LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL STANFORD - Key Persons


Ali Kagawa

Job Titles:
  • Director, Digital Fundraising

Ali Rivera

Job Titles:
  • Program Associate
Ali graduated from Santa Clara University with a bachelor's degree in public health and a minor in sociology. Her passion for helping others led her to complete a summer internship at La Familia Counseling Center in Sacramento, where she taught children and youth from low-income families about proper eating habits. In addition to her public health background, Ali previously worked over three years as a technical assistant for a nonprofit organization in Elk Grove, California. She helped create, edit, and troubleshoot online homework help platforms for students struggling with math.

Alice Chiang

Job Titles:
  • Communications Officer
  • Media Contact

Alireza Farshbaf

Job Titles:
  • Network & Systems Engineer

Allison Gray

Job Titles:
  • Senior Program Officer

Amena Ahmed

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Major Gifts Program

Amy Wong

Job Titles:
  • Director, Corporate Relations

Andrea Kirk

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Events Marketing & Communications

Andrew Kaufteil

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Strategic Communications
Andrew Kaufteil joined the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health in 2021 and oversees the Foundation's brand and engagement strategy, and manages teams focused on content, creative services, donor communications, and events. Andrew has a diverse background in innovation, marketing, and communications in the private and nonprofit sectors, across a number of industries, from healthcare, to tech, to higher education. Prior to joining the Foundation, Andrew held leadership positions at Wipro, Cooper, UC San Francisco, and UC Berkeley. Andrew has a BA in Communication & Media Studies from Macalester College and a JD from University of Connecticut.

Ann Madden

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Donor Relations

Anne Marie Milo

Job Titles:
  • Associate, Community Relations

Beth Tagawa

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate Director, Principal Gifts Communications

Brad Lynch

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Data & Reporting

Cara Martin

Job Titles:
  • Development Associate, Major Gifts

Catherine Felmly

Job Titles:
  • Interim Events & Community Relations Coordinator

Charlie White

Job Titles:
  • Development Associate, Principal Gifts

Charlotte Jones

Job Titles:
  • Senior Creative Lead
Charlotte has a wide range of experience that includes communication design, user experience, and environmental design. As a creative lead and a visual design manager at the Foundation, she collaborates with many departments and guides her team to achieve powerful, inspiring creative solutions. Charlotte studied under and worked for renowned Bay Area graphic designer Sam Smidt. She also taught at the UCSC Extension, where her classes included Advanced Typography and Layout and Typography. The American Advertising Federation, Print Magazine, the Western Art Directors Club, Rockport Books, and the Western Publications Association have all recognized her work. With more than 20 years of experience in print and online design, her past clients include Apple, Girl Scouts of Northern California, Google, Intel, NetApp, Plantronics, NVIDIA, Seagate, Siemens, and Visa.

Christina Stratakis

Job Titles:
  • Specialist, Gift & Data Processing

Christine Junge

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director & Team Lead, Donor Relations

Christine Pepperdine

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Donor Relations

Cindi J. Trost

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President of Campaigns

Cindy Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Development Assistant, Annual Giving

Crystal Chow

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Development Communications

Cynthia J. Brandt - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • President
Cynthia Brandt was thrilled to join the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health as president and CEO in 2018. Now she is on a mission-with the outstanding team at the Foundation-to unlock philanthropy to improve health for all kids and moms, in Silicon Valley and around the world. During 20+ years in fundraising and communications, Cynthia has contributed to important missions and great teams as Campaign Director for the Smithsonian Institution, VP for Advancement at Mills College, and Associate Dean for External Relations at Stanford University's School of Humanities & Sciences. She is grateful and motivated to give back because others' generosity allowed her to pursue a PhD and MA in sociology at Stanford and a BA in English and fine arts at Vanderbilt. Cynthia is passionate about the potential for science to heal humanity and the planet. She is emphatic that this work must be grounded in empathy and a commitment to lift up all people equally.

