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Department: Families and Communities

Department: Families and Communities

Hannah Au is a Program Associate in the California Community Initiatives team, supporting grantmaking to strengthen community infrastructure and housing stability in California counties. She brings grantmaking experience from her previous role as a Program Associate at the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health which focused on supporting systems of care for children with special … Continued

Department: Families and Communities

Mia is a Program Research Analyst with the Families and Communities team at the Packard Foundation, through the UC Berkeley Haas Philanthropy Fellowship. In her role, she primarily works with the Child and Family Initiative, dedicated to advancing the health and well-being of families, children, and birthing people. Prior to Packard, Mia worked in public … Continued

Department: Families and Communities

Bonne-Elise is a program associate at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. She supports grantmaking to drive equitable outcomes in maternal health and child development and to make California’s communities strong, resilient places where all families can thrive. Her role involves data and operations support to improve equitable outcomes in maternal and child health, protecting … Continued

Department: Families and Communities

Dr. Ruth Levine joined the Foundation in 2023 as vice president of Just Societies and chief learning officer. She oversees the Foundation’s work to build just and equitable societies and leads the Foundation’s commitment to learning and impact. Prior to joining the Foundation, Ruth was the CEO of IDinsight, a mission-driven global advisory, data analytics, … Continued

Department: Families and Communities

Christina Deagen is an operations manager at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, providing operational, administrative, and grantmaking support to help ensure California’s communities are strong and resilient. Prior to joining the Foundation, she worked as a German teacher then transitioned to the professional development team at IXL Learning, an EdTech company. Christina earned her … Continued

Department: Families and Communities

Youvanna is a program associate at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. She supports grantmaking to improve equitable outcomes in maternal health and support healthy development for children in their earliest years. Her role involves operations support and partnership with grantees to improve outcomes in maternal and child health development outcomes in Louisiana and Mississippi. … Continued

Department: Families and Communities

Karuna joined the Packard Foundation in December 2020 as an evaluation & learning officer. In this role she provides guidance and technical assistance to staff in monitoring, evaluation, learning (MEL) and continuous improvement efforts. In addition, she leads cross-foundational learning to ensure that all staff have the skills, tools and resources to support robust and … Continued

Department: Families and Communities

Tamara Mozahuani Alvarado is a program officer at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. She oversees grantmaking to help ensure that California’s communities are strong, resilient places where everyone can thrive. Tamara joins the Packard Foundation after serving as executive director of the Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation, a San José, California–based foundation that focuses … Continued

Department: Families and Communities

Amina is a program associate at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, supporting grantmaking to help ensure California’s communities are strong and resilient places where families can thrive. Prior to joining the Foundation, she was as a curatorial assistant at the Oakland Museum of California and a Funding Advisory Committee member for the City of … Continued

Department: Families and Communities

Thania Barragan is a program associate at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, working to support grantmaking to help ensure California’s communities are strong, resilient places. Prior to joining the Packard Foundation, she worked for College Futures Foundation to close education equity gaps and further college completion for marginalized students. Thania holds a bachelor’s degree … Continued