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
Paige Herwig
Chief of Staff
Bonnie Sheikh
Sr. Executive Assistant to the President’s Office
Gail Claspell
Project Manager
Office of the COO
Elizabeth Peters
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Maya Sawachi
Sr. Executive Assistant to the COO
Departments and Programs (listed alphabetically)
Communications
Vidya Krishnamurthy
Vice President and Chief of Communications and Strategic External Engagement
Heath Wickline
Director of Communications
Edit Ruano
Communications Officer
Carla Aguirre
Communications Officer
Laura Brandon
Communications Officer
Steven Bliss
Communications Officer
Kristen Carriker
Digital Communications Officer
Sawako Sonoyama Clarin
Organizational Learning Officer
Kate Payne
Communications Operations Manager
Elsa Kebede
Communications Associate
Racial Justice Initiative
Amanda Lanceplaine
Racial Justice Initiative Operations Manager
Economy and Society Initiative
Jennifer Harris
Director
Mary Kong
Program Associate
Education Program
Ash Vasudeva
Program Director
Dara Bevington
Program Operations Manager
Melissa Chabran
Program Officer
Natalie Mitchell-Bay
Program Officer
Peter Rivera
Program Officer
Nathan Warner
Program Officer
Anna Knotek
Program Associate
Linda Meyerson
Program Associate
Effective Philanthropy Group
Jehan Velji
Director
Marselle Alexander-Ozinskas
Program Officer
Amy Arbreton
Evaluation Officer
Jeff Morshed
Strategy Officer
Jennifer Wei
Organizational Effectiveness Officer
Kathleen Badejo
EPG Operations Manager
Andrea Low
Executive Assistant
Environment Program
Dave Turk
Program Director
Anup Bandivadekar
Program Officer
Carrie Doyle
Program Officer
Nicole Cordan
Program Officer
Zhuli Hess
Program Officer
Jim Stephenson
Program Officer
Kiyomi Doty
Program Associate
Caitlan Frederick
Program Associate
Louise Kahara
Senior Administrative Coordinator
Sydney Rosengarten
Program Associate
Quincy Hirt
Program Associate
Isa Bender Zevallos
Program Operations Manager
Facilities Operations
Kathy A.N. Grant
Chief Information Officer and Director, Facilities Operations
Andres Anaya
Senior Facilities Operations Supervisor
Kahlani Anderson
Facilities Operations Administrative Assistant and Receptionist
Jonathan Hogg
Facilities Operations Coordinator
Tyson Marks
Facilities Operations Coordinator
James Reynolds
Senior Facilities Operations Manager
Finance and Accounting
Dwight Koda
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Spergon Hunt
Associate Accountant
Samuel Yee
Investment Operations Accountant
Jing-Jing Zheng
Controller
Brianna Herrera
Senior Financial Analyst
Emilie Lind
Accounting Manager
Justine Lam
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
Ashley Indicks
Executive Assistant
General Counsel
Kristy Bernard Tsadick
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Nicole Graffius
Executive Assistant
Jennifer Kwong
Associate General Counsel
Pooja Kadakia Raval
Associate General Counsel
Melissa Lee
Senior Counsel
Irene Hong
Counsel
Wyatt Robarts
Counsel
Akansha Ramesh Rao
Senior Legal and Compliance Officer
Gender Equity and Governance Program
Mallika Dutt
Program Director
May Aguiar
Program Associate
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
Alexandra Sterman
Program Associate
Grants Management
Hannah Kahn
Director
Laura Kimura
GMS Salesforce Lead
Rocío Canchola
Grants Officer
Jonathan Garro
Data Officer
Beverly Mislang
Grants Officer
Leeanne Oue
Grants Officer
Rosa Taylor
Grants Officer
Human Resources
Edna Cruz
Chief People Officer
Helena Geefay
Human Resources Business Partner
Rob Lipp
Human Resources Associate
Shelby McCoy
Senior Payroll & HRIS Specialist
Brooke Treadwell
Culture and Equity Officer
Christine Nishimura
Associate Director, Total Rewards and HRIS
Megan Olmsted
HR Operations Manager
Information Technology
Kathy A.N. Grant
Chief Information Officer and Director, Facilities Operations
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
Performing Arts Program
Robert van Leer
Program Director
Adam Fong
Program Officer
Tom DeCaigny
Program Officer
Hannah Garcia
Program Officer
Nathan Jae-Sun Large
Program Operations Manager
Lalitha Rajan
Program Associate
Special Projects
Eli Sugarman
Director of Special Projects
Marlene Zapata
Program Operations Manager
U.S. Democracy Program
Chayenne Polimédio
Interim Program Director
Carlos Aguilar
Program Operations Manager
Fernando Hernandez
Program Associate
Robin Stone
Program Officer