Imagine and Act: NCG's 2024 Annual Conference

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Dakarai Aarons

Senior Director, Employee Philanthropy Programs
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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Julie Aleman

Executive Director
Younger Family Fund
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Tamara Alvarado

Program Officer, Local Grantmaking Program
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
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Hilary Amnah

Arts Program Specialist
California Arts Council
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Cedrick Andrews

Program Director
Sunlight Giving
Erinn Andrews

Erinn Andrews

CEO
GiveTeam
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Diane Aranda

Senior Program Manager
The California Endowment
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Julia Beatty

Director, Black-Led Movement Fund
Borealis Philanthropy
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Laura Bekes

Learning for Action
Judith Bell

Judith Bell

Chief Impact Officer
The San Francisco Foundation
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Karen Ben-Moshe

Policy Program Officer
Blue Shield of California Foundation
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Kimberly Bender

Executive Director, Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County
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Fred Blackwell

Chief Executive Officer
The San Francisco Foundation
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Ludovic Blain

Executive Director
California Donor Table Fund
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Maia Bookoff

Director of Administration & Development
Destination: Home
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Nikki Brown-Booker

Program Officer
Borealis Philanthropy
Caitlin Brune

Caitlin Brune

Fellow
Northern California Grantmakers
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Suzanne Burns

Director of Development
WestEd
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Anu Cairo

Vice President Grants Programs
S.H. Cowell Foundation
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Tessa Callejo

Philanthropy, Movement and Nonprofit Consultant
Tessa Callejo Consulting
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Janet Camarena

Director of Partnerships
Candid
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Oscar Chavez

President & CEO
Community Foundation Sonoma County
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Cecilia Chen

Chief Strategy Officer & VP of Programs
Akonadi Foundation
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Catherine Chen

Board Member
East Bay Community Foundation
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Joyce Cheng

Analyst
The Center for Effective Philanthropy
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Jack Chin

Senior Consultant
Learning for Action
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Sangeeta Chowdhry

Executive Director
Common Counsel Foundation
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Catherine Collen

Senior Program and Grants Officer
Metta Fund
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Ruth Collins

Trustee
May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
Ray Colmenar

Raymond Colmenar

President
Akonadi Foundation
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Arleth Cruz

Program Assistant
Marin Community Foundation
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Catherine Crystal Foster

Vice President
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
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Marcus Cunningham

Director of Institutional Giving
Movement Strategy Center
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Megan De Trane

Communications Associate
Kenneth Rainin Foundation
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Benito Delgado-Olson

Executive Director
SupplyBank.Org
Malkia Devich-Cyril

Malkia Devich-Cyril

Founding and former Executive Director
MediaJustice
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Laila Dreidame

Senior Director, Institutional Partnerships
United Way of the Bay Area
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Jaynell Ellis

Associate, Partnerships & Grants
Stuart Foundation
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Aimee Eng

Executive Director
Gerbode Foundation
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Carl Farish

Principal
Ally Foundation Services
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Loren Farrar

Program Administrator
Magic Cabinet
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Kendra Fox-Davis

Chief Program Officer
Rosenberg Foundation
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Glen Galaich

CEO
Stupski Foundation
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Jessica Xiomar Garcia

Partner
Learning for Action
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Brigitte Garcia

Director of Administration
Metta Fund
Nilofar Gardezi

Nilofar Gardezi

Program Officer & Grants Manager
Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation
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Mike Geddes

Executive Director
Oakland Roots and Soul Foundation
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Alma Gonzalez

Grants Administrator
CARESTAR Foundation
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Lalo Gonzalez

Program Officer, Power
The San Francisco Foundation
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Seara Grundhoefer

The Center for Effective Philanthropy
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Lori Guidry

Candid
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Wendy Guzman

Senior Program Assistant, Partnership
The San Francisco Foundation
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Susan Haley

Senior Program Officer/Director of Operations
Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation
Rebecca Hamburg

Rebecca Hamburg

Chief Network Officer
California Donor Table Fund
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LaVanya Hardin-Wright

Head of Giving and Social Impact
Genentech
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Scott Harrison

Institutional Client Advisor
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
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Mahvash Hassan

Consultant
East Contra Costa County STRONG Funders' Collaborative
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Emma Hiza

Senior Program Officer
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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Sandy Ho

Program Director of Disability Inclusion Fund
Borealis Philanthropy
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Angela Hom

Administrative Assistant
van Löben Sels/RembeRock Foundation
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Ricardo G. Huerta Niño

Senior Initiative Officer & Director
The San Francisco Foundation
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Demetria Huntsman

Senior Program Officer
Akonadi Foundation
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Mike Ioakimedes

Solano Community Foundation
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Sedella Jefferson

Program Officer
CARESTAR Foundation
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Nora Jendoubi

Arrow Impact
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Byron Johnson

Senior Program Director
East Bay Community Foundation
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Bianca Juarros

