Board of Directors
GMN is governed by a board of directors elected by GMN’s membership. Board members are elected to two-year terms.
Stephanie Duffy
Grants Administration Manager
The McKnight Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
Stephanie Duffy is the Grants Administration Manager for The McKnight Foundation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she has been a member of the grants administration team since 1996. Her primary responsibilities include managing the grant information system (GIFTS), implementing and providing quality control for all grantmaking procedures and systems, tracking foundation payout to meet legal requirements and program goals, and supervising two staff.
Stephanie is an active member of the steering committee for GMN's Minnesota Region, as well as the GIFTS Users Group. She was appointed to the GMN Board of Directors in July 2007 to complete an open term and was subsequently elected by the membership in 2008 and re-elected in 2010.
Stephanie received her B.A. from St. Mary's University in 1993, majoring in political science and minoring in business. In 2004, she received her mini-M.B.A. in nonprofit management from the University of St. Thomas.
Term Ending: June 2012
Guy Eakin
Vice President of Scientific Affairs
American Health Assistance Foundation
Clarksburg, MD
Guy Eakin is the Vice President of Scientific Affairs at the American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF). Guy leads the foundation's efforts to identify promising and innovative biomedical research aimed at tackling diseases of aging. At AHAF, Guy works with a small team of grant-making professionals to oversee submission, review, and administration of the entire award portfolio. Guy is responsible for development of procedures and policies for the granting process. This effort has been aided since 2008 by his membership in the Grants Managers Network. At GMN, Guy has served on the GM Guide Advisory Team and is a member of the Washington, D.C. region.
Prior to coming to AHAF, Guy worked in medical research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and at the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. During his research career, he has studied and developed new ways of visualizing complex microscopic events in living cells and animals.
Guy holds a Ph.D. in Developmental Biology from Baylor College of Medicine, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Indiana University.
Term Ending: June 2013
Dolores Estrada
Manager of Grants Administration
The California Endowment
Los Angeles, CA
Dolores Estrada joined The California Endowment in 1999 and is currently the Manager of Grants Administration. In her current capacity, Ms. Estrada oversees the administrative functions and policies of the foundation’s online grant-making process, and provides guidance on issues of tax and legal compliance review.
Prior to joining The Endowment, Ms. Estrada was the Administrative Assistant for Administration for the Georgetown University Law Library in Washington, D.C. where she provided primary administrative support to the Director of the Law Library and the Associate Librarian for Administration.
Ms. Estrada’s commitment to community are exemplified by her current participation on various boards of directors and steering committees, including her service as an online board member for the Youth and Press Development Organization, member of the steering committee for Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (Los Angeles Chapter), member of Hispanics in Philanthropy, and member of the Grants Managers Network.
A resident of Los Angeles, Ms. Estrada is the recipient of the 2009 Emerging Leader Award from the Joint Affinity Group. She earned her B.A in History from California State University, Northridge, and her M.A. in Liberal Studies with an emphasis on International Relations from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Term Ending: June 2013
Kim Foster
Operations Manager
Francis Family Foundation
Kansas City, MO
Kim Foster is responsible for grants management, finance and investments, and IT at the Francis Family Foundation. She is particularly adept at working with GIFTs and was instrumental in implementing IGAM and ReviewerConnect. Previous foundation experience was gained at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, DC. Kim has more than 20 years experience working in the nonprofit sector. She also provides consulting services to local intermediaries who both solicit funds and make grants – her foundation experience has been invaluable in that role.
Kim has served as a co-chair and secretary of the Midwest Regional Chapter of GMN and is currently active in that chapter. She volunteered for the Program and Host Committees for the 2008 GMN Conference in Chicago. She has been an active member of GMN since 2003. Kim was elected to the Board of Directors in 2010.
Kim grew up in Michigan and graduated from Hope College. She received an MBA from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Term Ending: June 2012
Sue Fulton, Co-Chair
Grants and Financial Manager
Endowment for Health
Concord, NH
Sue Fulton is responsible for grants and financial management for the Endowment for Health. In this role, she oversees the grant application process, grant budgets, and grantee progress reporting. She works closely with applicants and grantees to ensure that inquiries and projects are handled appropriately. Sue is also responsible for managing the financial and accounting activities for the organization.
