Digital, where he architects and executes the group’s global efficiency roadmap — ensuring every system, process, and digital product operates at peak velocity and measurable ROI.

Known within LOB as “The Systems Optimizer,” Damian translates complex operational goals into actionable frameworks that drive consistency, clarity, and speed. He serves as the key liaison between digital operations and executive leadership, bridging the language of engineering with the priorities of the CEO and COO to guarantee that every initiative aligns with LOB’s growth objectives and standards of excellence.

With a career spanning workflow automation, agile transformation, and lean operations, Damian has led cross-continental teams through large-scale digital rollouts and platform integrations. He’s recognized for embedding cultures of extreme ownership, radical transparency, and data-driven execution, ensuring that operational excellence becomes a living system rather than a slogan.

At LOB, Damian’s leadership has been pivotal in institutionalizing frameworks for efficiency, safety, and scalability across all digital ventures — empowering the organization’s AI-native platforms to scale without chaos and with purpose-built precision.