Staff Team

Amanda Hwu
she/her

Director, Midwest Organizing Infrastructure Funders

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Amy Morris
she/her

Interim President

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Chimene Okere
he/him

Director, Democratizing Development Program

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Courtney Banayad
she/her

Director of Membership and Communications

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Elizabeth Pham
she/her

Senior Operations Manager

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Elizabeth “Lili” Velez
she/her

Vice President of Finance & Operations

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Hallie McClain
she/her

Communications Manager

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Lauren Goudeaux
she/her

Membership Manager

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Leanne Sajor
she/her

Senior Program Manager

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Lindsay Ryder
she/her

Director, Integrated Rural Strategies Group

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Manisha Vaze
she/her

Vice President of Programs

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Melody Baker
she/her

Interim Senior Director, Amplify Fund

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Neda Said
they/she

Program Manager

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Nicole Washington
she/her

Operations Manager, Amplify Fund

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Renata Peralta
she/her

Director of Learning and Communications, Amplify Fund

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Stephan Cheney
he/him

Senior Program Coordinator, Integrated Rural Strategies Group

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Xaris A. Martínez
ella/she/her

Executive Manager

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Board of Directors

Aaron Tanaka
he/him

Director
Center for Economic Democracy

Aditi Vaidya
she/her

President
Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Altaf ​​Rahamatulla
he/him

Program Officer, Racial Justice
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

Chi-Ante Jones
she/her

Founder and Chief Reparations Officer
Cypress Fund

Cory Anderson
he/him

Executive Vice President
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

Helen Chin
she/her

President
Communities First Fund

Judith Bell
she/her

Vice President of Programs
The San Francisco Foundation

Kaberi Banerjee Murthy
she/her

Trustee
Ms. Foundation

Kevin Ryan
he/him

Senior Program Officer
Ford Foundation

Mark Paley
he/him

Director of Administration & Finance
The Hyams Foundation

Matt Barron
he/him

Program Officer, Sustainability
The Heinz Endowments

Neeta Boddapati
she/her

Vice President of Finance and Administration
Grand Victoria Foundation

Tania Durán
she/her

Senior Network Officer
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation