Elizabeth Alexander
President
People
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Leadership
Sheree Carter-Galvan
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Julie B. Ehrlich
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Deana Haggag
Program Director
Phillip Brian Harper
Program Director
Annette J. Phillips
Chief Human Resources Officer
Sepi Sepasi
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Carter Stewart
Executive Vice President for Programs
Scott Taylor
Chief Investment Officer
Arts and Culture
Kristina Auten
Senior Executive Assistant
Jackie Clay
Program Associate
Deborah Cullen-Morales
Senior Program Officer
Meera Dugal
Program Associate
Jessica Feldman
Senior Research Associate
Natasha Forrester
Senior Program Assistant
J. Kae Good Bear
Program Associate
Deana Haggag
Program Director
Casandra Hernández Faham
Senior Program Associate
Lily Herzan
Program Associate
Zuleika Milan
Senior Executive Assistant
Ciara Murphy
Manager of Strategic Initiatives and Planning
Rachel Ninomiya
Program Assistant
Rocco Praderio
Senior Program Assistant
Bella Stenvall
Program Associate
Stephanie Ybarra
Program Officer
Kibra A. Yohannes
Senior Program Associate
Higher Learning
Ramy Abbady
Research Associate
Mary Bates
Program Associate
Armando I. Bengochea
Senior Program Officer
Maria Sachiko Cecire
Program Officer
Kris Choe
Program Associate
Carolyn Dinshaw
Senior Program Officer
Elizabeth Foley
Senior Program Associate
Ashley Garner
Senior Program Associate
Phillip Brian Harper
Program Director
Logan Heiman
Program Associate
Yoona Hong
Program Assistant
Renee Johnson-Thornton
Senior Program Associate and Associate Director of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program
Jeffrey James Keyes
Senior Executive Assistant
Ava McLaughlin
Program Assistant
Dale Rejtmar
Senior Executive Assistant
Camilla Somers
Manager of Strategic Initiatives and Planning
Kurtis Tanaka
Senior Program Associate
SJ Waldman
Program Assistant
Humanities in Place
M Constantine
Research Associate
Justin Garrett Moore
Program Director
Mammotsa Makhene
Manager of Strategic Initiatives and Planning
Julissa Peña
Program Associate
Zuri Phelps
Senior Executive Assistant
Achille Tenkiang
Senior Program Assistant
Salem Tsegaye
Senior Program Associate
Alex Whittaker
Senior Program Assistant
Public Knowledge
Celia Bradley
Program Associate
Danielle Cooper
Senior Program Associate
Michael Gossett
Manager of Strategic Initiatives and Planning
Patricia Hswe
Program Director
Julia Marden
Research Associate
Chandra Marshall
Program Associate
Vic Panata
Senior Program Assistant
Anthony Williams
Executive Assistant
Presidential Initiatives
Susie Bannon
Program Associate
Emma Boast
Senior Program Associate
Elena Castellanos
Program Assistant
Jack Frésquez
Senior Program and Research Assistant
Lauren Jacobs
Executive Assistant
Margaret Morton
Program Director
Alexis Ortiz
Senior Program Associate
Raquel Thompson
Program Associate
Melvin Washington II
Manager of Strategic Initiatives and Planning
Office of the President
Elizabeth Alexander
President
Brittany Brock
Briefing and Logistics Coordinator
Martha Scott Burton
Manager of Presidential Special Projects and Research
Jamie Citron
Chief of Staff
Ehsan Jami
Senior Executive Assistant
Elizabeth Nacion
Administrative Assistant
Michael Shattner
Senior Executive Assistant
Office of the Executive Vice President, Programs
Johnny Leavitt
Senior Executive Assistant
Jessica Mindnich
Senior Director of Strategic Learning and Evaluation
Julia Ryan
Director of Program Strategic Projects and Initiatives
Carter Stewart
Executive Vice President for Programs
Nakita Walker
Senior Executive Assistant
Communications
Ianna Angelo
Senior Events Manager
Anthony Balas
Senior Producer
Tonya Bell
Director of Media and Public Relations
Janel L. Brown
Senior Executive Assistant
Caitlin Callaghan
Director of Strategic and Executive Communications
Tanya Cintron
Assistant Director of Events
Ryan Daar
Executive Communications Associate
Amy Erwin
Senior Events Manager and Décor Specialist
Elise Fox
Digital Product Manager & Producer
Nadia Halim
Social Media Manager
Marissa Hutton
Internal Communications Manager
Alexandra King
Managing Editor and Senior Producer
Shevaun O’Neill
Events Coordinator
Shital Patel
Director of Events
Vera Penavic
Events Manager
Colleen J. Ross
Integrated Content Director
Maggie Slowey
Media Relations Associate
Stefanie Tam
Senior Graphic Designer
Pierre Tardif
Creative Director
Andrew Wiggin
Front-End Engineer
Kathryn Wilson
Executive Assistant
Jules Zubrovich
Events Coordinator
