Melissa Thane is the Human Resources Associate at the Packard Foundation. She supports the organization’s HR processes, recruitment, and employee experience initiatives. Prior to joining the foundation, she worked as the Human Capital Associate at IEQ Capital. Melissa earned her bachelor’s degree in Managerial Economics from UC Davis. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, … Continued
Taylor Robinson is the People Partner on the Foundation’s Human Resources team. In her role, Taylor serves as a strategic partner for Foundation staff on HR programs, policies, and procedures. Taylor brings 15 years of social sector experience to her role at the Foundation. Most recently, she served as the Senior Director of Human Resources … Continued
Arame is the Talent Partner on the Human Resources team. She helps create and maintain equitable and inclusive processes to enhance our recruiting efforts as we continue to grow and bring amazing people to work at the Packard Foundation. She supports hiring managers in bridging the gap with talent to provide a seamless hiring experience … Continued
Barbara Peterson joined the Packard Foundation in 2018 as a Process Improvement Consultant in Human Resources. In this role, she was instrumental in transforming the HR processes to be more efficient and effective. In 2021, she was hired to be the process improvement manager and will continue to identify and lead projects across employee services … Continued
Ahmad Wright is the diversity, equity, learning and development director on the Packard Foundation’s Human Resources team. He joined the Foundation in 2019 as a manager of learning, development, and inclusion. Prior to working at the Foundation, Ahmad served as assistant dean and associate director with BEAM, Stanford Career Education. In his time with Stanford … Continued
Lisa Clark is the chief people officer at Packard Foundation. In this role, she serves as a member of the Foundation’s executive leadership team and focusing on talent management, leadership development, organizational design, compensation and benefits, and employee engagement. Lisa comes to the Foundation after 25+ years at Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies. She began her … Continued
Fedora joined the Packard Foundation in September 2016 as the Payroll and HRIS Manager in Human Resources. Fedora is responsible for all aspects of the payroll and maintaining the Human Resource Information System (HRIS). Prior to joining The Packard Foundation, Fedora was the Payroll Manager at Sega of America, Inc. Fedora has over 20 years … Continued
Nora Prentice is the compensation and benefits director for the Packard Foundation’s Human Resources team. She joined the Foundation in January 2015 as the benefits and operations manager. Nora has over over 25 years of experience working with companies to help design, implement, and administer their benefit programs. She holds a California Insurance License for … Continued