The Hewlett Foundation depends on a cooperative working relationship between our president, board and staff. Our board of directors always includes four members of the Hewlett family and between five and 11 other leaders drawn from philanthropy, government, business, education and civil society. Our president, Larry Kramer, is a constitutional law scholar and the former dean of Stanford Law School. Our staff, all located in the Bay Area and listed below, work together to advance the foundation’s mission and support our grantees. Also see: demographics and open positions.
President’s Office
Larry Kramer
President
Fay Twersky
Vice President
Gail Claspell
Project Coordinator
Joan Garretson
Director of Facilities and Assistant to the President
Jennifer Harris
Senior Fellow
Departments and Programs (listed alphabetically)
Communications
Vidya Krishnamurthy
Director of Communications
Kristen Carriker
Digital Communications Officer
Neha Singh Gohil
Communications Officer, Education
Liz Judge
Communications Officer, Environment
Kate Payne
Communications Associate
Sarah Jane Staats
Communications Officer, Global Development and Population
Heath Wickline
Communications Officer, Performing Arts and Initiatives
Cyber Initiative
Eli Sugarman
Director
Monica M. Ruiz
Program Fellow
Marlene Zapata
Program Associate
Education Program
Kent McGuire
Program Director
Raquel Abdala
Program Associate
Dara Bevington
Program Associate
Kathryn Bradley
Program Fellow
Angela DeBarger
Program Officer
Amanda Lanceplaine
Program Associate
Charmaine Mercer
Program Officer
Peter Rivera
Program Officer
Effective Philanthropy Group
Fay Twersky
Vice President
Amy Arbreton
Evaluation Officer
Carla Ganiel
Organizational Learning Officer
Lori Grange
Strategy Officer
Andrea Jeong
Executive Assistant
Morgan Reams
Program Associate
Jasmine Sudarkasa
Program Fellow
Jennifer Wei
Organizational Effectiveness Officer
Environment Program
Jonathan Pershing
Program Director
Carlos Aguilar
Program Associate
Mary Flannelly
Program Manager
Jane Flegal
Program Officer
Anand Gopal
Program Officer
Andrea Keller Helsel
Program Officer
Jennee Kuang
Program Fellow
Summer Iqbal
Program Associate
Cristina Kinney
Program Associate
Marilyn Waite
Program Officer
Facilities and Reception
Joan Garretson
Executive Assistant to the President and Director of Facilities
Andres Anaya
Facilities Supervisor
Tony Azzopardi
Facilities Assistant
Tyson Marks
Facilities Coordinator
Ashley Olin
Receptionist and Front Desk Coordinator
Finance and Accounting
Suresh Bhat
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Tom Bowmer
Tax Officer
Vicki Chu
Administrative Associate
Catherine Hoang
Associate Accountant
Spergon Hunt
Associate Accountant
Dwight Koda
Controller
Ada Lee
Senior Financial Analyst
Jenny Utke
Finance Operations Lead
Jing-Jing Zheng
Accounting Manager
General Counsel
Elizabeth Peters
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Kristel Butcher
Executive Assistant
Pooja Kadakia Raval
Counsel
Kristy Bernard Tsadick
Deputy General Counsel
Global Development and Population Program
Dana Hovig
Program Director
May Aguiar
Program Associate
Norma Altshuler
Program Officer
Althea D. Anderson
Program Officer
Joseph Asunka
Program Officer
Jessica Avendaño
Program Associate
Kim Brehm
Program Associate
Christine Clark
Program Officer
Jodie Clark
Program Associate
Janet Holt
Program Officer
Sarah Iqbal
Program Officer
Sarah Lucas
Program Officer
Alfonsina Peñaloza
Program Officer
David Sasaki
Program Officer
Pat Scheid
Program Officer
Nathalie Scholl
Program Associate
Sarah Settle
Program Associate
Grants Management
Sara Davis
Director of Grants Management
Aimée Bruederle
Grants Officer
Nicole Graffius
Executive Assistant
Jessica Halverson
Grants Officer
Laura Kimura
Grants Officer
Leeanne Oue
Grants Officer
Brooke Treadwell
Grants Officer
Sarah Yun
Grants Officer
Human Resources
Judy Parkman
Director of Human Resources
Helena Geefay
Talent Development Officer
Nicole Graffius
Executive Assistant
Christine Nishimura
Senior Compensation and Benefits Manager
Megan Rossi
Senior Human Resources Manager – Staffing and Employee Engagement
Chloe Walling
Payroll & HRIS Manager
Information Technology
Patrick Collins
Chief Information Officer
Lily Chiu
Senior IT Analyst
Boris Decout
Senior Network and Systems Engineer
Chuck Ferreira
Desktop Systems Specialist
Kathy A.N. Grant
Deputy Chief Information Officer
Tess Hanrahan
IT Analyst
Rena Lee
Senior Applications Developer
Trinh Liu
Senior IT Analyst
Whitney Paalborg
IT Operations Coordinator
Investments
Ana Marshall
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Bhavya Athmaram
Associate Director of Public Investments
Peter Chan
Investments Operations Accountant
Christine Coppellotti
Senior Investment Analyst
Allysia Emerson
Executive Assistant
Elina Inker
Senior Investment Analyst
Brett Johnson
Director of Public Investments
Luis Laboy
Director of Public Equity
Sharon Lee
Director of Investment Operations and Accounting
Brad McCarter
Associate Director of Private Investments
Tom Mieczkowski
Associate Director of Private Investments
Katia Ostrovsky
Associate Director of Public Investments
Christy Richardson
Director of Private Investments
Performing Arts Program
Emiko Ono
Program Director
Jaime Cortez
Program Officer
Adam Fong
Program Officer
Aleina Hammonds
Program Associate
Jessica Mele
Program Officer
Kerry O’Connor
Program Associate
U.S. Democracy
Daniel Stid
Program Director
Carla Bernal
Program Associate
Jean Parvin Bordewich
Program Officer
Vanessa Tucker
Program Officer