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Department: Grants Data and Operations

Department: Grants Data and Operations

Linh is a grants officer supporting the Just Societies goal area. In this role, she oversees the grantmaking budgets for Just Societies while supporting Foundation-wide grants management initiatives. Linh manages and collaborates on special projects that drive toward improvement and best practices in our grants management processes. In addition, Linh serves as a key advisor … Continued

Department: Grants Data and Operations

Kathy Barton is a grants officer supporting the Environment and Science goal. In this role, Kathy oversees the goal’s grantmaking budgets for Environment and Science, including the Packard Fellows program, while supporting Foundation-wide grants management initiatives. She manages and collaborates on special projects that drive toward improvement and best practices in our grants management processes. … Continued

Department: Grants Data and Operations

Joanne Tong is a grants officer supporting the Families & Communities goal area. In this role, she oversees the grantmaking budgets for Families & Communities while supporting Foundation-wide grants management initiatives. She manages and collaborates on special projects that drive toward improvement and best practices in our grants management processes. In addition, Joanne serves as … Continued

Department: Grants Data and Operations

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

Department: Grants Data and Operations

Juli is a program associate at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. She supports grantmaking operations for the Foundation’s work to protect and restore the ocean.   Juli brings her experience and love of working with data and improving organizational processes to her work. Prior to joining the Foundation, Juli worked at Pesticide Action Network North … Continued

Department: Grants Data and Operations

Kathy Hesse is a program associate at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. She supports grantmaking operations for the Foundation’s work to protect and restore the natural world.  She has worked at the Foundation since 1999. Kathy holds a B.A. in Spanish from Chico State University. 

Department: Grants Data and Operations

Linda Smith Gargiulo is the Business Solutions Officer in the Grants Data and Operations (GDO) team. Linda oversees the features and functionality of our Grants Management System and related grantmaking tools to support continuous improvement in the Foundation’s grantmaking practices and processes. She is responsible for change management and communication of those improvements. Linda also … Continued

Department: Grants Data and Operations

Kristine Ashfield is a program associate for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. She supports grantmaking operations for the Foundation’s work to protect and restore the ocean.  Kristine has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. She joined the Foundation in 1998 and has developed deep expertise in grantmaking. … Continued