
Advisory Council
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 has many distinguished members from around the U.S. who are known for their leadership, achievement, experience and integrity.
James Brady
CEO
Con10u, Inc
Sacramento, CA
Dee Dee Brantley
Director of Human Resources
The San Francisco Foundation
San Francisco, CA
Omar Brownson
Executive Director
Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation
Los Angeles, CA
Kristen Ace Burns
Program Officer and former President of REDF
The Grable Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA
J. Gregory Dees
Adjunct Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and Nonprofit Management
Duke Fuqua School of Business
Duke University
Durham, NC
Jed Emerson
Executive Vice President, Strategic Development
Former Executive Director of REDF
ImpactAssets
New York, NY
Phil Estes
Managing Member
Horizon Holdings, LLC
San Francisco, CA
Lyn Hikida
Director of Communications and Media
BRIDGE Housing
San Francisco, CA
Nike Irvin
Vice President of Programs
California Community Foundation
Los Angeles, 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
Connie Matsui
Board Member
San Diego Foundation and San Diego Grantmakers
Executive Vice President (retired)
Biogen Idec
San Diego, CA
Stephanie Miller
Grants Director
Woodcock Foundation
New York, NY
Mike Moser
Partner (retired)
Goldberg Moser O'Neill
San Francisco, CA
Sylia Obagi, CPA, MGA
Director of Operations
The Annenberg Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
Chinwe Onyeagoro
CEO
O-H Community Partners
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
Associate Director of Program Strategies
Living Cities
New York, NY
Susan Phinney Silver
Program-Related Investment Officer
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Los Altos, CA
Ellen Sloan
Social Capital Advisor
Los Angeles, CA
Leela Stake
Vice President
APCO Worldwide
San Francisco, 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
Adlai Wertman
Professor of Clinical Management and Organizations
Director of the Society and Business Lab
Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Wallace Wertsch
Partner, Lead Tax Services
Deloitte Tax LLP
San Francisco, CA
Kenneth Wun
Special Assistant to John Burton
San Francisco, CA