Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families: About Us: Board of Directors

For Members

Board of Directors

GCYF consistently strives to seek talented and diverse Trustee and senior and mid-level foundation staff to provide guidance and direction to our overall efforts.

Press release available below for download.

Officers:

Chair
Elsa Holguin
Senior Program Officer
Rose Community Foundation (Denver, CO)

Vice Chair
Carole Thompson
Senior Associate
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Inc. (Baltimore, MD)

Treasurer
David Fukuzawa
Program Director
The Kresge Foundation (Troy, MI)

Directors:

Tonya Allen
Vice President, Programs
The Skillman Foundation (Detroit, MI)

William Bell
President and CEO
Casey Family Programs (Seattle, WA)

William Buster *
Program Director
W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, MI)

Marilee Dal Pra
Senior Program Officer
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust (Scottsdale, AZ)

Myrna Deckert *
President and CEO
Paso del Norte Health Foundation (El Paso, TX)

Nancy Freeman
Executive Director
Institute of Mental Hygiene (New Orleans, LA)

Kevin Jenkins *
Director of Community Initiatives and Senior Program Officer
The Pittsburgh Foundation (Pittsburgh, PA)

Mariam Mohamed *
Program Officer
The McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis, MN)

Jane B. O'Connell
President
Altman Foundation (New York, NY)

Lisa Philp
Managing Director and Head of Philanthropic Services
J.P. Morgan Private Bank (New York, NY)

Ada Sanchez *
Executive Director
Peppercorn Foundation (Tampa, FL)

Sara Slaughter
Director, Education Programs
McCormick Foundation (Chicago, IL)

Sara Watson, Ph.D. *
Senior Officer
Pew Center on the States (Washington, DC)

Sherece West, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (Little Rock, AR)

Marisha Wignaraja
Programme Executive
The Atlantic Philanthropies (New York, NY)

(* designates new Board members )

Download:

Press Release--New Board Members (76K) [download]

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