Our People

In This Section

Our President, Julia Stasch

Our Board of Directors

Senior Leadership

Valerie Chang

Managing Director, Programs

Cecilia A. Conrad

Managing Director

Chantell Johnson

Managing Director, Evaluation

Elizabeth Kane

Managing Director, Core Services

Susan E. Manske

Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Michael Meadows

Managing Director, People and Culture

Joshua J. Mintz

Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary

Stephanie Platz

Managing Director, Programs

Debra Schwartz

Managing Director

Andrew Solomon

Managing Director, Communications

Julia M. Stasch

President

Marc P. Yanchura

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Staff Search

Kate Abramson

Team Administrator
On Nigeria
Population & Reproductive Health

Waheed Adeniran

Driver, Nigeria
On Nigeria

Chris J. Andreen

Director of Development & Software Architect

Maureen P. Atwell

Program Associate
MacArthur Fellows

John Balbach

Associate Director
Impact Investments
Climate Solutions

LaShonda Baldwin

Department Administrator

Geoffrey Banks

Program Officer
Chicago Commitment

Nicole Barksdale

Associate to the Managing Director
Impact Investments

Kate Barnes

Senior Program Officer
Conservation & Sustainable Development
Climate Solutions

Jennifer Bartlett

Associate to the Vice President

Abbas Bashir

Cleaner, Nigeria Office
On Nigeria

Beth Basta

Team Administrator
Journalism & Media

Ryan Bautista

Application Systems Engineer

David Baxter

Coordinator
MacArthur Fellows

Alexandria Becker

Coordinator
Technology in the Public Interest

Emma Belcher

Director
Nuclear Challenges
International Peace & Security

Buck Betten

Director, Derivative Strategies

Sharon Bissell

Director, Mexico
Human Rights
Population & Reproductive Health

Lucy Blanco

Team Coordinator
Climate Solutions
Policy Research

Margaret Boersema

Manager, Administrative Services

Beverly A. Brimley

Lead Receptionist

Whitney Burr

Payroll & Tax Specialist

Alvaro Camacho

General Services, Mexico

Marlies A. Carruth

Program Director
MacArthur Fellows

Steven J. Casey

Associate Director, Grants Management

Emmalyn Champion

Coordinator
Impact Investments

Tara Chand Sharma

Office Assistant, India

Marci Chin

Coordinator

Peter Chytla

Meeting Planner

Allison Clark

Associate Director
Impact Investments
Chicago Commitment
Housing

Joanne Cloonan

Senior Associate to the President

Joanna Cohen

Program Officer
Impact Investments
Journalism & Media
Nuclear Challenges
On Nigeria

Kimberly Collins

Associate to the Managing Director

Charles Coustan

Portfolio Manager
Impact Investments

Eloise E. Daniels

Program Coordinator
MacArthur Fellows

Yvonne Darkwa-Poku

Senior Program Officer
On Nigeria
Human Rights

Daniel Dirnberger

Associate Director

Kevin Doherty

Controller

Tom Dreixler

System Automation and Release Engineer

Kevin Drucker

Manager, Quantitative Analysis and Risk Management

Janice A. Dunbar

Senior Grants Manager
Chicago Commitment
Nuclear Challenges