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

Amber D. Miller
President

Elizabeth Peters
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Gail Claspell
Project Manager

Sherry Huang
Special Projects Program Officer and Advisor to the President on AI

Wendy Tan
Executive Assistant, Board Liaison, and Manager for the President’s Office

Marlene Zapata
Program Operations Liaison and Trainer


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

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
CRE Operations Manager

Brooke Treadwell
Culture, Race, and Equity Officer

Katherine Wheatle
Culture, Race, and Equity Officer

 

Economy and Society Initiative

Jennifer Harris
Director

Mary Kong
Program Associate

 

Education Program

Kent McGuire
Program Director

Dara Bevington
Program Operations Manager

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

Andrea Low
Executive Assistant

José Larios
Program Fellow

Jeff Morshed
Strategy Officer

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

Louise Kahara
Senior Administrative Coordinator

Andrea Keller Helsel
Program Officer

Zhuli Hess
Program Officer

Sydney Rosengarten
Program Associate

Alexandra Sterman
Program Associate

Isa Bender Zevallos
Program Operations Manager

 

Facilities and Reception

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

Andres Anaya
Senior Facilities Supervisor

Kahlani Anderson
Facilities Administrative Assistant and Receptionist

Tony Azzopardi
Facilities Assistant

Tyson Marks
Facilities Coordinator

James Reynolds
Senior Facilities Manager

 

Finance and Accounting

Dwight Koda
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Catherine Hoang
Senior Associate Accountant

Spergon Hunt
Associate Accountant

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
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Nick Christman
Senior Administrative Coordinator

Jennifer Kwong
Senior Counsel

Melissa Lee
Counsel

Akansha Ramesh Rao
Legal and Compliance Officer

Pooja Kadakia Raval
Senior 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

Tendisai Chigwedere
Program Officer

Jodie Clark
Program Associate

Jesse Chu
Program Operations Manager

Diakhoumba Gassama
Program Officer

Janet Holt
Program Officer

Sarah Iqbal
Program Officer

Chris Maloney
Program Officer

Ousseynou Ngom
Program Officer

LaTanya Smith
Executive Assistant

Nathalie Scholl
Program Associate

 

Grantmaking Analytics and Operations

Marcus McGrew
Director

Rocio Canchola
Grants Officer

Jonathan Garro
Data Officer

Laura Kimura
GMS Salesforce Lead

Beverly Mislang
Grants Officer

Leeanne Oue
Grants Officer

Rosa Taylor
Grants Officer

 

Human Resources

Judy Parkman
Chief People Officer

Helena Geefay
Senior HR Manager, Talent & Organizational Development

Nicole Graffius
Payroll and People Analytics Manager

Christine Nishimura
Associate Director, Total Rewards and HRIS

Megan Olmsted
HR Operations Manager

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/Analyst

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

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

Tom DeCaigny
Program Officer

Adam Fong
Program Officer

Hannah Garcia
Program Officer

Nathan Jae-Sun Large
Program Operations Manager

Lalitha Rajan
Program Associate

 

U.S. Democracy

Ali Noorani
Program Director

Carlos Aguilar
Program Operations Manager

Fernando Hernandez
Program Associate

Chayenne Polimédio
Program Officer

Robin Stone
Program Officer