Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

August 7, 2023
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies strives for a future in which the United States and Israel live up to their highest ideals and achieve more just and inclusive societies. In the U.S., we work to advance racial, gender and economic equity as well as to foster a more joyful and diverse Jewish community. In Israel, we work toward a Read More

David Brotherton

August 7, 2023
David Brotherton has worked with the Kendeda Fund since 2014, leading organization-wide communications and the Fund’s Gun Violence Prevention program. David is also president of Brotherton Strategies, where he provides communications services to a diverse mix of national foundations, global NGOs, local nonprofits, and mission-driven for-profit clients. Having spent more than a quarter century working at the intersection of message, Read More

Dena Kimball

August 7, 2023
Dena Kimball is Executive Director of the Kendeda Fund. She has dedicated her career to driving scalable, transformational change through social activism – with more than 25 years of experience accumulated while serving in nearly every role in the non-profit world. Dena’s early career includes executive roles at several high-impact organizations. Her ability to think creatively, rally people together, and Read More

James B. McClatchy Foundation

August 7, 2023
Our Mission We stand with the people of the Central Valley by investing in education and active civic participation in our democracy. Our Vision We believe in the strength of the Central Valley’s rich culture and community and will fight to protect the dreams and hopes of its people. Learn more Read More

The John Merck Fund

August 7, 2023
Serena Merck, established The John Merck Fund in 1970 to improve the care of those who—like John Merck, the second of her three children—lived with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Grantmaking with that goal in mind animated JMF throughout its history. And funding received after Serena Merck’s death in 1985 enabled us to support projects in over a half-dozen other issue Read More

Nancy Reid

August 2, 2023
Nancy Reid designs strategies for families to align their investments with what matters most to them. Since 2007, she has advised investors who seek coherence in their resource allocation decisions. Her advisory career began on Wall Street and has since expanded to include a specialization in values-aligned investing, with leadership roles at Canopy, EnVest, and Seattle Impact Investing Group (SIIG). Read More

Alison Upton López

July 31, 2023
Alison comes to Ktisis Capital with a background in family foundations and nonprofit management. At Ktisis, she serves as donor advisor working with individuals and families on a wide range of issues including environmental & racial justice. Alison also works on the internal Ktisis business development team engaging new clients and developing existing client relationships focusing on furthering progressive practices Read More

Dwayne Patterson

July 31, 2023
As Chief Equity Officer at the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Dwayne Patterson supports the Foundation’s grantee partners as they set and advance their equity goals, helps staff and board document and share their equity journey, and refines the way MRBF captures partners’ outcomes and demographics for a full understanding of their work. Dwayne serves on the management, program and equity Read More

Lorena Gomez-Barris

July 31, 2023
Lorena Gomez-Barris is the Director of Administration for the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. With more than 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, she leads the Admin Team to innovate and maintain administrative systems, plan and execute a robust and inclusive teambuilding initiative and provide effective internal communications. She also co-leads the Employee Experience Advisory Group engaging with staff around Read More

Alexandria Featherston-Gomez

July 31, 2023
Alexandria Featherston-Gomez is the Grants Officer at the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. She supports the operational success, program delivery, grantmaking strategies and evaluation of Grants Management. Prior to joining the Foundation, Alexandria interned at Featherston & Associates, assisting with operations, logistics and research. A music aficionado and clarinet player, Alexandria provided office support to the Walden School, an acclaimed summer music Read More