The Endowment for Health was created in 1999 following the sale of Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Hampshire to Anthem Insurance Companies. Sue was hired in early 2001 as one of the first employees and was responsible for setting up grantmaking and operating systems.
Sue joined the Grants Managers Network in 2006 and serves on the GM Guide, Audit, Conference and Body of Knowledge teams. She has also been an active member of the GMN New England Regional Group (originally a GIFTS User Group) since 2001. She was elected to the Board of Directors in 2009.
Term Ending: June 2013
Jonathan Goldberg
Director of Systems and Communications
Surdna Foundation
New York, NY
Jonathan Goldberg is the Director of Systems and Communications at the Surdna Foundation where he has worked since March, 1997. In that capacity he oversees the grants application, review and payments processes, information technology issues, and communications for the foundation.
Jonathan has served as Treasurer and Co-Chair of the Grants Managers Network (GMN), and is a member of the Technology Affinity Group of the Council on Foundations. He has been involved in Project Streamline, a project of GMN, from its inception, helping to develop standards to streamline the application and reporting process for nonprofits seeking grants.
Before coming to Surdna, Jonathan spent over 12 years with the New York State Council on the Arts, first as a program analyst in the Music and Electronic Media and Film Programs making grant recommendations, and later as Director of Information Systems. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Masters in Arts Administration and Business at New York University.
Term Ending: June 2013
Chad Gorski, Secretary
Program Assistant
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chevy Chase, MD
As Program Assistant for Precollege and Undergraduate Grants at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Chad manages payments and grantee reports review for $20 million annually in science education grants and assists with strategic planning, evaluation, grant competitions, and grantee conferences. He coordinated the HHMI Science Education Volunteers program and helped initiate the HHMI Alumni Network, a peer network of over 1500 former HHMI research fellows.
Before joining HHMI in 2002, Chad advanced the growth of a small news-service on Capitol Hill and served in the U.S. Air Force in Europe. He has a BS degree in Accounting and a Masters in Accounting and Internal Auditing. He has been active in the DC region since 2006 and is entering his fourth year on the GMN Board, serving on the Executive Committee, Audit Committee, and Body of Knowledge Advisory Group.
Term Ending: June 2012
Marcus McGrew
Director of Grants Management
The Kresge Foundation
Troy, MI
Marcus McGrew is the Director of Grants Management for The Kresge Foundation, a national private foundation based in Troy, Michigan. As Director, he is accountable for developing and streamlining processes and procedures to achieve optimal operations, managing data integrity to foster informed decision making, measuring and reporting payout progress against grant budget, ensuring legal compliance, and leading the implementation of the new grantmaking process under delegated authority.
Prior to joining the Kresge Foundation, Marcus was the Wayne County Community College District Associate Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance. In this role, he provided forward leadership for the financial aid and compensation functions that serve annually 70,000 students and 1,800 employees, respectively.
Marcus holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of South Alabama, and a Master of Business Administration in Integrative Management from the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University. Away from work, Marcus enjoys serving on the Board of Directors for Detroit Service Learning Academy, a top performing Michigan charter school.
Term Ending: June 2013
Meridian Napoli
Director, Grants Operations
Comcast Corporation & Comcast Foundation
Philadelphia, PA
Meridian Napoli has over ten years experience in grants management at both private foundations and corporate giving programs. Her experience encompasses global grantmaking of multi-year, multi-million dollar grants as well as small community support grants. Specializing in the implementation of technology and process improvements, Meridian has led three organizations in a complete reengineering of grantmaking processes drawing on her Six Sigma and Project Management Training. Presently she is the Director, Grants Operations for Comcast Corporation & Comcast Foundation where she is working on forwarding their grantmaking practices to optimal efficiencies.
Meridian has enjoyed presenting at annual conferences and local regional meetings on various grants management topics. She leads GMN’s Webinar Team and is a member of the Certification Team. Meridian was elected to the GMN board in 2010.
