2026-27 Cohort

Lida Aljabar
Senior Director, Catalyst Initiative & Fund
American Forests

Jeannine Balfour
Program Director
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

Mary Celis
President & CEO
The United Way of Passaic County

Juliana Chessin
Director, Grants Management
The Commonwealth Fund

Suzanne Delap
Senior Learning and Evaluation Officer
The Colorado Health Foundation

Meghan Doyle
Director of Philanthropic Engagement
Wichita Foundation

Andrea Elliott
Strategy and Planning Communications Lead
Rotary International

Jannie Fernandez
Director of Talent Engagement
Reboot Representation

Sierra Harris
Program Officer, Grantmaking
Longwood Foundation

Tracy Henderson
Executive Director, Impact & Inclusion
Comcast

Renee Johnson-Thornton
Senior Program Associate/ Associate Director MMUF program
Mellon Foundation

Christie Manning
Senior Program Director
Saint Luke's Foundation of Cleveland

Andres Mejia
Director of Organizational Learning & Talent Development
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

Ximena Murillo
CEO
United4Change Center for International Development & Global Citizenship

Brooks Nelson
Director, Strategic Initiatives
Walmart Foundation

Monica Parisa Rabii
Vice President, Strategic Partnership Programs
NEO Philanthropy

Michael Reyes
Senior Program Officer
Meyer Memorial Trust

Robyn Rosenthal
Director of Program Communications
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Almirica Santiago
Vice President for Grants and Capacity Building
Hispanic Federation

Katie Shultz
Chief Communications Officer
Community Foundation Tampa Bay

Caitlin Walker
Manager, Foundation & Corporate Social Responsibility
Delta Dental Community Care Foundation

Shantelice White
Associate Director, Grant Operations
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Keni Winchester
Director of Strategy & Community Engagement
Humana Foundation

Devin Woods
Program Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Gail Yen
Program Officer
The California Wellness Foundation