Facilities Management and Office Services
Michèle Boddewyn
Facilities Capital Project Manager
Eric Gustafsson
Office Services Manager
David Hughes
Assistant Facilities Manager
Joseph Kim
Office Services Assistant
Anthony Parler
Facilities Assistant
Ronald M. Sheppard
Director of Facilities
Marek Szczesny
Facilities Assistant
Vivien Ying
Receptionist
Finance
Niti Baldwin
Director of Budget and Financial Planning
Kareema Fernan
Accounting Manager
Raquel Fernandez
Accounting Manager
Lloyd Newell
Accounting Manager
Mabel Olivera
Senior Accountant
Alan Rosario
Manager, Investment Accounting
Sepi Sepasi
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Ann Siddiqui
Director of Investment Accounting
Alejandra Sotomayor
Senior Investment Staff Accountant
Emily Tang
Staff Accountant
Komal Vermani
Senior Investment Accountant
Stephanie Withers
Controller
Grants Management
Samia Abedin
Grants Administrator
Anthony Anastasio
Grants Manager
Tatiana Evans
Grants Manager
Marina Gillen
Manager, Data Visualizations and Reporting
Angela Harrison
Senior Grants Administrator
Kimberly Herder
Grants Manager
Shirley Lei
Administrative Assistant
Bianca Lucien
Grants Administrator
Schuyler Marquez
Senior Grants Manager
Vicente Martinez
Grants Management Associate
Lindsey Menichella
Manager of Grant Systems and Strategic Projects
Nora Mitnick
Senior Director of Grants Management
Nina Pincus
Senior Grants Manager
Rokeya Rahman
Assistant Director, Grants Management and Operations
Kristen C. Ratanatharathorn
Assistant Director, Grant Systems and Data
Iracel Rivero
Grants Manager
Matt Tomasello
Grant Systems Associate
Human Resources
Nnamudi Amobi
Human Resources Generalist
Carolina Chavez
Talent and Operations Generalist
Amanda Francolini
HR Operations Senior Administrator
Racquel Maye
Director of HR Operations
Rabeya Nizam
Human Resources Rewards Specialist
Annette J. Phillips
Chief Human Resources Officer
Nick Setteducato
Human Resources Business Partner
Perrin Wicks
Director of Talent Management
Information Technology
Charles Aikhoje
Manager, IT Infrastructure and Operations
Monilola Awolesi
Administrative Assistant
Shreedevi Dam
Applications Manager
Sufia Farrouq
IT Support Analyst
John Friel
Data Engineer
Kwinton Fulbright
Senior IT Support Analyst
Todd Gordon
Cyber Program Manager
Tony Kopetchny
Director of Business Systems
Ethan Laney
Specialist, Applications
Anthony Li
Full Stack Software Engineer
Deming Love
Senior Director of Information Technology
John Mejia-McDonald
Assistant Director, Enterprise Projects and Planning
Armelis Morales
Senior IT Support Analyst
Dave Padua
Infrastructure Engineer
Mitul Patel
Director, Enterprise Architecture and Engineering
Laura Rosario
Infrastructure Engineer
John Shrefler
DevOps Engineer
Matthew Thompson
Director, IT Infrastructure and Operations
Investments
Makayla Baker
Senior Investment Analyst
Howe Cheng
Investment Analyst
Doris E. Cruz
Senior Executive Assistant
Kevin Graham
Managing Director, Investment Operations
Emily Hickman
Portfolio Manager
Yindeng Jiang
Senior Portfolio Manager
Abigail Kahn Archibald
Senior Portfolio Manager
Laura Kim
Senior Portfolio Manager
Alice Liu
Investment Analyst
Dawei Liu
Portfolio Manager
Fernanda Polax-Nainggolan
Investment Operations Senior Analyst
Ravi Shah
Senior Investment Analyst
Spencer Shapiro
Senior Investment Analyst
Scott Taylor
Chief Investment Officer
Andrea Webb
Investment Analyst
Olivia Whitehouse
Administrative Assistant
Learning and Evaluation
Annie Bares
Manager, Insights and Analytics
Jeffrey Jiménez-Kurlander
Manager, Strategic Learning & Evaluation
Legal
Kerrian Arthur
Legal and HR Administrator
Sheree Carter-Galvan
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Aaron Delaney
Senior Counsel, Litigation and Legal Strategy
Andrew Kau
Associate General Counsel
Lisa Mintz
Senior Executive Assistant
Maria Moschopoulos
Manager, Legal and Board Operations
Thanya Polonio-Jones
Senior Associate General Counsel
Laura Wnek
Senior Legal Fellow
Library and Archives
Mohamed Haian Abdirahman
Manager, Archives
Lisa M. Bonifacic
Associate Librarian
Alexandra Gershuny
Assistant Librarian and Archivist
Josie Roland Hodson
Art Collection Manager
Susanne Pichler
Director of Library and Archives
Operations and Administration
Lily Alvarado
Senior Executive Assistant
Akua Bonsu
Operations Administrative Coordinator
Julie B. Ehrlich
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Rachel Gichinga
Manager of Strategic Initiatives and Planning
Nicole Taylor
Director of Operations
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