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Meet the LeadersTrust Team

Chana Fitton
Program Director
Chana dreams of a world that is loving and just. She loves connecting with people through deep listening. She is always laughing, especially at the silliest jokes and loves to swing dance.

Luigi Fu
Project Director
Luigi is a talented problem-solver and community builder who recently ran his first marathon and enjoys long road trips.

Sidney Hargro
Executive Director
Sidney firmly believes that we can make possible the seemingly impossible. That idea and his active imagination drive his endless pursuit of true liberation. If Sidney didn’t work in philanthropy, he would travel the world capturing beauty and stories through black and white photography.

Justine Ingram
Project Director
Justine utilizes her lived experiences and love of connecting people to foster hope for those who want to create intentional change in their own way. Justine’s favorite things are cooking traditional southern dishes, thrift shopping, and understanding her own historical family ties through generational storytelling.

Katelyn Montalvo
Operations Manager
Katelyn strives to push her communities for social change and continuous improvement. If Katelyn isn’t working hard at breaking social norms and fighting against injustices, she is traveling the world or finding new restaurants to explore. She is an avid food connoisseur who loves to connect with people over breaking bread. Katelyn received her BA from Tufts University in Community Health and American Studies.

Andrew Ngeseyan
Director of Finance and Operations
Andrew’s passion for equity and mission-driven work is the product of a decade spent working with, and for, educators. The lessons he learned are the foundation for the critical work done at the LeadersTrust. Supporting organizations throughout our programs motivates his desire to improve our communities.

Maria Rogers Pascual
Program Director
Maria loves to connect people through creative ways that let everyone shoot for the stars. She loves to dance, especially cumbia and is a polyglot who speaks 4 and a half languages.

Aerial Reese
Program Manager
Aerial enjoys using art and texture therapy as a grounding, healing, and liberatory practice. She recently started swim lessons to fulfill her lifelong desire to learn how to swim. Some of Aerial’s favorite things include being in/near water, cuddling with her pup, and laughing until her stomach hurts.

Etobssie Wako
Project Director
Etobssie believes in symbiosis and in radical collaboration. She finds joy in co-creating new possibilities with those at the frontlines of change work; and upholds her peoples’ traditions that understand liberation as art, and song, and dance.

Ashlee Wimberly
Program Manager
Ashlee is passionate about investing in communities to support the achievement of optimal health and wellness. She is a proud auntie who enjoys deep conversations over coffee, supporting independent bookstores and traveling to new places.
Meet our Advisory Board

Linda Wood
Advisory Board Chair
As former Program Director at the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, Linda founded the Flexible Leadership Awards in 2004 and led the Haas Leadership Initiatives for 18 years.

Linda Baker
Advisory Board Member
Linda is the Director of Organizational Effectiveness and Directed Grantmaking at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Marcus Walton
Advisory Board Member
Marcus is the President and CEO of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations.
Meet our Capacity Coaches

Maura Bairley
San Francisco, CA

Natalie Bamdad
Washington, D.C.

Michael Bell
Oakland, CA

Viveka Chen
San Francisco, CA

Susan Colson
Oakland, CA

Raquel Donoso
Berkeley, CA

Aja Couchois-Duncan
Woodacre

Brett Dupuy
Brooklyn, NY

Ian Esquibel
New Mexico

Tannia Esparza
New Mexico

LaTanya Flix
Houston, TX

Davian Gagne
Bay Area, CA

Christina Garcia
Berkeley, CA

Stephanie Ghoston Paul
Dallas, TX

Deepti Gudipati
Washinton, DC

Shaena Johnson
Baton Rouge, LA

Esther Kim
San Francisco, CA

Helen Kim
Brooklyn, NY

Kelli King-Jackson
Houston, TX

Andrea Lee
Oakland, CA

Diana Marie Lee
Miami, FL

Rosemary Linares
Ann Arbor, MI

Wazi Maret
Brooklyn, NY

Janet McIntyre
Los Angeles, CA

Lindsay Miller
Hood River, OR

Susan Misra
Bronx, NY

Inca Mohamed
Brooklyn, NY

Makiyah Moody
Boston, MA

Tamara Moore
Oakland, CA

LaToya Morgan
Detroit, MI

Paula Morris
Sausalito, CA

Dyan Oldenburg
Santa Fe, NM

Vickie Oldman
Albuquerque, NM

Queen Victoria Ortega
Los Angeles, CA

Maria Ramos-Chertok
Mill Valley

Mari Ryono
Torrance, CA

Mohan Sikka
Brooklyn, NY

Sarah Silva
Las Cruces, NM

Latonya Slack
Los Angeles, CA

Elizabeth Tan
Oakland, CA

Kenita Williams
Atlanta, GA

Heidi Williamson
Commerce, CA