Associate Initiative Officer, GCC
The San Francisco Foundation
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Annie Jupiter-Jones

Director of Grants & Foundations
Youth Speaks
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Anna Karrer Manley

Director of Communications
Metta Fund
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Dana Kawaoka-Chen

Co-Executive Director
Justice Funders
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Rebecca Kelley

Chief of Advocacy and Community Engagement
Waterford Research Institute
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Carolline Kim

Program Manager
Levi Strauss Foundation
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Lila LaHood

publisher
San Francisco Public Press
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Shana Lancaster

Special Projects Coordinator & Office Manager
Akonadi Foundation
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Daniel Lau

Initiative Officer, Democracy Frontlines Fund
The Libra Foundation
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Renee Lazzareschi

Program Assistant
Marin Community Foundation
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Devorah Levine

Executive Director
Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation
Bryna Lipper

Bryna Lipper

CEO
Humboldt Area Foundation & Wild Rivers Community Foundation
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Camille Llanes-Fontanilla

Vice President, Silicon Valley Program
Sobrato Philanthropies
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Judi Lopez

Managing Director
The California Endowment
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Rosita Lucas

Senior Director of Resource Development and Finance
Justice Funders
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Amy Lyons

Executive Director
John & Marcia Goldman Foundation
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Allison Magee

Executive Director
Zellerbach Family Foundation
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Brian Malte

Executive Director
Hope and Heal Fund
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Stephanie Martinez

Program Manager
Peter E. Haas Jr. Family Fund
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Teri McClanahan

Grant Writer Administrator
Marshall Foundation for Community Health
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Alexandria Medina

Oakland Public Education Fund
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Maurice Mitchell

National Director
Working Families Party
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Jes Montesinos

Senior Director, Place
The San Francisco Foundation
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Carolina Morales

Senior Program Officer
Blue Shield of California Foundation
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Amika Mota

Executive Director
Sister Warriors Freedom Coalition
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Rick Noguchi

President and CEO
California Humanities
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Mateo Nube

Co-Director
Movement Generation
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David Onek

CEO
Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2
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Cecilia Oregon

Executive Director
Kaiser Permanente
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Mary Ott

Development Director
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County
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Lanita Pace-Hinton

Director of Development
El Tímpano
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Jelissa Parham

Executive Director
John Muir Community Health Fund
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Lucia Corral Pena

Senior Program Officer & NCG Board member
Blue Shield of California Foundation
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La Roux Pendleton

Bay Area health program officer
Stupski Foundation
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Stanislava Peycheva

Sr. Director Corporate Engagement
United Way of the Bay Area
Marc Philpart

Marc Philpart

Executive Director, California Black Freedom Fund
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
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Lucy Porras

Common Counsel Foundation
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Amy Price

Program Executive
Zellerbach Family Foundation
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Regan Pritzker

Board member
The Libra Foundation
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maisha quint

senior program officer
The Libra Foundation
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Aline Racic

VP of Programs & Initiatives
Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties
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Amy Ragsdale

Director of Lean Innovation, United States
Spring Impact
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Jodi Ravel

Program Officer
CARESTAR Foundation
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Retha Robinson

Koshland Program Director
The San Francisco Foundation
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Jessamyn Sabbag

Power Pathway Senior Director
The San Francisco Foundation
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Miguel Salinas

Program Officer
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
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Clare Schroder

Director, Health
FSG
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Hanna Scramaglia

Operations & Program Manager
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County
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Laura Seaman

CEO
League of California Community Foundations
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Kate Seely

Sr. Dir, Leadership, Culture + Community
Northern California Grantmakers
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Jazmin Segura

Director of Strategic Initiatives, Housing Justice
Common Counsel Foundation
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Mary Serrano

Grants & Financial Operations
John Muir Community Health Fund
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Raquel Sharp

Program Manager
Blue Shield of California Foundation
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A. Sparks

Executive Director
Masto Foundation
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Janet Spears

Chief Executive Officer
Metta Fund
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Myel Thelen

Senior Program Officer
Sierra Health Foundation
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Valerie Threlfall

Executive Director
Listen4Good
Gwyneth Tripp

Gwyneth Tripp

Director of Grantmaking Practice
Stupski Foundation
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Gurpreet Tung

Director of Development
Asian Pacific Fund
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Lisa Van Dusen

Executive Director
Palo Alto Community Fund
Diana Tate Vermeire

Diana Vermeire

Senior Vice President of Strategy
Schott Foundation for Public Education
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Richard Vezina

Senior Program Officer
Blue Shield of California Foundation
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Jeff Ward

NCG Consultant
NCG Consultant
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James Woodson, Esq.

Executive Director
California Black Power Network
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Ellen Wright

Director
The Olympic Club Foundation
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Hannah Yi

Program Manger
Levi Strauss Foundation
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Louise Yokoi

CalMatters
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Haleh Zandi

FAST Initiative Officer
Pisces Foundation
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