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
Matthew Carr
Strategy
Learning & Evaluation Director
Walton Family 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
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
Pam Foster
Chief Operating Officer
Co-Impact
Dr. Laura Gerald
President
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
Elizabeth González
Chief Program & Strategy Officer
College Futures Foundation
Happy Mwende Kinyili
Co-Executive Director
Mama Cash
Sandra Nathan
Managing Director of Operations
Humanity United
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
Director
DEI & Community Engagement
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Hilary Pennington
Former Executive Vice President of Programs
Ford Foundation
Former CEP Board Member
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
Former BUILD Director
Ford Foundation
Bess Rothenberg
Senior Director of Strategy and Learning
Ford Foundation
Nadege Souvenir
Chief Executive Officer
San Antonio Area Foundation
Vince Stehle
Executive Director
Media Impact Funders
Former CEP Board Member
Kelvin Taketa
Former President & CEO
Hawai’i Community Foundation
Former CEP Board Member
Jehan Velji
Director
Effective Philanthropy Group
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Mailee Walker
Executive Director
Claneil Foundation
Dace West
Chief Impact Officer
The Denver Foundation