Staff Team

Amanda Hwu
she/her

Senior Program Manager

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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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Lauren Goudeaux
she/her

Senior Operations Coordinator

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Lindsay Ryder
she/her

Director, Integrated Rural Strategies Group

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Manisha Vaze
she/her

Interim 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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Sarita Ahuja
she/her

Vice President of Operations

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Stephan Cheney
he/him

Senior Program Coordinator, Integrated Rural Strategies Group

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Board of Directors

Aaron Tanaka
he/him

Director
Center for Economic Democracy

Aditi Vaidya
she/her

Senior Program Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Alison Corwin
she/her

Senior Program Officer, Sustainable Environments
Surdna Foundation

Amoretta Morris
she/her

President
Borealis Philanthropy

Cory Anderson
he/him

Executive Vice President
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

Judith Bell
she/her

Vice President of Programs
The San Francisco Foundation

Kaberi Banerjee Murthy
she/her

Director of Programs and Strategy
Meyer Memorial Trust

Kevin Ryan
he/him

Senior Program Officer
Ford Foundation

Mark Paley
he/him

Director of Administration & Finance
The Hyams Foundation

Shona Chakravartty
she/her

Senior Program Officer
Hill-Snowdon Foundation

Tania Durán
she/her

Senior Network Officer
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation