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 president, Larry Kramer, is a constitutional law scholar and the former dean of Stanford Law School. 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
Larry Kramer
President
Gail Claspell
Project Manager
Joan Garretson
Director of Facilities and Assistant to the President
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
Cyber Initiative
Eli Sugarman
Director
Sherry Huang
Cyber and Special Projects Fellow
Marlene Zapata
Program Associate
Economy and Society Initiative
Brian Kettenring
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
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 Jeong
Executive Assistant
José Larios
Program Fellow
Jennifer Wei
Organizational Effectiveness Officer
Environment Program
Jonathan Pershing
Program Director
Anup Bandivadekar
Program Officer
Crissy Canlas
Program Associate
Carrie Doyle
Program Officer
Andrea Keller Helsel
Program Officer
Zhuli Hess
Program Officer
Summer Iqbal
Program Associate
Dominique Nguyen
Program Associate
Alexandra Sterman
Program Associate
Isa Bender Zevallos
Program Associate
Facilities and Reception
Joan Garretson
Executive Assistant to the President and Director of Facilities
Andres Anaya
Facilities Supervisor
Kahlani Anderson
Receptionist and Front Desk Coordinator
Tony Azzopardi
Facilities Assistant
Tyson Marks
Facilities Coordinator
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
Controller
Elizabeth Lee
Senior Financial Analyst
Jenny Utke
Finance Operations Lead
Samuel Yee
Investment Operations Accountant
Jing-Jing Zheng
Assistant Controller
General Counsel
Elizabeth Peters
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Jennifer Kwong
Senior Counsel
Akansha Ramesh Rao
Legal and Compliance Officer
Pooja Kadakia Raval
Senior Counsel
Kristy Bernard Tsadick
Deputy General Counsel
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
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
David Sasaki
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 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 Manager, Talent Acquisition & Engagement
Information Technology
Kathy A.N. Grant
Chief Information Officer
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
Jaime Cortez
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 Associate
Carla Bernal
Program Fellow
Chayenne Polimédio
Program Officer
Vanessa Tucker
Program Officer