Karina Chamorro is the Global Climate Initiative interim program officer at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. She focuses on the Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Conservation (ALC) grantmaking, including managing ALC grant portfolio administration and cultivating grantee partnerships in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and the Congo Basin. Before joining the Packard Foundation in 2016, Karina worked at Root … Continued
Lana Dakan is the Foundation’s Global Reproductive Health director, working to expand equitable access to quality reproductive health care, especially for women and youth. Lana joined the Foundation in 2006 and has over 25 years of experience working on reproductive health and rights in the U.S. and globally. She has designed and executed strategic grantmaking … Continued
Amy Iftekhar is a program associate with the Global Reproductive Health initiative. She provides programmatic and grantmaking support to advance reproductive health and rights for women and young people, with a focus on the Sub-Saharan Africa region. Amy has over 20 years of experience working on reproductive health and rights and has had the privilege, … Continued
Bernadette Sangalang is the Packard Foundation’s Children and Families director, working to improve equitable outcomes in maternal health and support healthy development for children in their earliest years. Her over 30 years of experience spans across philanthropy, research institutions, and community-based organizations, where she has worked on critical issues such as maternal and child health, … Continued
Heather Ludemann is an Ocean Program Officer at The David & Packard Foundation where she leads strategy and grantmaking that amplifies and catalyzes global and domestic efforts to conserve marine biodiversity. She is particularly interested in the nexus of the ocean and climate change, Indigenous leadership in conservation, and environmental policy. Heather joined the Foundation … Continued
David serves as the investment operations director, David and his team are responsible for all aspects of investment operations working closely with the team and the Controller’s Office.
Christine Ortiz Arent serves as Managing Director for the Investments team. Prior to joining the Foundation in January 2009, Christine worked for the University of Chicago Office of Investments and had most recently served as a Manager of Real Assets. Christine holds a M.B.A. from The University of Chicago and a B.S. from Indiana University … Continued
Kimberly Sargent serves as Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining the Packard Foundation in February 2008, Kimberly was a consultant with McKinsey & Company’s San Francisco office, and prior to that a senior analyst at the Yale Investments Office. Kimberly holds an M.B.A. from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, a B.A. from Yale University, and is a … Continued
Silpa Pericherla serves as Managing Director for the Investments team. Prior to joining the Foundation in February 2010, she was on the direct investing side with positions at Seneca Capital, R6 Capital, and the Carlyle Group. Silpa holds a B.A. from Yale University and is a CFA charter holder.
Ben Chiquoine serves as a managing director for the Packard Foundation’s Investment team. In this role, he works broadly across the portfolio. Prior to joining the Foundation in September 2015, he was involved in endowment and foundation investing through his roles at Stanford Management Company and The Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF). Ben began his … Continued