The Team

Alexis Aviles

Community Engagement Officer | Bay Area

Charlotte Basch-Lin

Program Officer | Puget Sound

Ken Birdwell​

Founder & Board Chairman

Christina Engel

Chief Executive Officer

Gloris Estrella

Program Officer | Puget Sound

Loren Farrar

Co-Program Director

Myeshia Grice-Robinson

Co-Program Director

Zach Grossnickle

Sr. Manager, Brand and Communications

Angelique Guillermo

Executive Coordinator

Tiffany Johnson

Chief Strategy Officer

Molly Judge

Director of Philanthropic Advising

Ed Lee

Chief Operations Officer

Lorelei Lin

Director of Research and Evaluation

Malcolm Penton

Program Officer | Bay Area

Elena Perez

Program Officer | Puget Sound

Jessalyn Pinneo Randelman

Sr. Grants Manager

Maya Procel Farrar

Sr. Manager, Special Projects

Jackie Schultz

Director of Operations - People & Culture

Lydia Simpson

Grants Coordinator

Sophia Sobko

Qualitative/Mixed Methods Researcher

Drew Tocco

Operations Coordinator

Gloria Upchurch

Sr. Community Engagement Officer | Bay Area

Joaquin Uy

Community Engagement Officer | Puget Sound

Monicia Warner

Communications Manager

Jordan Wilson

Operations Manager - People & Culture

Our Board

Ken Birdwell

Founder & Board Chairman

Maeve Elise Brown

Board Secretary

Christina Engel

Ex Officio

Leticia Landa

Board Member

Trish Millines Dziko

Board Member

Rebecca Spadoni

Board Member

Keith Vernon

Board Treasurer