2025 NCG Annual Conference: Becoming Our Vision
Attendees
Nwamaka Agbo
CEO and Managing Director, Restorative Economies Fund
Kataly Foundation
Ramona Allen
Finance and Administration Manager
CS Fund/Warsh-Mott Legacy
Ann Alpers
President
S.H. Cowell Foundation
Tanir Ami
CEO
CARESTAR Foundation
Kim Ammann Howard
Director of Impact Assessment and Learning
The James Irvine Foundation
Evlyn Andrade
The Russell Family Foundation
Erinn Andrews
CEO
GiveTeam
Diane Aranda
Senior Program Manager
The California Endowment
Pedro Arista
Third Plateau
Anjuli Arora-Dow
Program Director
The John Paul Stevens Foundation
Esailama Artry-Diouf
Associate Director, Arts and Culture
The San Francisco Foundation
Dana Arviso
Director of Indigenous Programs, Decolonizing Wealth Project
Decolonizing Wealth Project
Rei Atkinson
Fund Partnership Manager
Stuart Foundation
Jay Banfield
Chief Economic Mobility Officer
All Home
Holly Bartling
Worker Justice and Dignity Fund
Georgia Beesemyer
Program Analyst
Pisces Foundation
Judith Bell
Chief Impact Officer
The San Francisco Foundation
Shakti Belway
ED/CEO
National Center for Youth Law
Zahra Billoo
Executive Director
Council on American-Islamic Relations -SF Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA)
Kathleen Bolts
Vice President of Client Services
Community Initiatives
Rick Bond
Senior Grants Manager
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Valeria Brabata
Director of Programs & Strategic Impact
West Marin Fund
Jonathan Brack
Program Manager
Fund for Shared Insight
Zoe Broussard
Program Manager
Black Funders Network
Kavell Brown
Senior Manager, Social Impact Strategic Partnerships
LinkedIn
Nikki Brown-Booker
Program Officer
Borealis Philanthropy
Casey Budesilich
Chief Operating Officer
The James Irvine Foundation
Rose Cahn
Program Officer
Heising-Simons Foundation
Tessa Callejo
Philanthropy, Movement and Nonprofit Consultant
Tessa Callejo Consulting
Janet Camarena
Director of Partnerships
Candid
Julia Caplan
Executive Director
Public Health Institute
Anmol Chaddha
Omidyar Network
Anthony Chang
Partner
Manzanita Capital Collective
Beatrice Chen
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Michelle Chen
Senior Grants Administrator
The California Wellness Foundation
Catherine Chen
Board Member
East Bay Community Foundation
Sara Chieco
Impact Evolution
Bernadette Choudhary
Sr. Program Coordinator
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Jennifer Chu
Program Officer
San Francisco Arts Commission
Xiomara Cisneros
Senior Program Officer
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Jenny Cohen
Administrative Associate
Tides
Catherine Collen
Senior Program and Grants Officer
Metta Fund
Jeanette Cool
Executive Director
Sam Mazza Foundation
Arleth Cruz
Program Assistant
Marin Community Foundation
Alexa Culwell
Sobrato Philanthropies
elisabeth cutler
Senior Program Officer
May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
Melissa Daar Carvajal
Director of Communications
Schott Foundation for Public Education
Angela DeBarger
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
David Dixon
Racial Justice Research Fellow
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Joe Dougherty
Board member
Dalberg Advisors
Rajni Dronamraju
Executive Director and Head of Commercial, Medical, and Government Affairs (CMG) Health Equity
Genentech
Sara Dronkers
CEO
Humboldt Area Foundation & Wild Rivers Community Foundation
Michelle Du
Program Planning & Strategy Officer
The James Irvine Foundation
Coco Duhon-Kelley
Program Officer
San Francisco Arts Commission
Ryan Easterly
Executive Director
WITH Foundation
Sarah Elbert
A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation
Jamie Elmasu
Director, Community Health Improvement
John Muir Community Health Fund
Priscilla Enriquez
CEO & President
