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Elizabeth Brown is the President and CEO of Community Foundation Sonoma County. Beth believes that we all have a deep desire to give and we are at our best, individually and collectively, when we harness generosity and channel it towards inspired change. Beth brings 25 years of experience in philanthropy to her role as President and CEO of Community Foundation Sonoma… Read More

Allison Kupfer leads a national search practice that spans philanthropy at all levels, direct service providers, and a range of nonprofits advancing solutions through policy, advocacy, evaluation and learning, and other innovative approaches to social change. She brings a particular interest in the talent dimensions of bringing evidence-based program models to scale, particularly with respect to issues of equity, access, and… Read More

Katherine Jacobs leads a global portfolio of executive search and talent strategy engagements and manages the strategic development of our firm’s business lines and structures. As a trained psychologist, teacher, researcher, and consultant with twenty years of experience both in the U.S. and abroad, Katherine guides organizations through change with particular expertise in founder and longtime leader transitions, facilitation of… Read More

Sarah Kelley is Senior Program Officer at the Island Foundation, a family foundation based in Marion, MA. She manages the Foundation’s Environment program area, which includes grantmaking in the areas of sustainable agriculture and food systems; climate change and alternative energy; land and water conservation; and marine mammal conservation. Before coming to the Foundation in 2009, she served for 5… Read More

Bart Westdijk comes to the Grassroots Fund from the Netherlands. His interest in local solutions and grassroots initiatives comes from his world travels and thesis study focus on multinational corporations’ potential to help alleviate poverty (yes, possible, especially if there is a real focus on local engagement and transfer of knowledge). The first 20 years of his life Bart spent in Zwijndrecht,… Read More

Alexia Cameron is the Office and Grants Administrator for the Medina Foundation, a family foundation in Seattle that funds basic human service organizations in the Puget Sound region of western Washington. She is the Foundation’s resident expert in Foundant GLM and manages process efficiencies and communications with Medina’s nonprofit partners. She joined the Foundation in 2014 with a wide range… Read More

John Fawcett is the Director of Global Policy and Advocacy for RESULTS.  Fawcett manages legislative and policy advocacy for RESULTS’ priority global issues, including health and nutrition, education, and economic opportunity. Prior to this role he coordinated child health advocacy and grassroots mobilization for Save the Children, and worked for the Health Research Group at Public Citizen. He holds an… Read More

Ernest Loevinsohn is passionate about global health and committed to making a difference for vulnerable people.  He is the Executive Director at the Fund for Global Health, which has been set up to use proceeds from asset management to improve the health of people in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Previously, he was the Director of Global Health Policy and… Read More

Ana became a philanthropist and grant maker when her great aunt and great uncle formed the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation, a family foundation dedicated to helping nonprofits in the South Texas area. She is currently a board member, in charge of community relations, and youth philanthropy development for her family’s foundation. Ana graduated from Texas Christian University with a… Read More

Sierra Clark received her Ph.D. from the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at NYU. Her research explored the intersection of aesthetics and materiality in the construction of taste. Her doctoral dissertation analyzed the politics of quality, pleasure, purity and the production of American heritage through a study of bourbon whiskey. Sierra has taught courses on contemporary food… Read More