People
Meet the CEP team.
Kevin Bolduc
Kevin leads the creation and delivery of CEP’s performance assessments and advisory services, including the development of new tools that help funders improve their effectiveness. Since joining CEP in 2001, Kevin helped design CEP’s groundbreaking Grantee Perception...
Vice President, Assessment and Advisory Services
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Kevin Quigley
Kevin is responsible for general administrative, clerical, and database upkeep for CEP offices in both Cambridge and San Francisco. Prior to his work with CEP, Kevin provided admin assistance for nonprofits such as Virtually Wired – the first nonprofit internet...
Administrative Assistant, Finance and Operations
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Kris Sanda
Kris provides streamlined financial data to all departments internally at CEP as well as to external clients, while overseeing the day-to-day financial operations for the organization. Prior to joining CEP in 2015, Kris worked with various for-profit organizations,...
Senior Manager, Finance and Operations
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Kristy Luk
Kristy leads the creation and presentation of assessment insights for CEP’s clients. She is also involved with CEP’s Learning Institute, which offers peer learning cohorts and custom workshops to foundation staff, leaders, donors, and trustees. Prior to joining CEP in...
Senior Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services
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LaTida Smith
LaTida is the president of the Winston-Salem Foundation, a 102-year-old community foundation. LaTida took the reins at the Foundation, which serves Forsyth County, North Carolina, in September 2021. Prior to her appointment at the Winston-Salem Foundation, LaTida...
President, Winston-Salem Foundation
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Lauren Chan
Lauren supports the People and Culture team, engaging with hiring, staff training and development, and program operations. Prior to joining in February 2023, Lauren managed teams in hospitality, scaling service models, training, and operations systems to support cafe...
Senior Coordinator, People and Culture
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Leaha Wynn
Leaha collaborates in the strategy and implementation of talent management at CEP. In this capacity, she plays a major role in staff recruiting, events, professional development, and the incorporation of talent analytics; and works closely with the President, Director...
Senior Manager, People and Culture; Diversity and Inclusion Strategist
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Lee Alexander Risby
Lee leads the Effective Philanthropy team at the Laudes Foundation in Switzerland. Risby steers the organisation in measuring, evaluating, and learning from results and long-term impact. In his role, he also leads the foundation’s efforts to build partners capacities...
Director of Effective Philanthropy, Laudes Foundation
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Liz Kelley Sohn
Liz leads the creation and presentation of assessment insights for CEP’s clients. Previously, Liz worked at CEP from 2010 – 2013. Prior to rejoining CEP in 2022, Liz worked in healthcare as an analytic manager at Kaiser Permanente, where she delivered reporting and...
Senior Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services
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Manaal Syed
Manaal designs, maintains, and improves data tools and pipelines utilized by CEP. Prior to joining CEP, she worked as a software engineer and data analyst. She has also worked as a math teacher and served with the Peace Corps. Manaal graduated with...
Data Systems Engineer, Technology
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Mauricio Teles
Mauricio delivers technology expertise and support. Before joining CEP in 2022, Mauricio spent 20+ years in IT and Banking consulting where he performed in both management and leadership roles. His passion for math and education led him to pursue a Bachelor’s in...
Senior Manager, Technology
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Max Miller
Max analyzes quantitative and qualitative data, writes reports, and provides assessment insights to CEP clients. Before Max joined CEP in January of 2022, he began as a Teaching Fellow with the Aga Khan Development Network in Mombasa, Kenya, focusing on building and...
Senior Analyst, Assessment and Advisory Services
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Megan Hallisy
Megan helps the Client Services team foster an excellent experience for school and district clients during all stages of their engagement with YouthTruth. Before joining YouthTruth in 2021, Megan worked in development at a nonprofit organization in San Francisco,...
Associate Manager, Client Services, YouthTruth
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Mena Boyadzhiev
Mena leads relationships with funders using CEP’s assessments and custom advisory services. She oversees the design and presentation of CEP assessments and the implementation of CEP’s advisory services practice. Mena is a frequent speaker to foundation staff and...
Director, Assessment and Advisory Services
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Mercedes De La Riva
Mercedes stewards participant engagement and designs and facilitates Learning Institute offerings; bringing together individuals looking to improve philanthropic practice and maximize positive impact on partners, fields, and communities. Prior to joining CEP in 2023,...
Engagement Lead, Learning Institute
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Miguel Duran
Miguel Duran is dedicated to driving technological innovation at CEP. As Director of IT, he oversees CEP’s technology infrastructure, ensuring seamless operations, cybersecurity, data-driven decision-making, and the creation of new software products. He collaborates...
Director of IT, Finance, Operations, and Technology
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Minji Park
Minji evaluates student feedback and assists in the generation of client reports. Prior to joining YouthTruth in 2023, Minji graduated from Yale University with a degree in Neuroscience and a specialization in Neuro-Economics and Decision Making. She also has...
Analyst, YouthTruth
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Molly Heidemann
Molly supports CEP’s president. She provides administrative support to the president while also coordinating several operational initiatives in the president’s office. Prior to joining CEP in December 2019, Molly worked as executive assistant in higher education...
Special Assistant to the President
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Naomi Rafal
Naomi supports the Programming and External Relations team’s fundraising, stewardship, and events work. Prior to joining CEP in August 2021, Naomi served as the Corporate and Foundation Relations Coordinator at the Museum of Science, Boston. She also gained experience...
Associate Manager, Programming and External Relations
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Natalia Kiryttopoulou
Natalia leads relationships with funders based in Europe as well as globally outside the US. She conducts assessments and presents insights to CEP’s international clients and delivers custom advisory services. Prior to joining CEP in 2022, Natalia worked as an...
Lead for Global Assessment and Advisory Services Based in Madrid, Spain
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