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.
Katharine Bambrick
CEO
Ontario Trillium Foundation
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
Stuart Comstock-Gay
President & CEO
Delaware Community Foundation
Sara Davis
Sr. Director of Grantmaking Operations
Insight & Learning at Hillspire
Holly Donagh
Director, Strategic Learning, Insight and Influence
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Thère du Pont
President
Longwood Foundation, Inc.
Pam Foster
Chief Operating Officer
Co-Impact
Elizabeth González
Chief Program & Strategy Officer
College Futures Foundation
Doug Griffiths
President
Oak Foundation
Elaine Lasnik-Broida
President
Lasnik-Broida Consultants, Inc.
Happy Mwende Kinyili
Director of Programmes
Mama Cash
Grant Oliphant
CEO
Conrad Prebys Foundation
Former CEP Board Chair
Christy Pichel
Former President
Stuart Foundation
Former CEP Board Member
Hilary Pennington
Executive Vice President of Programs
Ford 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
BUILD Director
Ford Foundation
Bess Rothenberg
Senior Director of Strategy and Learning
Ford Foundation
Steve Seleznow
Fellow at Stanford
Distinguished Careers Institute
Nadya Shmavonian
Senior Advisor
SeaChange Capital Partners
Former CEP Board Member
Nadege Souvenir
Chief Operating Officer
Saint Paul and Minnesota 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 of the Effective Philanthropy Group
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Mailee Walker
Executive Director
Claneil Foundation
