The PLACES Fellowship is one of The Funders Network’s most significant efforts to foster leadership in the philanthropic sector. PLACES, which stands for Professionals Learning About Community, Equity, and Sustainability, has welcomed more than 180 fellows to participate in a yearlong learning opportunity to help grantmakers embed the values of racial, social, and economic equity into their work. Our alums hail from all corners of the United States and Canada, representing national, regional, and community foundations.
Following their year-long fellowship experience, PLACES alums are invited to participate in various networking and leadership development opportunities including:
- NEW! Accessing digital networking tools such as TFN’s Member Portal, which includes a searchable funder and PLACES Alum directory. The deep connections and passion for learning forged during PLACES Fellowships extend far beyond the cohort year. So we’re making it easier for PLACES Alums to stay engaged — even if you don’t work for a TFN member organization or have moved away from philanthropy altogether. We’re excited to share that TFN’s Member Portal is now open to all PLACES Alums, regardless of your employment status. Click on TFN’s Member Portal page for details. We also have launched a PLACES Alum-only Slack channel and a PLACES Alum LinkedIn Group.
- Participating and leading learning calls, webinars, facilitation and training, and site visits for continued learning
- Engage in TFN working groups and steering committees
- Annual conference session creators and speakers
- Annual alums gathering
- PLACES Advisory Board
- TFN Board of Directors (Leadership Pipeline)
We invite you below to meet our PLACES Alums. Fellows are listed with the foundation or organization that supported their fellowship at the time of their participation.
Araceli Campos
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Arturo Garcia
Kresge Foundation
Emma-Louise Anderson
Seed Fund
Helen Wong
Meyer Memorial Trust
Joy Webb
Southern Black Girl and Womens Consortium
Lesly Fajardo- Feaux
The Colorado Health Foundation
Maria Aquino
The James Irvine Foundation
Monae Dale
California Community Foundation
Rachel Isacoff
The Rockefeller Foundation
Ronda Chapman
The Trust for Public Land
Sandeep Bikram Shah
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Shilpa Shankar
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Tara Tuomaala
Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation
Tiffany Lloyd
The Allyn Family Foundation
Todd Trebour
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA)
Xan Avendaño
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Jena Bradley
United Way of Greater Cincinnati
Francisco Covarrubias
California Community Foundation
Michele Christiansen
Voqal
Katrina Deberry
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Sidra Fatima
The Kresge Foundation
Felisa Gonzales
The Colorado Trust
Jessica Mákàńjú González Martínez
New Growth Innovation Network
Tia Hicks
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Bay Area
Melanie Moore
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Jennifer Pereira
Rhode Island Foundation
Lakshmi (Sasha) Ponappa
CSD Unites Community Foundation
Sally Ray
Center for Disaster Philanthropy
Nell Tessman
Gray Family Foundation
Mark Tran
The California Endowment
Peter Whitt
St. Luke’s Foundation
Le Anne Alexander
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Everett Au
The San Diego Foundation
Daniel Barrett
The Buhl Foundation / One Northside
Alexis Bivens
Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
Elizabeth Coco
The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota
Mary Coleman
Voqal
Anna Cruz
The Kresge Foundation
Nancy Fasching
Southwest Initiative Foundation
Rayana Grace
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts
Betsy Hands
High Meadows Fund
Talib Horne
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Mindy Kao
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Roger Perez
Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation
Stephanie Ruiz
Hispanics in Philanthropy
Bilal Tajildeen
Connecticut Community Foundation
Omar Carrillo Tinajero
Center for Community Investment at Lincoln Institute
Mateus Baptista
Panasonic Corporation
of North America
Dominic Braham
LISC Phoenix
Grace Chung
LISC New York City
Mia Cooper
Metro United Way
Jonathan Cunningham
Seattle Foundation
Denise Herrera
St. David's Foundation
Jonathan Hui
The Kresge Foundation
Mohamed Huque
Inspirit Foundation
Christina Kamkosi
Empire Health Foundation
Tonja Khabir
Griffith Family Foundation
Sara Levine
Rogers Family Foundation
Michelle Morris
Duluth Superior Area
Community Foundation
Ogonnaya Newman
The JPB Foundation
Darlene Russell
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Gabrielle Sims
The Boston Foundation
Craig Stumpf-Allen
Edmonton Community Foundation
Jamie Arteaga
United Way of Metro Chicago
Ajeev Bhatia
Laidlaw Foundation
Marvin Carr
Institute for Museum
and Library Sciences
Rebecca Chan
LISC National
Ciara Coleman
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Cara Ferrentino
William Penn Foundation
Maha Freij
Center for Arab American
Philanthropy
Thomasina Hier
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Nina Holzer
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
Andrea Hulighan
The Winston-Salem Foundation
Maarten Jacobs
Allyn Family Foundation
Randy Lopez
Wynadotte Health Foundation
Kumar Raj
The Skillman Foundation
Simon Suganthi
The Arthur M. Blank Foundation
Natalia Swanson
Mary Black Foundation
Joanna Troter
