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.

Mary focuses on making the Foundation an exceptional place to work and fosters a culture that inspires the world’s most passionate talent.

Hussainatu Blake
Hussainatu (“Hussa”) leads the Foundation’s work to build educational opportunity and a diverse, digitally literate workforce in collaboration with foundation leadership, experts & researchers, and external stakeholders.

Yolanda Botti-Lodovico
As the Policy and Advocacy Lead, Yolanda works with the Office of the President to communicate the Foundation’s strategic positions on AI policy, while advocating for a thriving, equitable, and sustainable future for all.

Nick Cain
Nick leads the Foundation’s strategy team, which works to advance digital, AI, and data-driven solutions to global challenges through a combination of hypothesis-driven grantmaking, partnerships, and ecosystem engagement.

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.

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 the strategy for the Data Practice Team’s programs and field-building efforts to ethically and responsibly advance nonprofit data fluency.

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

Kara Knappe
As the Executive Assistant to the President’s Office, Kara provides direct support to the President of the Foundation, and assists with special projects.

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

George Mastoras
George leads the Foundation’s communication efforts and oversees branding, storytelling, social media, external communications, and media.

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

Patrick McGovern
A member of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Investment Committee, Patrick is a longtime technology executive.

Vera Ogdanets
Vera works on the Data Practice team to support grantee partners, helping with the design and implementation of cloud-based solutions that advance the use of technology and AI in their data journey.

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

Frank Ortiz
Frank supports the Data Practice team with program coordination, research informing strategic planning, and facilitating engagement with our grant partners.

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.

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

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