Tatiana Hernandez

Tatiana Hernandez is the Chief Executive Officer of Community Foundation Boulder County, where she guides a dedicated team focused on increasing generosity and galvanizing resources to help build a more equitable Boulder County. During her tenure, the foundation has led numerous disaster-related philanthropic efforts including responses to COVID, a mass shooting and multiple fires. 

Prior to joining the foundation, Tatiana served as President of the Emily Griffith Foundation and was a Senior Program Officer at the Kresge Foundation. In Boulder, Tatiana served as Arts Director for the Hemera Foundation where she developed Arts in Society, Colorado’s largest private-public funding program for the arts. She began her philanthropic career at the Knight Foundation, where she oversaw a portfolio of more than $100M in investments and distributed $10M annually.

Prior to philanthropy, Tatiana worked in the nonprofit sector on issues ranging from college access to climate change. Originally from Miami and a native Spanish speaker, she is a first-generation graduate of The George Washington University.