Staff & Board
Community | Learning | Leadership
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Sean Gibbons (he/him)
CEO
The Communications Network
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Tristan Mohabir (he/him)
Chief of Staff
The Communications Network
tmohabir@comnetwork.org -

Carrie Clyne (she/her)
Senior Vice President of Community & Events
The Communications Network
cclyne@comnetwork.org -

Emily Janssen (she/her)
Director of Community Experience
The Communications Network
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Erica Pelletreau (she/her)
Director of Strategic Projects & Partnerships
The Communications Network
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Lalissie E. (she/her)
Community & Partnership Manager
The Communications Network
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Amy Luebbert (she/her)
Senior Community Specialist, Membership & Mentorship
The Communications Network
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Chloe Wurster (she/her)
Events Specialist
The Communications Network
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Delaney Zambrano (she/her)
Communications Coordinator
The Communications Network
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Rachel Young (she/her)
Community Programs Coordinator
The Communications Network
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Amrit Dhillon (she/her)
Consultant, ComNet
The Communications Network -

Parthavi Das (she/her)
Consultant, Administration
The Communications Network -

Bower Himes (he/him)
Consultant, AI Development and Implementation
ideaatoms -

Taylor Salvione (she/her)
Executive Assistant
Board Committees
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Daphne Moore, Heartland Forward, Chair
Allyn Brooks-LaSure, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Vice Chair
Satonya Fair, The We Collective, LLC, Treasurer
Krista Jahnke, The Kresge Foundation, Secretary
Fiona Guthrie, Innocence Project
Sean Gibbons, The Communications Network, CEO
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Krista Jahnke, The Kresge Foundation, Chair
Allyn Brooks-LaSure, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Bryan Simmons, Arcus Foundation
Fiona Guthrie, Innocence Project
Valerie Goode, The San Francisco Foundation
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Satonya Fair, PEAK Grantmaking, Chair
Courtney McCall, Missouri Foundation for Health
Julia Layman, Synchronicity Collective
Marc Moorghen, Lever for Change
Stefan Lanfer, Barr Foundation
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Fiona Guthrie, Innocence Project, Chair
Kristen Mack, MacArthur Foundation
Marc Moorghen, Lever for Change
Marika Lynch, Press Forward
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Daphne Moore, Heartland Forward, Chair
Alejandro de Onís, Knight Foundation
Bryan Simmons, Arcus Foundation
Elizabeth Cahill, Surdna Foundation
Eric Brown, Brownbridge Strategies
Krista A. Jahnke, The Kresge Foundation
Roben Smolar, Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Board
Community | Learning | Leadership
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Daphne Moore (Chair)
Fellow
Heartland Forward -

Allyn Brooks-LaSure (Vice-Chair)
Vice President, Communications
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) -

Krista Jahnke (Secretary)
Communications Manager
The Kresge Foundation -

Satonya Fair (Treasurer)
Principal Strategist and CEO
The We Collective, LLC -

Anusha Alikhan (Emeritus)
Chief Communications Officer
Wikimedia Foundation -

Alejandro de Onís
VP/Communications and Digital Strategy
Knight Foundation -

Bryan Simmons
Vice President Communications
Arcus Foundation -

Courtney McCall
Vice President of Strategic Communications
Missouri Foundation for Health -

Fiona Guthrie
Chief Communications Officer
Innocence Project -

Kate Shatzkin
Director, Strategic Communications
The Annie E. Casey Foundation -

Kristen Mack
Vice President, Communications, Fellows, and Partnerships
MacArthur Foundation -

Marc Moorghen
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Lever for Change -

Marika Lynch
Director of Communications
Press Forward -

Michele Moore
Vice President and Chief Communications Officer
Ford Foundation -

Roben Smolar
Chief Communications Officer
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies -

Valerie Goode
Chief Marketing Officer
San Francisco Foundation
Board Alumni
Jill Schwartz
The Nature Conservancy
Stefan Lanfer
Barr Foundation (former Board Chair)
Erica Pelletreau
Ford Foundation
Norris West
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Ken Weine
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jesse Salazar
McKinsey & Company
Vicki Rosenberg
Council of Michigan Foundations
Albert Ruesga
Meyer Foundation
Felicia Borrego Madsen
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Jason Hunke
Vulcan
Liza deVilla Ameen
Annenberg Foundation
Rebecca Arno
Barton Institute for Community Action
Edith Asibey
The Atlantic Philanthropies
Tanya Barrientos
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rick Batyko
Cleveland Foundation
Doug Bauer
SmithKline Beecham
Matthew Beatty
Carrie Meek Foundation
Magdalena Beltrán-del Olmo
California Wellness Foundation
Eric Brown
Brownbridge Strategies
Kevin Corcoran
Lumina Foundation
Joanne Krell
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Trabian Shorters
BMe Community
Julia Layman
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Joanne Flores Moses
National Endowment for Financial Education
Maureen Cozine
New York Health Foundation
Jade Floyd
Global Strategy Group
Susan Eagan
Cleveland Foundation
Jon Funabiki
Ford Foundation
Tina Hoff
Kaiser Family Foundation
Jennifer Humke
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Mitch Hurst
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Alfred Ironside
Ford Foundation
Matt James
Kaiser Family Foundation
Sandra Brock Jibrell
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Minna Jung
Earthjustice
Frank Karel
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Sam Karp
California Health Care Foundation
Meredith Klein
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Julio Marcial
Liberty Hill Foundation
Gail McClure
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Karen Menichelli
Benton Foundation
Larry “Bud” Meyer
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Elyse Hammett
former Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Vidya Krishnamurthy
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Andrew Sherry
Communications Partners
LaMonte Guillory
New Pluralists
Virginia McMullan
Unaffiliated
Ruth Shack
Miami Dade Community Foundation
Dana Vickers Shelley
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Daniel Silverman
The James Irvine Foundation
Carole Stabler
The Meadows Foundation
Craig Ziegler
California Health Care Foundation
Grant Oliphant
Heinz Family Philanthropies (The Heinz Endowments)
Anastasia Ordonez
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Charity Perkins
The Duke Endowment
Maria Teresa Rojas
Open Society Foundations
Doug Root
The Pittsburgh Foundation
David Morse
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Fred Mann
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Elizabeth Locke
The Duke Endowment
Karen E. Lake
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Bob Lipman
Lipman Hearne