The Hewlett Foundation depends on a cooperative working relationship between our president, board and staff. Our board of directors always includes four members of the Hewlett family and between five and 11 other leaders drawn from philanthropy, government, business, education and civil society. Our staff, all located in the Bay Area and listed below, work together to advance the foundation’s mission and support our grantees. Also see: demographics and open positions.

President’s Office

Elizabeth Peters
Interim President

Gail Claspell
Project Manager

Joan Garretson
Assistant to the President

Sherry Huang
Special Projects Fellow and Advisor to the President on AI

Brian Kettenring
Senior Fellow

Departments and Programs (listed alphabetically)

 

Communications

Vidya Krishnamurthy
Chief Communications Officer and Senior Adviser to the President

Heath Wickline
Deputy Director of Communications

Carla Aguirre
Communications Officer

Kristen Carriker
Digital Communications Officer

Sawako Sonoyama Clarin
Organizational Learning Officer

Neha Singh Gohil
Communications Officer

Ashley Kawakami
Digital Communications Associate

Elsa Kebede
Communications Associate

Kate Payne
Communications Associate

Edit Ruano
Communications Officer

 

Culture, Race, and Equity

Charmaine Mercer
Chief of Equity and Culture

Ashley Indicks
Executive Assistant

Amanda Lanceplaine
Program Associate

Brooke Treadwell
Culture, Race, and Equity Officer

Katherine Wheatle
Culture, Race, and Equity Officer

 

Economy and Society Initiative

Jennifer Harris
Director

Ashley Indicks
Executive Assistant

Mary Kong
Program Associate

 

Education Program

Kent McGuire
Program Director

Dara Bevington
Program Associate

Melissa Chabran
Program Officer

Angela DeBarger
Program Officer

Anna Knotek
Program Associate

Linda Meyerson
Program Associate

Natalie Mitchell-Bay
Program Officer

Peter Rivera
Program Officer

Nathan Warner
Program Officer

 

Effective Philanthropy Group

Jehan Velji
Director

Marselle Alexander-Ozinskas
Program Officer

Amy Arbreton
Evaluation Officer

Kathleen Badejo
Program Associate

Lori Grange
Strategy Officer

Andrea Low
Executive Assistant

José Larios
Program Fellow

Jennifer Wei
Organizational Effectiveness Officer

 

Environment Program

Jonathan Pershing
Program Director

Anup Bandivadekar
Program Officer

Carrie Doyle
Program Officer

Kiyomi Doty
Program Associate

Caitlan Frederick
Program Associate

Andrea Keller Helsel
Program Officer

Zhuli Hess
Program Officer

Alexandra Sterman
Program Associate

Isa Bender Zevallos
Program Associate

 

Facilities and Reception

Kathy A.N. Grant
Chief Information Officer and Interim Facilities Director

Andres Anaya
Senior Facilities Supervisor

Kahlani Anderson
Receptionist and Front Desk Coordinator

Tony Azzopardi
Facilities Assistant

Tyson Marks
Facilities Coordinator

James Reynolds
Senior Facilities Manager

 

Finance and Accounting

Suresh Bhat
Chief Financial Officer

Christine Elliott
Tax Officer

Tiara Fretty
Administrative Coordinator

Catherine Hoang
Senior Associate Accountant

Spergon Hunt
Associate Accountant

Dwight Koda
Deputy CFO and Controller

Elizabeth Lee
Senior Financial Analyst

Jenny Utke
Finance Operations Lead

Samuel Yee
Investment Operations Accountant

Jing-Jing Zheng
Assistant Controller

 

General Counsel

Kristy Bernard Tsadick
Interim General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Nick Christman
Senior Administrative Coordinator

Jennifer Kwong
Senior Counsel

Akansha Ramesh Rao
Legal and Compliance Officer

Pooja Kadakia Raval
Senior Counsel

Marlene Zapata
Program Operations Liaison and Trainer

 

Gender Equity and Governance Program

Mallika Dutt
Program Director

May Aguiar
Program Associate

Althea D. Anderson
Program Officer

Aimee Arrambide
Program Officer

Tate Barend
Program Associate

Kim Brehm
Program Associate

Christopher Chibwana
Program Officer

Jodie Clark
Program Associate

Jesse Dubow
Program Operations Manager

Diakhoumba Gassama
Program Officer

Janet Holt
Program Officer

Sarah Iqbal
Program Officer

Jennifer Obado Joel
Program Fellow

Chris Maloney
Program Officer

Ousseynou Ngom
Program Officer

LaTanya Smith
Executive Assistant

Nathalie Scholl
Program Associate

 

Grantmaking, Learning, and Operations

Marcus McGrew
Director

Rocio Canchola
Grants Officer

Laura Kimura
GMS Salesforce Lead

Beverly Mislang
Grants Officer

Leeanne Oue
Grants Officer

Rosa Taylor
Grants Officer

Sonja Uwimana
Grants Officer

 

Human Resources

Judy Parkman
Chief People Officer

Helena Geefay
Senior HR Manager, Talent & Organizational Development

Nicole Graffius
Payroll & People Operations Manager

Christine Nishimura
Associate Director, Total Rewards and HRIS

Megan Olmsted
Human Resources Administrator

Megan Rossi
Senior HR Manager, Talent Acquisition

 

Information Technology

Kathy A.N. Grant
Chief Information Officer and Interim Facilities Director

Muneeb Cheema
Deputy Chief Information Officer

Lily Chiu
Senior IT Analyst

Whitney Clark
IT Operations Coordinator

Boris Decout
Senior Infrastructure & Security Engineer

Atul Dhiwar
Salesforce System Architect

Chuck Ferreira
Senior Desktop Systems Specialist

Tess Hanrahan
Senior IT Analyst

Rena Lee
Salesforce Application Architect

Trinh Liu
IT Project Manager

Kazumi Taniguchi
Senior IT Program Manager

 

Investments

Ana Marshall
Vice President & Chief Investment Officer

Bhavya Athmaram
Associate Director of Public Investments

Christine Coppellotti
Senior Investment Analyst

Elina Inker
Senior Investment Analyst

Brett Johnson
Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director of Public Investments

Luis Laboy
Managing Director of Public Equity

Sharon Lee
Director of Investment Operations

Tom Mieczkowski
Managing Director of Private Investments

Evelyn Morfin
Associate Director of Private Investments

Tracy Tran
Office Manager

 

Performing Arts Program

Emiko Ono
Program Director

Amanda Artru
Program Fellow

Tom DeCaigny
Program Officer

Adam Fong
Program Officer

Nathan Jae-Sun Large
Program Associate

Lalitha Rajan
Program Associate

 

U.S. Democracy

Ali Noorani
Program Director

Carlos Aguilar
Program Operations Manager

Fernando Hernandez
Program Associate

Chayenne Polimédio
Program Officer

Vanessa Tucker
Program Officer