David Abarca

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager, Foundation Relations

David Russo

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Gift Planning

Dawn Mitchell

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate Director, Principal Gifts

Divya Desale

Job Titles:
  • Assistant, Gift Planning

Dresden Joswig

Job Titles:
  • Director of Content

Duncan Burgermeister

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President, Annual Giving

Elizabeth Dunlevie - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
Elizabeth Dunlevie have made an $80 million gift to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and the Stanford University School of Medicine to facilitate the launch...

Emily Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Development Associate, Major Gifts

Faith Danforth

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President, Advancement Services

Gem Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Director, Major Gifts

Hannah Au

Job Titles:
  • Program Associate, Programs & Partnerships

Helene Sims

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Events

Holly Henry

Job Titles:
  • Program Director
  • Director of the Program for Children
Holly is Director of the Program for Children with Special Health Care Needs at the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health. In this role, she works with grantees focused on improving care coordination, implementing quality standards, and developing self-management supports for children with special health care needs and their families. She also directs the California Community Care Coordination Collaborative. Prior to joining the Foundation, Holly served as project director and research associate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she managed several international and domestic research studies focusing on child and adolescent health issues, including obesity prevention, media use and awareness, HIV prevention, and tobacco marketing. She has studied the effects of health-related programming developed by Sesame Workshop and MTV on children's knowledge, attitudes, and health behaviors. She has also served as nutrition policy project associate at the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, D.C., where her work included advocacy for improvements in school meal policy and menu labeling. Dr. Henry earned her MHS and PhD at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and is the proud mother of three young children.

India Medaris

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Project Administrator

Jasan Zimmerman

Job Titles:
  • Director, Foundation Relations
After nearly 12 years working in a biotechnology lab, Jasan transitioned from science into the nonprofit sector to fulfill a passion for helping others. He holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Whittier College, a master's degree in microbiology and molecular genetics from Loma Linda University, and a master of nonprofit administration from University of San Francisco. As a survivor of childhood and young adult cancer, he is an enthusiastic advocate for all patients with chronic and life-threatening diseases. Jasan considers his work at the Foundation to be a privilege and an incredible way of giving back to make the journey better for the next group of patients fighting through the jungle of illness.

Jean Gorman

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President, Gift Planning
Jean has worked in gift planning since 1983, shortly after graduating from the Notre Dame Law School. Over the course of nearly 35 years, Jean has worked in higher education and health care. She has worked in different geographic areas, and she has been responsible for development areas other than gift planning. Jean co-founded the Portland Planned Giving Council and was the president of the San Diego Estate Planning Council. In 2004, she returned to her alma mater, where she served as a senior leader in development and was a co-leader in one of the most successful capital campaigns for a university without a medical school. Planned gifts represented 25 percent of the gift planning total for Notre Dame's campaign, which was partly because the gift planning team activated three different programs-a donor advised fund, use of the University's endowment for the investment of the charitable remainder trusts, and the launch of a national program for charitable gift annuities.

Jeanne Berube

Job Titles:
  • Director of Auxiliaries Relations

Jeff Shilling

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Individual Giving

Jen Ontiveros

Job Titles:
  • Director, Gift Strategy & Operations

Jennifer Bliss

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Prospect Strategy & Management

Jennifer Faulkner

Job Titles:
  • Senior Accountant

Jennifer Hedman

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Major Gifts

Jennifer Yuan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Development Communications

Jessica Brettle

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Board Relations

Jessica Yee

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant, Office of the CEO & President

Jim Deasy

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President, Institutional Relations & Strategy

Jodi Mouratis

Job Titles:
  • Development Communications Officer
Jodi has a background in journalism and public relations. While at Edelman, the world's biggest PR firm, she supported Silicon Valley start-ups and global tech clients, including HP, Symantec, Samsung, and AMD, leading their product launches, earnings announcements, thought leadership programs, and more. She also frequently volunteered to counsel nonprofits focused on children's education and advocacy, such as Teach for America-Bay Area, the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, and the Silicon Valley Education Foundation. Her passion for working with nonprofits, led her to join the Foundation, where she could devote her efforts to promoting children's well-being full-time. She has previously served on the board of the San Jose Public Libraries and as a literacy tutor. She has bachelor's degrees in English and Communication from the College of Saint Benedict in Minnesota and completed graduate coursework in English literature at San Jose State University.