Meridian is a proud alum of both AmeriCorps (VolunteerMaryland!) and Peace Corps (Tonga). She enjoyed serving on the Board of Seattle Education Access. Meridian received her undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland and her Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Seattle, Sigma Cum Laude. In 2011, Meridican was certified in Change Management..
Term Ending: June 2012
Ericka Novotny
Grants Manager
The Annenberg Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
Ericka Novotny currently serves as the Annenberg Foundation’s Grants Manager where she oversees and leads the Foundation’s grantmaking processes and procedures, IRS compliance, and grants database environment. In addition, Ericka is responsible for all Foundation grants; trains staff members, designs and produce reports for grant data analysis, and acts as a liaison with the Communications and IT departments. Ericka has been with the Annenberg Foundation since April 2005 and brings a wealth of grantmaking knowledge from her work at the Getty Foundation where she worked on various internship programs, resulting in the placement of hundreds of undergraduate and graduate interns at arts organizations throughout Los Angeles County. Prior to working in grants management, Ericka worked in the advertising/marketing field in Minneapolis and Chicago.
Ericka serves as the Editor of the GMN Examiner and Chair of the Member Engagement team. She was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2009 to complete an open term and was elected to Board in 2010.
As a Minnesota native and transplanted Angeleno, Ericka conducted her undergraduate and graduate studies at the College of Saint Benedict/St. John’s University and Antioch University, Los Angeles.
Term Ending: June 2012
Jennifer Pedroni, Treasurer
Vice President of Administration
North Penn Community Health Foundation
Colmar, PA
Jennifer Pedroni joined the North Penn Community Health Foundation as Finance Manager and Grants Administrator in 2003, shortly after the Foundation’s inception. Jennifer is responsible for managing staff operations and leading the areas of finance, budget, grants management, information systems, human resources and facilities. In 2010 she was promoted to the Vice President of Administration in recognition of her significant contributions to the foundation’s development and maintenance of its internal systems, grantmaking operations and the Community Partners Center for Health and Human Services, a 24,000 square foot multi tenant non-profit center that was created and managed by the foundation.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Jennifer was the Financial Administrator at the Annenberg Foundation in St. Davids, Pennsylvania where she was responsible for the accounting department and developed and strengthened the grants management function. She has worked as a consultant for a local school district and educational foundation researching available funding for enhanced educational programs.
Jennifer has been a member of the Grants Managers Network since 1998 and has been an active participant in the Delaware Valley Chapter since its inception in 2004. She was elected to the GMN board in 2009. As treasurer, she leads the GMN Finance Committee and serves on the Fundraising and Audit Committees.
She earned a degree in Accounting from Temple University and began her career at Coopers and Lybrand in Philadelphia, earning her CPA in 1990. Jennifer is active in her local community serving on the board of organizations and committees that support the education and health and human service needs of the community.
Term Ending: June 2013
Tiffany Price
Director of Assistance & Advising
Mitchell Kapor Foundation
San Francisco, CA
Tiffany Price is the Director of Assistance & Advising for the Mitchell Kapor Foundation where she provides capacity building support beyond the grant to the foundation’s grant recipient organizations. She also serves as the foundation’s grants manager, overseeing all grantmaking processes including grant applications and final reporting, managing the CyberGrants database, and other responsibilities. Prior to this position, Tiffany spent two years as the Education Program Fellow for The San Francisco Foundation where she helped manage the education grantmaking portfolio for the foundation. Tiffany also has six years of experience in education policy research and evaluation. This includes experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods and contributions to multiple national and local research and evaluation projects on K-12 education reform.
Tiffany holds a M.A. in International Comparative Education from Stanford University and a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and International Studies from Emory University.
Term Ending: June 2013
Bonnie Rivers, Co-Chair
Grants Manager
Carnegie Corporation of New York
New York, NY
Bonnie joined the Carnegie Corporation of New York in January 2011 as the Grants Manager. She began her philanthropic career in 2003 as a Program Assistant in Creativity and Culture at the Rockefeller Foundation and in 2006, moved to Office of Grants Management as a Grants Specialist where she managed portfolios ranging in focus from cultural opportunities in New York City to agriculture in Africa. Given the Rockefeller Foundation’s and the Carnegie Corporation’s global reach, she has extensive experience with both domestic and international grantmaking.
