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Halvorson brings to UWA thirty years of experience working to overcome social, health and environmental challenges at the nonprofit, local, state, tribal and national levels. He has worked for the Washington State Department of Health for the last ten years, most recently serving as Assistant Secretary of Emergency Response and Preparedness leading the state’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He holds a B.A. in Geology with an emphasis in Hydrology and a minor in Environmental Studies from Pacific Lutheran University.

Hepfer brings more than 20 years of experience in community health and wellness services. For the past 13 years he served as Senior Vice President of Programs for The Health Trust in Santa Clara County. He is a member of the California Food is Medicine Coalition Leadership Team. Prior to joining The Health Trust, Hepfer was Chief Operating Officer at Via Services, and Executive Director of Wellness and Education for the Pueblo of Sandia Native American Reservation in New Mexico.

Landon previously served as New York Women’s Foundation’s Vice President of Programs and Institutional Advancement, as the LEAP Program Director at AmeriCorps and in Nicaragua as Executive Director of the New Haven/Leon Sister City Project, where she worked with rural communities facilitating civic engagement and leadership development. Landon will be a fundraising relationship builder setting up the New York office of the Ban Ki-moon Centre based in Seoul and Vienna.

In 2018, Erika Burnett, alongside business partner Nicole Kemp, launched the Women of Color Collaborative, demonstrating a strong commitment to advocating, empowering and securing the resources for women and girls to work, play and build together. Before starting her consultancy, Burnett served the community in a variety of leadership roles at the Center for Nonprofit Management (Nashville), Communities in Schools of Tennessee, Leadership for Educational Equity and Hands On Nashville. Burnett is a graduate of New Leaders Council and of Nashville Emerging Leaders, as well as a long-time member of the National Council of Negro Women.

Camille got her start in nonprofit work when she joined the team at the Boston Living Center, a community center for people living with HIV/AIDS. Prior to LifeMoves, she served as Senior Director of Advancement Strategy at the Ms. Foundation for Women, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Avenidas, and Executive Director of Random Acts of Flowers, Silicon Valley. Previously, Camille was an urban planner in New York and California. She holds a Master’s in Urban Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and is an appointed member of the Menlo Park Planning Commission.

Raymond Doswell is a seasoned public historian, educator, and museum executive with close to 30 years of experience. He has worked collaboratively with regional and national entities such as museums, filmmakers, governmental organizations, public museums, manufacturers, colleges, and schools, advising and directing projects on history and culture. This work includes managing and advising the development of permanent and traveling history exhibitions. He has also traveled extensively as a public speaker on topics of African American history.

Malloy is an accomplished museum director, curator, scholar, and community builder who will lead the University of Chicago’s fine arts museum and its exhibitions, public and arts education programs, and student and faculty collaborations.  She joins the Smart Museum from the Syracuse University Art Museum where she was appointed Director and chief curator in 2019.

Eric Bridges brings to AFB over 20 years of national leadership on issues impacting people with vision loss, having most recently served for 16 years as American Council of the Blind’s Executive Director, Director of External Relations and Policy, and Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs.  Bridges previously served as a Congressional Fellow at the Brookings Institute, and as Legislative Affairs Manager at the National Industries for the Blind.

Dale Hedding comes to the CSOA with 25 years of leadership experience and fundraising accomplishments at nonprofit arts, culture and education institutions. Most recently he was the Managing Director for External Affairs and Patron Engagement at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Hedding was Vice President of Development for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He also served as Director of Development at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Phoenix Symphony, as well as the Manager of Development at the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Williams served as Executive Director of Between Friends where she successfully led the organization through the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic while also strengthening and diversifying its board of directors, expanding programming, and developing a strong financial foundation for the organization. She previously provided leadership and management of the residential and community-based domestic violence services of YWCA Evanston North Shore.

Schörnich brings over 20 years of management experience in both the non-profit and private sectors. Most recently, he served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, where he successfully led an organization-wide redesign while implementing the Symphony’s ambitious strategic goals. Prior to the Symphony, Schörnich followed his passion for international affairs with more than ten years of service at the United Nations as an advisor on business operations for the UN Secretariat in New York and co-authored several Secretary-General reports on the progress made in the UN reform process.

Massimo is a seasoned finance and operations leader who has been designing and implementing foundational initiatives in nonprofit and for-profit organizations for over 25 years. He comes to the R&R Network continuing his encore career in the nonprofit sector focused on supporting children, youth and families. Most recently he was the Director of Finance and Administration of the Community Health Awareness Council in the Bay Area. Prior to his work in the non-profit sector, Massimo served as a Vice President and General Manager at Cisco Systems and also served in various engineering management positions within the company. Massimo holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and was a 2014 Silicon Valley Encore Fellow.

Haenel is currently a Member of the Board of Directors of Cultural Vistas, a nonprofit exchange organization based in Washington, DC, and Berlin, Germany whose mission is to promote global understanding and collaboration among individuals and institutions. Prior to that he spent 20 years at the Robert Bosch Foundation in Stuttgart, Germany, one of Europe’s largest private foundations. He served most recently there as a Senior Vice President, Future Issues and Foundation Development and before that as Senior Vice President, International Relations overseeing the foundation’s portfolio in America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. He also served for eight years at the Foundation as an Executive Board Member. 

Cameron Safarloo became the Chief Executive Officer for Hanna in April, 2021. He is an experienced business executive with over 30 years of operation management and leadership experience, both within the for-profit and nonprofit sectors.

Prior to starting at Hanna, Cameron served as a Chief Executive Officer at Youth Homes, a Northern California nonprofit organization providing residential and community mental health services to the foster youth population, where he led and successfully implemented various operational and strategic initiatives on high-impact transformation, agile change, and organizational repositioning for growth.

Sarah Jesse steps into the Director role at the Academy Art Museum from the Orange County Museum of Art where she has served as Deputy Director as well as Interim Director and CEO. Sarah Jesse brings 17 years of experience to the job having held significant positions at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art; Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Orange County Museum of Art.

Paul has two decades of experience and expertise in public affairs/government relations, communications and marketing. He has spent the past two years as a Partner at Lighthouse Public Affairs where he expanded their media and communications practice. Before Lighthouse, Paul spent nine years at San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (MUNI) as the Chief Spokesperson, Lead of Media/Social Media and Customer Service. Previously, Paul worked for Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Governor Gray Davis.