The Chicago Community Trust
Marisa Aurora Quiroz
The International Foundation
Alex Camardelle-Floyd
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Mordecai Cargill
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
Camille Cyprian
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Mekaelia Davis
Prudential Foundation
Michelle Huttenhoff
Knight Foundation
Lisa Jacobson
Barr Foundation
Patrick Johnston
Toledo Community Foundation
Melanie Mitros
Vitalyst Health Foundation
Tyler Nickerson
The Solutions Project
Anne Phillips
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Chantel Rush
The Kresge Foundation
Heather Smith
The Field Foundation of Illinois
Kelly Thompson
Community Foundation
of Great River Bend
Jalonne White-Newsome
The Kresge Foundation
Cheri Wright-Jones
Allegany Franciscan Ministries
Gilbert Achey
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
Kris Archie
Vancouver Foundation
William Cordery
Surdna Foundation
Punita Dani Thurman
The Skillman Foundation
Jill Fuglister
Meyer Memorial Trust
Davian Gagne
Mile High Connects
Janel Hines
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Bryan Hogle
The Kresge Foundation
Mac Howison
The Sprout Fund
Sana Jafri
Chicago Community Trust
Michelle Jaramillo
The San Diego Foundation
Jaime Love
Interact For Health
Aaron Robertson
Seattle Foundation
Chan Brown
Kansas Health Foundation
Michael Coffey
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Alfredo Cruz
Foundation for Louisiana
Fabiola Greenwalt
The Russell Family Foundation
Anneliese Grytafey
Toledo Community Foundation
Kimberly Jones
Urban Partnership Bank
Tom Linfield
Madison Community Foundation
Evelin Montes
Liberty Hill Foundation
Surabhi Pandit
Community Foundation
for Southeast Michigan
Heather Pontonio
Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
Tobi Printz-Platnick
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Mia Ramirez
Kaiser Permanente
Daniel Soliman
AARP Foundation
Christopher Stallworth
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Lauren Taylor
Hyde Family Foundation
Maranda Witherspoon Richardson
Missouri Foundation for Health
Sandy Chapelle
Saint Luke's Foundation
Alison Corwin
Surdna Foundation
Jonalyn Denlinger
Baltimore Community Foundation
C.J. Eisenbarth Hager
St. Luke's Health Initiative
Jose Garcia
Surdna Foundation
Christopher Goett
Council on Foundations
Jasmin Hall Ratliff
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
George Jacobson
The Kresge Foundation
Lauren Johnson
Social Venture Partners Portland
Amoretta Morris
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Mary Rose Navarro
Metro Portland
Erik Takeshita
LISC Twin Cities
Eula Tatman
Community Foundation
of Northeast Alabama
Sharmila Rao Thakkar
The Siragusa Foundation
Danielle Torain
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Geri Yang-Johnson
Wells Fargo Foundation
Juan Sebastian Arias
Living Cities
Julie Brown
Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation
Caitlin Brune
May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
Eric Dregne
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
Tamu Jones
The California Endowment
Margot Kane
Calvert Foundation
Helen Leung
Living Cities
Bryna Lipper
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Office of International and Philanthropic Innovation
Craig Martinez
The California Endowment
Jean McKeown
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Curt McPhail
Mary Black Foundation
Tyronda Minter
Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta
Alece Montez
Orton Family Foundation
LaToya Moore
Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Susie Seidelman
Johnson Foundation at Wingspread
Kurt Sommer
Association for Baltimore Area Grantmakers
Monica Abrahams
The Colorado Health Foundation
Lynn Coriano
Social Venture Partners Seattle
Susan Dobkins
The Russell Family Foundation
Jennifer Downing
Garfield Foundation
Edward Egnatios
The Skillman Foundation
Bridget Flood
Incarnate Word Foundation
Sarah Gillespie
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Office of International and Philanthropic Innovation
Beth Herz
Surdna Foundation
Meisha McDaniel
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Bina Patel
Grand Victoria Foundation
Kirsten Scobie
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Sheena Solomon
The Gifford Foundation
Eric Stoller
The Heinz Endowments
Terri Thao
Nexus Community Partners
Willie Barney
Empowerment Network Omaha
Len Bartel
Maine Health Access Foundation
Timothy Block
The Home Depot Foundation
Evelyn Burnett
Living Cities
Dion Cartwright
Baltimore Community Foundation
Mark Hallett
McCormick Foundation
Katy Locker
Hudson-Webber Foundation
Michael Maroney
Omaha Minority Community Development Fund
Vi Nguyen
Vancouver Foundation
Carolina Quezada
The Iowa West Foundation
Mary Skelton Roberts
Barr Foundation
Jasmine Thomas
Surdna Foundation
Kristin Williams
The Sherwood Foundation
Elisa Wong
Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit
Sylvia Zaldivar-Sykes
The Lake County Community Foundation
Zainab Hassan
Minneapolis Foundation
Sarah Hernandez
McKnight Foundation
Brian Moore
The Gifford Foundation
Toya Randall
Grand Victoria Foundation
Michael Shaw
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Todd Vogel
Social Venture Partners
Susanna Weckerle
Community Foundation of South East Michigan
Have you changed organizations? Did you get a promotion? Swap out a last name?
Update your alum information with Talissa Lahaliyed at talissa@fundersnetwork.org to stay up to date with your PLACES network.