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
Vice President, Programs and Strategy
ECMC Foundation
Grant Oliphant
CEO
Conrad Prebys Foundation
Former CEP Board Chair
Clara Bennett
Principal, Learning & Impact
Omidyar Network Fund, Inc.
Christy Pichel
Former President
Stuart Foundation
Former CEP Board Member
Elizabeth Brown
Managing Director, Mental Health
and Well-Being
Arthur M. Blank Foundation
Hilary Pennington
Executive Vice President of Programs
Ford Foundation
Former CEP Board Member
Matthew Carr
Strategy, Learning & Evaluation Director
Walton Family Foundation
Shelly Prichard
President & CEO
Wichita Community Foundation
Shawna Carroll-Wilthien
Impact & Learning Manager
Fondation Chanel
Brian Quinn
Associate Vice President, Research-Evaluation Learning
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Yolanda Coentro
President and CEO
Institute for Nonprofit Practice
Kathy Reich
BUILD Director
Ford Foundation
Sara Davis
Sr. Director of Grantmaking Operations
Insight & Learning at Hillspire
Bess Rothenberg
Senior Director of Strategy and Learning
Ford Foundation
Holly Donagh
Director, Strategic Learning, Insight and Influence
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Nadege Souvenir
Chief Executive Officer
San Antonio Area Foundation
Pam Foster
Chief Operating Officer
Co-Impact
Vince Stehle
Executive Director
Media Impact Funders
Former CEP Board Member
Dr. Laura Gerald
President
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
Kelvin Taketa
Former President & CEO
Hawai’i Community Foundation
Former CEP Board Member
Elizabeth González
Chief Program & Strategy Officer
College Futures Foundation
Jehan Velji
Director of the Effective Philanthropy Group
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Happy Mwende Kinyili
Co-Executive Director
Mama Cash
Mailee Walker
Executive Director
Claneil Foundation
Sandra Nathan
Managing Director of Operations
Humanity United
Dace West
Chief Impact Officer
The Denver Foundation