Bonnie joined the Grants Managers Network in 2007 and was elected to the Board of Directors in 2008 and re-elected in 2010. She co-chaired the Collective Knowledge Committee (formerly the Best Practices and Opportunities Committee), is a member of GMN's G4 Team and writes and edits for the GMN Examiner. Bonnie formerly sat on the Board of Directors for Polyhymnia, a NYC-based early music organization. Bonnie received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University and a Masters of Science in Nonprofit Management from Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy in New York City. Bonnie is an avid runner and triathlete. She has completed seven marathons, two olympic distance triathlons and she completed her first half-ironman triathlon in 2010.
Term Ending: June 2012
Kris Schoenow
Deputy Director
Bureau of Community Action and Economic Opportunity, State of Michigan Department of Human Services
Lansing, MI
Kris Schoenow is the Deputy Director for the State of Michigan Department of Human Services for the Bureau of Community Action and Economic Opportunity based in Lansing, Michigan. Since 1987, she has worked for Saginaw Valley State University, Ruth Mott Foundation, and the Capital Area United Way where she held positions including Technology/Grant Coordinator, Director of Administration, and Assistant Director of Finance, among others. In her current role, as Deputy Director, Kris provides supervision of professional staff functioning as grant managers, grant monitors, fiscal monitors, and grant specialists awarding $100 million annually in grants. In addition to the regular funding, Kris has played an integral role in grants management for the administration of $280 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds for programs in Weatherization and Community Service Block Grants. These duties combine with her special interest in helping low income families find a way out of poverty.
Kris served on the GMN Midwest Regional board where she has developed and coordinated the content for regional meetings. She was elected to the GMN board in 2010.
Kris lives in Frankenmuth, Michigan with her husband Carl and their five children. When not working, Kris likes to volunteer in the kindergarten classroom to help children learn to read.
Term Ending: June 2012
Rebecca Van Sickle
Director of Grants Management
The Atlantic Philanthropies
New York, NY
Rebecca Van Sickle is the Director of Grants Management for The Atlantic Philanthropies. Rebecca is responsible for the effective and efficient management of grants and the grants management database and focuses on process improvement with an emphasis on service delivery and spend-down planning, including analyzing grants data to inform planning and decision making by senior leadership. As of December 2009, The Atlantic Philanthropies has awarded more than $5 billion in grants.
Prior to Atlantic, Rebecca was the Grants Manager at the Citi Foundation, the corporate foundation for Citigroup, Inc, where her team was responsible for reviewing and monitoring more than 2,700 grants annually for organizations in more than 100 countries. Rebecca started her career in philanthropy at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation as a Program Assistant, working with all of the foundation’s program areas to promote best practices and later as a consultant to improve the design and use of the foundation’s evaluation database.
Rebecca received a B.S. from Northwestern University and a MBA at Cornell University. She has served as a board member of the New York chapter of GMN and is an active alumna of Northwestern and a member of Northwestern’s Council of 100, a mentoring group for women.
Term Ending: June 2013
Cristina Yoon
Grants Manager
The Skoll Foundation
Palo Alto, CA
Cristina is the Grants Manager at the Skoll Foundation in Palo Alto, California, where she is responsible for managing all aspects of the administration and legal compliance of the Foundation’s grantmaking policies and procedures. To date, the Foundation has awarded over 1,000 grants totaling $270M.
Prior to joining the foundation, Cristina spent several years in internet and new media industry focusing on content delivery and user interface design. She worked at Stanford University as an online producer and at Walt Disney Internet Group GO.com as an information architect.
Cristina earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Women and Gender Studies and a minor in Film Studies at the University of California at Davis. Her interest led her to South Korea, where she studied and worked at a national organization promoting gender equality and women’s human rights.
Cristina has been an active member of the Grants Managers Network since 2003 and was the Chair of the Northern California Chapter from 2007 to 2009. In 2009, she was elected to her first term on the Board of Directors and currently serves on the Nominating Committee and the Online Community Team.
Term Ending: June 2013