Funders & Initiative Leadership

Managing Funders

The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

Jennifer Price-Letscher, President & CEO

Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation

The Ahmanson Foundation

Sara Straubel, Senior Program Officer

Cedars-Sinai

Erin Jackson-Ward, Executive Director, Grantmaking & Social Impact

Ballmer Group

Christine Tran, Portfolio Manager

Executive Transition Committee

Durfee Foundation

Claire Peeps,
Executive Director

The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

Kadar Lewis, Program Officer

Cedars-Sinai

Qiana Montazeri, Associate Program Officer, Civic Engagement

Versal Strategy

Maisie Chin,
President & CEO

Initiative Management

Director, Programs & Partnerships

Carrie Harlow

Director, Strategy & Communications

Otha Cole

Associate

Regina LaPlante

CONTRIBUTING FUNDERS

The NSI is made possible through the support of the following funders