Staff Members

Saida Agostini-Bostic
She/Her/Hers
PRESIDENT
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Cleopatra Jach Acquaye
Sir/Her
Director of Programs
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Luna Moreta Avila
She/Her/Hers
Grantmakers United for Trans Communities Project Director
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Hala
She/They
Communications & Storytelling Officer
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Ashe Helm-Hernández
They/Them/Theirs
Philanthropic Organizing Project Director
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Shaena Johnson
She/Her/Hers
Out in the South Project Director
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Alyssa Lawther
They/Them
SENIOR RESEARCH OFFICER
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Alexander Lee
He/Him/His
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
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Sammy Luffy
She/Her/Hers
Director of Research
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Amara Reese-Hansell
She/Her/Hers
Interim Director of External Affairs
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Board of Directors

JONATHAN JAYES GREEN

CHAIR

Philanthropic Consultant

PAULINA HELM-HERNÁNDEZ

VICE CHAIR

Program Officer, US Southeast, Foundation for a Just Society

KAREN APPELBAUM

TREASURER

Operations Director, Northwest Area Foundation

GLO ROSS

SECRETARY

Program Officer, Arcus Foundation

KATIE CARTER

Executive Committee at Large Member

Chief Executive Officer, Pride Foundation

ANA CONNER

Executive Committee at Large Member

Director of Culture, Operations & Finance at Emergent Fund

NAMITA CHAD

Nebula Fund

TRISHALA DEB

Director of National Programs, Collaborative for Gender and Reproductive Equity

LISA OWENS

Executive Director, Hyams Foundation

ALDITA GALLARDO

Philanthropic Consultant

CATHY K. K. KAPUA

Deputy Director, Trans Justice Funding Project

ZEV LOWE

Executive Director, Tikkun Olam Foundation, Inc.

MARIA MIRANDA

Senior Program Officer and DEI Strategy Lead

EUGENIO SMITH

Capacity Building Director, Movement Voter Project

LANE SUGATA

Program Officer, Ford Foundation

WILLIAM (BILL) SMITH

CEO, May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust

Former Board Chairs

Stuart Burden
Evette Cardona
Nicole Cozier
Rebecca Fox
Joan Garner
Ernie Guitierrez
Andrew Lane
Rickke Mananzala
Lina Paredes
Cynthia Renfro
Cindy Rizzo
Tim Sweeney
Karen Zelermyer

Former Chief Executive Officers

Nancy Cunningham (1992-2005)
Karen Zelermyer (2005-2012)
Richard Burns / Interim Executive Director (2012)
Ben Francisco Maulbeck (2012-2020)
Kristina Wertz / Interim Executive Director (2020-2021)

Board Alumni

Katherine Acey – Brandie Balken – Ignatius Bau – Bettye Brentley – Rohit Burman – Maria Cadenas – Steve Cheifetz – Karina Claudio Betancourt – Robert Crane – Alfredo Cruz – Christina Cuevas – Masen Davis – Moy Eng – John Feather – Charlie Fernandez – Michael Fleming – Desiree Flores – Gabriel Foster – Rebecca Fox – Charisse Grant – James Garner – Ellen Gurzinsky – Audrey Haberman – Matthew “Matty” Hart – Kris Hermanns – Kelli King Jackson – Joo-Hyun Kang – Jesse King – Surina Khan – Larry Kressley – Andrew Lane – Steven Lawrence – Ted Lord –  Antonio Maciel – Pat Maher – Mary Lou Makepeace – Rickke Mananzala – Jason McGill – Len McNally – Hez Norton – Judy Patrick – Katherine Pease – Morris Price – Shad Reinstein – Cindy Rizzo – Ron Rowell – Dolores Roybal – Phillip Rush – Jane Schwartz – Michael Seltzer – Mitchell Singer – Maryann Snyder – Kristine Stallone – Alvin Starks – Patricia St. Onge – Tony Tapia – Nathaniel “Toby” Thompkins – Patrick Troska – Beatriz “Bia” Vieira – Gwen Walden – Alfonso Wenker – Penny Fujiko Willgerodt – Rye Young – Judy Yu