John Kriescher

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate Director, Donor Relations

Jonathan Coslet

Job Titles:
  • Investment Executive

Juliana Alvarez

Job Titles:
  • Development Associate, Foundation Relations

Karina Rodriguez

Job Titles:
  • Analyst, Prospect Development

Katherine Jesena

Job Titles:
  • Senior Specialist, Data & Reporting

Katherine Weller

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Campaign Communications

Kathy Coulbourn - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
Kathy Coulbourn joined the Foundation in 2007. Ms. Coulbourn is responsible for all aspects of accounting and finance, investments, information technology, development systems and services including database management and related systems. She staffs the Audit, Investment & Finance and Programs & Partnerships committees of the board. In addition to her CFO responsibilities, Ms. Coulbourn is serving as the interim Vice President for Programs & Partnerships. Prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Coulbourn spent eight years at KPMG followed by finance leadership roles at three high tech start ups. Ms. Coulbourn earned her Bachelor of Science in Math Applied Science from UCLA and is a certified public accountant in California.

Kathy Katusha

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Director & Talent Management

Keeman Wong

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President, Major Gifts

Keiko Endo

Job Titles:
  • Senior Program Manager, Principal Gifts

Kelly Abundo

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development, Heart Campaign
Kelly has over 10 years of major gift fundraising experience at national and international organizations including Khan Academy, with a mission to provide free online education to anyone, anywhere; Planned Parenthood, which provides high-quality reproductive health care; the American Red Cross, which is the nation's premier emergency response organization offering neutral humanitarian care to victims of war and devastating natural disasters; and the Museum of Science and Industry, which is the largest science center in the Western Hemisphere. Kelly's expertise is in relationship building and using data and strategic planning to increase efficiencies across development operations. Kelly has fundraised and worked on board development with the Arthritis Foundation, the San Francisco Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet, and Big Brothers Big Sisters. Kelly holds a BA in art history and a museum studies certificate from the University of Iowa.

Krishna Patel

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Database Administration

Kristine Wright

Job Titles:
  • Director, Prospect Development

Laura Andersen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Major Gifts

Leslie Hanna

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Donor Relations

Lindsay (Myrback) Weigel

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President for Board Relations

Lindsey Burke

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Principal Gifts Communications

Lindsey Hincks

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director, Major Gifts
A fundraising professional for over a decade, Lindsey focuses on raising major and principal gifts for the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford. Prior to joining the Foundation, Lindsey served as a director at Hawai‘i Pacific University, leading their annual giving and alumni engagement efforts. Prior to HPU, she solicited major gifts at the University of Cincinnati Foundation as a regional gift officer for their $1 billion campaign, Proudly Cincinnati. Lindsey has a BA in French linguistics, a BA in public relations from Grand Valley State University, and an MBA from Hawai‘i Pacific University.

Lori Okada

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager

Lyndsey Mack

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Campaigns

Maja Brugos

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Presentation Design

Manuela Bair

Job Titles:
  • Staff Accountant

Manya Khan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Public Communications

Maria Shao

Job Titles:
  • Specialist, Business Communications
  • Writer and Editor
Maria is a writer and editor who has worked in journalism, education, business, and nonprofit organizations. She was a journalist for more than 20 years, working at The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Boston Globe, and San Jose Mercury News. She was a business reporter for 17 years in New York, Asia (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Philippines), San Francisco, and Boston. She served as a technology business editor and deputy business editor at the Mercury News, covering Silicon Valley. She did freelance and case study writing for Stanford Graduate School of Business and wrote and edited for business clients. Maria graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mary Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Donor Relations

Megan Alpers-Raschefsky

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate Director, Development Communications
Megan loves to work with patients and their families to tell the story of their connection to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. She is inspired by the strength and courage of every family she meets and wants all donors to know what a difference they've made in families' lives. Her professional background includes public and media relations, writing, marketing, and more. She has a master's degree in journalism and mass communications from San Jose State University, as well as a bachelor's degree in journalism and agricultural communications from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

