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