Our Team

Vilas is an entrepreneur, technologist and human rights advocate with a lifelong commitment to creating more robust social institutions that foster shared opportunity.

Karen oversees the Foundation’s internal infrastructure including finance, grants management, compliance, and IT.

Claudia leads the Data and Society program, which builds technical capacity and data-use cultures at nonprofits and social impact organizations around the world.

Hanako Brais
Hanako provides direct support to the President of the Foundation, and assists with special projects.

Marcus Davis
Marcus is the IT Manager for PJMF. His role is to support the team with their day-to-day technical needs and concerns while also visioning and building technology solutions to support the team as we push forward.

Suzanne DiBianca
Suzanne is Chief Impact Officer and EVP of Corporate Relations at Salesforce.

Rebecca Distler
Rebecca leads the Foundation’s work to advance digital health equity in collaboration with Foundation leadership, programmatic teams, and external partners.

Meaghan English
In conjunction with the Office of the President and Board of Trustees, Meaghan manages the Foundation’s work in developing and delivering on strategic priorities and new partnerships.

Zeia Fawaz
As a Program Associate, Zeia conducts research, drafts presentation materials, supports the grant management process and manages action items for meetings with grantees and partners.

Annette Florczak
Annette oversees the daily accounting operations of the Foundation to ensure compliance and continuous improvement of financial controls.

Clara Gamboa de Levin
Clara works closely with the Director of Finance and Operations, the Grants Manager, and the Controller to develop and implement data- and technology-forward solutions to improve team and individual workflows.

Sarah Grady
Sarah manages the grantmaking process with a focus on creating equitable systems, compliance, and technology.

Nikita Japra
Nikita leads strategy and partnerships for the Accelerator program. She also advises on the Data and Society team’s broader strategy and field-building efforts to ethically and responsibly advance nonprofit data maturity.

Diamond Jones
Diamond assists the grant diligence process, formulates presentation materials, complete action items for grant partners and partner organizations, and conducts applicable research.

Eloy Leibas
Eloy works to create and continuously evolve the philanthropy’s recruitment strategy, candidate experience, and employer brand initiatives.

Ben Mann
Ben leads the Direct Data & AI Services team within Data and Society. He provides leadership and strategic technical inputs to the Accelerator and multi-year grants on incorporating data science in our programs.

George Mastoras
George oversees project management and hands-on work across brand development, storytelling, stakeholder engagement, media relations, and digital media.

Hazem Mahmoud
Hazem provides direct technical assistance around Data Analytics, Engineering and Operations to Foundation grantees and partner organizations.

Patrick McGovern
Patrick is the current Chair of the Board of Trustees and a longtime technology executive.

Alisa Orlowsky
Alisa oversees the administrative functions for the Data and Society team, including coordinating and logistics. Alisa also provides support to Data and Society programming operations.

Frank Ortiz
Frank supports grant management with various methods such as drafting presentations and conducting research.

Leah C. Taylor
Leah directs administration of the Rising Leaders for Equity initiative, including overall program design and management, supervision and operations.

Linda Tsai
Linda helps drive ongoing operational excellence guided by outcomes and a commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) to support the Foundation’s impact.

Danny Thomas Vang
Danny conducts research relevant to the team, coordinates action items for meetings with grantees/partners, and helps manage a portfolio of grants.

Chelsey Walden-Schreiner
Chelsey provides data science support to Data and Society grant partners, including assistance during initial project design, advanced data analysis, and modeling.

Monica Wright
Monica supports operations, systems management, and technology solutions for the Foundation.