Last week NCG member The San Francisco Foundation announced Ling Woo Liu as its new Director of Marketing and Communications. Join us in welcoming her to the NCG community! Read the announcement below:
The San Francisco Foundation announces that Ling Woo Liu has joined the organization as the Director of Marketing and Communications.
She will manage media relations and help develop marketing and communications strategies for programmatic work as well as donor relations.
Previously, Ling worked at the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, where she produced a documentary photography project about the “Super Parents” of children with chronic illnesses. The project received national media attention. She also worked for Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus, where she led communications strategy for the US Supreme Court case Kerry v. Din, and helped pass California’s Fred Korematsu Day, the first day in US history named after an Asian American. Prior to her non-profit work, Ling spent 10 years as a multimedia journalist in the US and Asia, including a stint as a reporter for TIME magazine in Hong Kong.
Ling holds degrees in Journalism, Asian Studies and Anthropology from UC Berkeley.
About The San Francisco Foundation
With more than $1.3 billion in assets, The San Francisco Foundation is one of the largest community foundations in the country. The foundation is committed to expanding opportunity and ensuring a more equitable future for all in the Bay Area, and working with its donors, it distributed nearly $100 million a year to nonprofit organizations last year. The San Francisco Foundation serves Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties.