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Advisory Board

CEP’s work is guided by an Advisory Board of foundation leaders, consultants, and academics. The Advisory Board meets annually. Sub-groups on key CEP research initiatives, such as strategy and governance, meet more frequently to provide advice and counsel to CEP staff.

Lynn Alvarez

Former Vice President
Programs and Strategy
ECMC Foundation

Clara Bennett

Principal
Learning & Impact
Omidyar Network Fund, Inc.

Elizabeth Brown

Managing Director
Mental Health and Well-Being
Arthur M. Blank Foundation

Shawna Carroll-Wilthien

Impact & Learning Manager
Fondation Chanel

Yolanda Coentro

President and CEO
Institute for Nonprofit Practice

Tiffany Cooper Gueye

Senior Advisor
Blue Meridian Partners
Former CEP Board Chair

George Davis

Former Program Officer
Building Institutions and Networks (BUILD)
Ford Foundation

Sara Davis

Sr. Director of Grantmaking Operations
Insight & Learning at Hillspire

Holly Donagh

Director
Strategic Learning, Insight and Influence
Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Sophie Fanelli

President
Stuart Foundation

Dr. Laura Gerald

President
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust

Elizabeth González

Chief Program & Strategy Officer
College Futures Foundation

Elizabeth Kane

Managing Director, Core Services
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Happy Mwende Kinyili

Co-Executive Director
Mama Cash

Vivian Long

Executive Director
Long Family Foundation

Sandra Nathan

Managing Director of Operations
Humanity United

Rory Neuner

Senior Learning Officer
Barr Foundation

Jennifer Oakley

Co-Director & Program Partner
Imago Dei Fund

Richard Ober

President & CEO
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Former CEP Board Member

Grant Oliphant

CEO
Conrad Prebys Foundation
Former CEP Board Chair

Surabhi S. Pandit

Former Director
DEI & Community Engagement
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

Christy Pichel

Former President
Stuart Foundation
Former CEP Board Member

Shelly Prichard

President & CEO
Wichita Community Foundation

Brian Quinn

Associate Vice President
Research-Evaluation Learning
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Kathy Reich

Executive Director
Catena Foundation

Shawn Reifsteck

Managing Director
ClimateWorks Foundation

Jennifer Rosenzweig

Managing Director, Program Strategy
The Rockefeller Foundation

Bess Rothenberg

Senior Director of Strategy and Learning
Ford Foundation

Julie Russell

Chief Strategy Officer
Missouri Foundation for Health

Nadege Souvenir

Chief Executive Officer
San Antonio Area Foundation

Vince Stehle

Consultant
Public Media Venture Group

Former CEP Board Member

Kelvin Taketa

Former President & CEO
Hawai’i Community Foundation
Former CEP Board Member

Prithi Trivedi

Special Initiatives Director
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Jehan Velji

Director
Effective Philanthropy Group
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

Mailee Walker

Executive Director
Claneil Foundation

Dace West

Chief Impact Officer
The Denver Foundation