James B. McClatchy Foundation
Marite Espinoza
Senior Communications Program Manager
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Jessica Espinoza - Jensen
Justice Funders
Alexia Everett
Senior Program Officer
Stuart Foundation
Carl Farish
Principal
Ally Foundation Services
Tere Flores Onofre
Director of Programs & Strategy
Sacramento ACT
Rachel Flynn
Lead, Funder Alliances
Skoll Foundation
Kari Fox
Foundation & Gov't Support Manager
KQED
Kendra Fox-Davis
President
Meadow Fund
Luigi Fu
Program Director
New Breath Foundation
Lisa Fujie Parks
Associate Program Director
Prevention Institute
Lea Gallant
Evaluation and Data Strategy Officer
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Victor Garcia
Program Officer
The James Irvine Foundation
Jessica Xiomara Garcia
Co-CEO
Learning for Action
Nilofar Gardezi
Program Officer & Grants Manager
Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation
David Geilhufe
CEO
Resilia
Marissa Glidden
California Teachers Association
Carlo Gomez Arteaga
Co-Executive Director
Justine Gonzalez
Capacity Building Manager
Tipping Point Community
Theresa Gonzalez
Program Assistant
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Samantha Graff
Principal
Onside Partners
margaret grier
Senior Program Manager
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Lori Guidry
Educational Programming Manager
Candid
Alex Haber
Philanthropy Advisor
Tao Rising
Myra Haidari
East Bay Community Foundation
Laurel Halbany
Kazan McClain Partners' Foundation
Susan Haley
Senior Program Officer/Director of Operations
Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation
Mona Hanes
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County
Jennifer Harrington
Executive Director
San Francisco Public Health Foundation
Amana Harris
Executive Director
Center for Art Esteem - Attitudinal Healing Connection
Katherine Haynes
Sr. Program Officer
California Health Care Foundation
James Head
Senior Fellow
Northern California Grantmakers
Erika Hesterberg
James B. McClatchy Foundation
Sandy Ho
Executive Director
Disability & Philanthropy Forum
Matthew Ho
SR. Program Assistant for Policy & Innovation
The San Francisco Foundation
Lynne Hoey
Chief Investment Officer
Kataly Foundation
Lakota Holder
Foundation Associate
Peace Development Fund
Madison Holland
Prosperity Initiative
Ricardo G. Huerta Niño
Senior Initiative Officer & Director
The San Francisco Foundation
Mike Ioakimedes
Solano Community Foundation
Nora Jendoubi
Director
Arrow Impact
Arron Jiron
Director of Member Engagement
Northern California Grantmakers
Theresa Johnson
East Bay Community Foundation
Molly Judge
Magic Cabinet
Marian Kaannon
CEO
Stanislaus Community Foundation
Rachael Kagan
Director of Communications and Public Affairs
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Lisa Kawahara
Operations Manager
Rosenberg Foundation
Mimi Kelly
Program and Grants Associate
Metta Fund
Jennifer Kern
Spitfire Strategies
Nicole Kite
Development Manager
The Redford Center
Kula Koenig
Public Health Advocates
Rebekah Krell
Director of Policy & Legislative Affairs, Office of City Attorney
City and County of San Francisco
Jessica LaBarbera
Chief of Staff, VP Strategic Initiatives
Nonprofit Finance Fund
Raquiba LaBrie
Vice President of Programs
The San Francisco Foundation
Amanda Lanceplaine
Program Associate, Education Program
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Ellen LaPointe
Senior Advisor
Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group (NPAG)
Nathan Large
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Daniel Lau
Initiative Officer, Democracy Frontlines Fund
The Libra Foundation
Adele Lee
Tides
Pajouablai Monica Lee
Director of Chapter Strategy and Engagement
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP)
Devorah Levine
Executive Director
Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation
Bianca Lewis
Development Director
Saint Vincent's Day Home
Dede Leydorf
Marie Lim-Moreno
Development Manager
National Center for Youth Law
Amy Lin
Accountant
Pacific Foundation Services LLC
Leslie Lindo
Executive Director
Hidden Leaf Foundation
Bella Lopez
Power Fellow
Rosita Lucas
Senior Director of Resource Development and Finance
Justice Funders
Lani Lucas
James B. McClatchy Foundation
Ariel Luckey
Development Director
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
Amy Lyons
Executive Director
John & Marcia Goldman Foundation
Dayanna M. Carlos
Principal
Pitaya Consulting LLC
Allison Magee
Executive Director
Zellerbach Family Foundation
Kathleen Maloney
Executive Director
Irene S. Scully Family Foundation
Brian Malte
Executive Director
Hope and Heal Fund
Ammarah Maqsood
Senior Director of Development
Huckleberry Youth Programs
Nefertiti Martin
Grants Manager
GRIP Training Institute
Jesus Martinez
Executive Director
CVIIC
Zach Martinez
Rosenberg Foundation
Gina Martinez
Learning and Evaluation Officer
California Health Care Foundation
Jessica Martinez Pulido
Program Officer
Michelle Mascarenhas
Senior Program Officer
Kataly Foundation
Kristina McKibben-Sias
Community Justice Alliance
Toni McNeil
Executive Director
Concrete Development
Monique Mehta
Arabella Advisors
Alice Mei
Manager
The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Jessi Misslin
Vice President of Program & Engagement
Pacific Foundation Services LLC
Liana Molina
Director for Policy and Movement
Northern California Grantmakers
Jes Montesinos
Senior Director, Place
The San Francisco Foundation
Carolina Morales
Senior Program Officer
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Luna Moreta Avila
GUTC Project Director
Funders for LGBTQ Issues
Blia Moua
Program Officer
S.H. Cowell Foundation
Jas Murray
Operations and Board Liaison
Stupski Foundation
Karrie Myers
Board Member
RHE Charitable Foundation
Michelle Myles Chambers
Director, FAITHS Program
The San Francisco Foundation
Olivia Nava
Social Innovation Consultant
Youth Power Fund
Odette Nemes
VP of Philanthropic Services
Marin Community Foundation
Ly Nguyen
Stop AAPI Hate
Huong Nguyen-Yap
VP Equity and Justice
Northern California Grantmakers
Kate O'Hara
Executive Director
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE)
David Onek
CEO
Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2
Cecilia Oregon
Executive Director
Kaiser Permanente
Lanita Pace-Hinton
Director of Development
El Timpano
Federico Pacheco
Senior Manager, Public Affairs
Gilead Foundation
Rea Pañares
Executive Director
California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative (CACHI)
Dana Paredes
The California Endowment
Amy Paulson
Co-Founder, Executive Director & Facilitator
Healing Together
Jessica Paxton
Sr. Manager, Corporate Giving
Gilead Foundation
Jason Pemberton
Hummingly
La Roux Pendleton
Bay Area health program officer
Stupski Foundation
Amy Portello Nelson
Chief Strategy and Impact Officer
San Joaquin Community Foundation
Judi Powell
EVP, Philanthropic Partnerships
Seven Hills Philanthropy
Linda Prieto
Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2
Yisroel Quint
Pacific Foundation Services LLC
Savannah Rae
Program Associate, Community Impact
The San Francisco Foundation
Amy Ramirez
Executive Director
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County
Rebeca Rangel
Bay Area Program Officer
Asset Funders Network
Caroline Raue
Omidyar Network
Jodi Ravel
Program Officer
CARESTAR Foundation
Michelle Rivera
Pitaya Consulting LLC
Gurleen Roberts
Public Health Equity, Education, & Accreditation Program Manager
Sacramento County
Victoria Rodarte
Senior Democracy Fellow
Northern California Grantmakers
Brianna Rogers
Initiative Officer, ReWork The Bay
The San Francisco Foundation
AnnJanette Rosga
Director
Informing Change
Jeremy Rye
Horizons Foundation
Chrissy Sa
Sr Program Manager
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Jessamyn Sabbag
Power Pathway Senior Director
The San Francisco Foundation
Adene Sacks
coFounder
With/In Collaborative
Eric Saddik
Marin Community Foundation
Vince Sales
Everyday Impact Consulting
Linda Sanchez
Field Building Director
Youth Organize! California
Abby Sarmac
The Giving Practice
Abdul Sayid
California Teachers Association
Jessica Scadron
Everyone On
Vanessa Schnaidt
Vice President
Cause Communications
Clare Schroder
Director
FSG
Hanna Scramaglia
Operations & Program Manager
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County
Daniel Setiady
Kirannada Foundation
Raquel Sharp
Senior Program Manager
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Irma Shauf-Bajar
18 Million Rising
Robert Sindelar
Chief Advancement Officer
Justice Outside
Kamardip Singh
Program Officer
Proteus Fund
Elisha Smith Arrillaga
The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Jennifer Sousae
Executive Director, RHE Charitable Foundation
RHE Charitable Foundation
Kristin Spanos
Chief Executive Officer
First 5 Alameda County
A Sparks
Executive Director
Masto Foundation
Keith Spears
VP of Impact Investing
Tides
Janet Spears
Chief Executive Officer
Metta Fund
Benjamin Spierings
Healthy Petaluma
Justin Steele
Founder
True Steele LLC
Aimee Sueko Eng
Executive Director
Gerbode Foundation
Tj Swain
Program Coordinator
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Stephen Switzer
Controller
General Service Foundation
Anthony Taula-Lieras
Sacramento Region Community Foundation
Megan Thomas
President & CEO
Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties
Doua Thor
Chief Impact Office
Everyday Impact Consulting
Maya Thornell-Sandifor
Kataly Foundation
Valerie Threlfall
Executive Director
Listen4Good
Marisabel Torres
Vice President, Community Engagement
JPMorgan Chase
Casey Tran
Membership & Partnerships Coordinator
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP)
Brooke Treadwell
Culture, Race, and Equity Officer
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Kenji Treanor
Vice President, Strategy, Partnerships and Learning
Stuart Foundation
Gwyneth Tripp
Director of Grantmaking Practice
Stupski Foundation
Shelley Trott
Chief Program Officer
Kenneth Rainin Foundation
Dan Tuttle
Director of Health
Stupski Foundation
Gloria Upchurch
Senior Engagement Officer
Magic Cabinet
Antonio Valenzuela
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Richard Vezina
Sr. Program Officer
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Lori Villarosa
Executive Director
Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE)
Jeffery Vongkeo
Reinvent Stockton Foundation
Paige Wallace
The Health Trust
Elizabeth Wampler
Deputy Director
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Bay Area
Danielle Weekes
Communications & Engagement Manager
The Libra Foundation
Jennifer Wei
Organizational Effectiveness Officer
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Rachel Wick
Senior Program Officer
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Jahyzanna Wieder
Director of Operations
Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP)
Ruth Williams
President and CEO
Community Initiatives
Aketa Marie Williams
Spitfire Strategies
Paula Williams
Mortar Foundation
Devona Williams
Controller
Stupski Foundation
Keiona Williamson
James B. McClatchy Foundation
Jolie Wills
Hummingly
Helen Wong
Borealis Philanthropy
Jaime Woods
Director of Strategy and Partnerships
Northern California Grantmakers
Gail Yen
The California Wellness Foundation
Angela Zamora
Business Operations Specialist
Tides
Haleh Zandi
FAST Initiative Officer
Fast Action on Superpollutants Today (FAST)