Prior to joining Bridgespan, Kevin completed a three-year term at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. At the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Kevin led grant-making initiatives focused on equity-centered organizational development with grantees working in education policy, research, and practice.

Before joining the foundation, Kevin served as a fellow with the XQ Institute, a collaboration with the Emerson Collective, supporting the development of new models of learning with the Super School Project. He also worked for the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office as a site coordinator with its Gang Reduction and Youth Development initiative, directing programming in Watts, California. Prior to that, he served as an AmeriCorps member with City Year Los Angeles, providing academic intervention and socioemotional instruction to fourth grade students in South Los Angeles. Kevin has a BA in education, Spanish and applied linguistics from Washington University in St. Louis, and a master’s degree in policy, organization, and leadership studies from Stanford University. Kevin is a recent transplant to Oakland, where he enjoys exploring the best spots to eat, hike, and people watch.

She’s held program leadership positions at Robin Hood, launching the foundation’s first multi-million dollar initiative catalyzing community-designed economic mobility projects across nine cities in the United States, The Prudential Foundation, helping grant $30 million for education, community-driven public safety, and inclusive economic growth, and the Citi Foundation supporting grantmaking efforts in 190 countries.

Most recently, she led a national learning network of grantmakers supporting the capacity of nonprofit leaders through technology at Resilia and founded a digital media outlet and boutique consultancy  dedicated to amplifying and working with grantmakers who center communities of color.

Cathy began her career as an environmental justice organizer in New York City with the New York Public Interest Research Group and CUNY Center for Sustainable Energy. She is a proud product of New York City’s rich Colombian immigrant community and public school system and a graduate of CUNY Hunter College and New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service. She lives in New Jersey with her son, partner, and rescue cat Simba.

She co-manages the Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence program, which strengthens public life through the highest quality design of parks and public buildings. Prior to joining the foundation, Meredith worked in urban planning and design for Dover, Kohl & Partners in Miami, Florida. During this time, she managed teams of consultants working on downtown master planning and complete street design across the country from Missoula, MT to West Palm Beach, FL. Meredith has also served as the Executive Director of the Main Street program in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.

An AICP-certified planner with a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy, Meredith started out in social work and non-profit administration. She became interested in city planning only after discovering its impact on her own daily life and work. She is passionate about civic education, equitable public engagement and city planning that betters our communities and natural environment. In her spare time, Meredith is out birding, volunteering with a local refugee resettlement agency, or with a food pantry that she helped launch during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prior to joining MacArthur, Tawa served as the Director of Education Policy and Partnerships in the Office of Mayor Rahm Emanuel. In this role, Tawa focused on supporting educational opportunities across the K-16 spectrum. Tawa also served as the inaugural Interim Director for Thrive Chicago, a multi-sector collective that aims to increase equitable outcomes for Chicago’s youth. Previously, Tawa served as Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships at the City Colleges of Chicago. Prior to that, Tawa also served as Assistant to Mayor Richard M. Daley for Education and worked at the Chicago Public Schools as Senior Manager of the Community Schools Initiative.

Tawa holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, a Bachelor of Arts degree from Spelman College, and she is a Class of 2018 Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow, the region’s premier civic leadership development program.

A native Chicagoan, Tawa dedicates much of her extracurricular time to community service. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Chicago Women in Philanthropy, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Illinois, and the Parks Foundation of Oak Park. Tawa is also a member of the Theta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and the Lake Shore Chapter of the Links, Incorporated, organizations dedicated to community service.

King Philanthropies’ mission is to catalyze solutions at the intersection of climate and livelihoods: we seek to make a meaningful difference in the lives of the world’s poorest people by multiplying the impact of high-performing leaders and organizations. Christiana has worked on both the grants and impact investing team, with a focus on girls’ education, early childhood development, nutrition, and food waste.

Prior to King Philanthropies, Christiana previously worked at Intel in the Corporate Social Responsibility division, as well as at the American Red Cross Northwest Region in the International Services department. She also served on the board of the American Red Cross Cascades region. During her undergraduate career, Christiana worked as a nonprofit consultant with Developmental Solutions Organization, and as a middle-school tutor at the East Palo Alto Stanford Academy. Christiana graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in International Relations and a minor in Psychology.

Christiana took the Philanthropy Lab course in 2017 at Stanford under the direction of Professor Bruce Sievers. It was through the course that she learned about the philanthropic sector and the tenets of grantmaking. She and her teammates made a grant to Living Goods, a nonprofit focused on community healthcare in developing communities. Christiana’s experience with the Philanthropy Lab class sparked her passion for deploying philanthropic and private capital for systems change, which ultimately led her to her job today with King Philanthropies.