Megan Williams

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Annual Giving

Melisa Addison

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Major Gifts

Melissa Markay

Job Titles:
  • Development Associate, Principal Gifts

Meredith Robson

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager, Gift Planning

Micaela Wallen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Events

Michael Mescall

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Visual Design
As a visual designer on the Development Communications team, Michael strives to evolve and strengthen the Foundation's brand on all visual design communications projects. Before coming to the Foundation, Michael worked at nationally recognized design and branding agencies in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Palo Alto. He has comprehensive creative team experience as a visual designer, design director, creative services manager, traffic manager, and account executive. He has enjoyed the opportunity to work with diverse clients, ranging from global Fortune 500 companies to successful Silicon Valley start-ups. Michael has been fortunate to have his work recognized by and featured in graphic design publications, including Communication Arts, Corporate Identity USA, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and Graphis, as well as the Library of Congress.

Michael Tomura

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Major Gifts

Michele Ogata

Job Titles:
  • Controller

Mindy Rogers

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Natalia Villalba

Job Titles:
  • Associate, Human Resources

Noelle Rubinstein

Job Titles:
  • Digital Communications Specialist

Payal Shah

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Principal Gifts

Phoenix Feinbloom

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Principal Gifts Program

Pooja Singh

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Talent Acquisition

Quinn Gonzales

Job Titles:
  • Development Associate, Annual Giving

Rachel Olinger

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director for Children With Special Health Care Needs

Reid Ching

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Principal Gifts

Remembering Richard "Dick" Behrman

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician, Educator, and Tireless Advocate of Child Well - Being
Remembering Richard "Dick" Behrman, MD, pediatrician, educator, and tireless advocate of child well-being

Rico Tan

Job Titles:
  • Director of Information Technology & Facilities

Riley Jordan

Job Titles:
  • Director, Gift Administration

Samantha Plunkett

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Events

Samantha Supan

Job Titles:
  • Development Associate, Annual Giving

Sarah Collins

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Principal Gifts

Sarah Hernandez

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff & Associate Vice President of People Initiatives
Sarah joined the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health as chief of staff in 2020. She works across teams to operationalize the organization's vision to unlock philanthropy and achieve greater organizational excellence and efficiency. Prior to the Foundation, Sarah spent over a decade in advancement working for some of the top academic institutions in the world. She guided and contributed to engagement strategies at the intersection of development and alumni relations. Sarah graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism.

Sarah Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager, Corporate Relations
Sarah has master's and bachelor's degrees in justice studies from San Jose State University. While pursuing her education and working full-time at Trader Joe's, Sarah spent several years teaching and mentoring at-risk youth for the Bay Area nonprofit Fresh Lifelines for Youth. Sarah believes that all children and families should have access to extraordinary care and is excited to work for an organization that propels this mission.

Sarah Young

Job Titles:
  • Director, Annual Giving

Shadie Parivar

Job Titles:
  • Director, Gift Planning
Shadie helps donors make gifts through their estate plans or other unique gift structures. Prior to joining the Foundation, she was a Strategic Advisor at Brown Advisory, an investment firm in Washington, DC, where she advised high net worth individuals with respect to tax, estate, and business matters, as well as philanthropy and impact investing. She also spearheaded the office's women's initiative and the firm-wide diversity and inclusion efforts. Prior to Brown Advisory, Shadie practiced as an estate planning attorney at the Holman Kaye Law Group in Los Altos, CA. As a Bay Area native, she is thrilled to have returned to the area and to be focusing her career entirely in philanthropy. She enjoys being a resource to families as they navigate their estate planning, coordinating with their other advisors, and supporting gifts that are strategic and meaningful to the donor while impactful to the causes they support. Shadie graduated from the University of Southern California with a BS in Business Administration and received her law degree from the Santa Clara University School of Law.

Sheba Sawyer

Job Titles:
  • Grants Manager

Sholeh Enshayan

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Sierra Clark

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Sophie Emmerson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Annual Giving

Stacy Clinton

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Communications Systems

Stephanie Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Gift Administration

Stephanie Sabal

Job Titles:
  • Specialist, Donor Relations

Susan Martin

Job Titles:
  • Director, Events

Sydney Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Annual Giving

Tam Ngo

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager, Donor Relations

Whitney Carroll

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Project Administrator