REDF’s Advisory Council exists to provide ongoing guidance to REDF and our portfolio of nonprofit organizations on issues of strategy, management, business, field advancement, effectiveness and fundraising. The council currently has 26 distinguished members from around the U.S. who are known for their leadership, achievement, experience and integrity.

Gale Berkowitz

Evaluation Director
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Los Altos, CA

James Brady

CEO
Con10u, Inc
Sacramento, CA

Dee Dee Brantley

Director of Human Resources
The San Francisco Foundation
San Francisco, CA

Kristen Ace Burns

Program Officer and former President of REDF
The Grable Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA

Alexandra Christy

Executive Director
Woodcock Foundation
Location New York City

J. Gregory Dees

Adjunct Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and Nonprofit Management
Duke Fuqua School of Business
Duke University
Durham, NC

Jed Emerson

Partner and former Executive Director of REDF
Uhuru Capital Management, LLC
New York, NY

Phil Estes

Managing Member
Horizon Holdings, LLC
San Francisco, CA

Amanda Feinstein

Senior Program Officer, Economic Security
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
San Francisco, CA

Arturo Gonzalez

Economist
San Francisco, CA

Lyn Hikida

Director of Communications and Media
BRIDGE Housing
San Francisco, CA

Tom LaTour

Chairman/CEO (retired)
Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, LLC
San Francisco, CA

Paul C. Light

Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service
New York University
New York, NY

Mike Moser

Partner (retired)
Goldberg Moser O'Neill
San Francisco, CA

Barbara E. Pierce

Development Consultant
San Francisco, CA

Susan Portugal

Senior Vice President
Bank of America
San Francisco, CA

Steven Raphael

Professor of Public Policy
Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Holly Roberson

Director of Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur Program
Ashoka
Washington, DC

Vincent Robinson

Founder
The 360 Group
San Francisco, CA

Carmen Rojas

Manager of Strategic Grantmaking
Mitchell Kapor Foundation
San Francisco, CA

Susan Phinney Silver

Program-Related Investment Officer
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Los Altos, CA

Melinda T. Tuan

Nonprofit Consultant and former Managing Director of REDF
Narberth, PA

Paul H. Turner

President
Save Africa's Children
Los Angeles, CA

John Wallace

Vice President, Development and External Affairs
MDRC
Oakland, CA

Wallace Wertsch

Partner, Lead Tax Services
Deloitte Tax LLP
San Francisco, CA

Kenneth Wun

Special Assistant to John Burton
San Francisco, CA