Ari Alvarez
Arianis (Ari) Alvarez joined NCF has over ten years of non-profit and organizational development experience. As Manager of Operations and Special Initiatives, Ari works in partnership with the People and Culture team in overseeing high-level management, policies, and structures. Prior to NCF, Ari was the Operations and Development Director at International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR) …
Bob Bancroft
Bob Bancroft is the Vice President of Finance and Mission Investing for the Nathan Cummings Foundation, where he leads efforts to align finance, governance, and impact. He has over 20 years of nonprofit and entrepreneurial experience. Bob is guiding the transformation of NCF’s endowment toward a 100% mission-aligned strategy that achieves meaningful, positive impact to …
Valerie Boucard
Valerie joined the Nathan Cummings Foundation team in 2015 and brings more than 20 years of experience developing and managing programs in environmental justice, poverty, and global education. As Director of Environmental Justice, Valerie leads the foundation’s environmental justice grantmaking portfolio. She also works closely with leadership and across departments to help leverage all the …
Laura Campos
Laura Campos has more than two decades of experience in philanthropy. As the Senior Director on the Economic Justice team, Laura leads a portfolio focused on advancing economic security, expanding access to capital, and confronting monopoly power. She also oversees the foundation’s use of active ownership strategies to address corporations’ impacts on racial, economic, and …
Kyle DeMartazzi
Kyle DeMartazzi is the Nathan Cummings Foundation’s Finance Associate. As coordinator and liaison of the foundation’s finance and investing teams, he is facilitating the transformation of NCF’s endowment into a 100% mission-aligned impact lever to advance racial, economic, and environmental justice. He also supports the foundation’s finance operations and is managing the launch of NCF’s …
Nealon DeVore
Nealon DeVore joined NCF in April 2017 with 15 years’ experience in global operations and managing executives’ offices. As Chief of Staff/Board Liaison, Nealon is responsible for supporting a culture of collaboration and engagement with NCF’s Board and staff. He works closely with the leadership team to increase organizational integration and effectiveness, helping things run …
Janet Disla
Janet is a seasoned philanthropic leader with over 17 years of experience in finance, grants management, and organizational development. Her work has focused on developing effective grantmaking processes, implementing technology systems, and creating infrastructures that align organizational values with intended field outcomes. As the Director of Asset Management, Janet leads the Nathan Cummings Foundation’s asset …
Shelly Harper
Shelly Harper joined the Nathan Cummings Foundation in 1999. Over the past 19 years, she held the position of Human Resources Assistant, Generalist, Office Manager, Director of Human Resources and is now the Vice President of People and Culture. Born in Guyana, S.A, Shelly traveled frequently with her family and from her childhood travel experience …
Teneil Luces
Teneil Luces joined the Nathan Cummings Foundation in 2015 and now serves as our Associate Director of Human Resources. In that role, she has a variety of general personnel responsibilities such as employee records, benefits, training, employment/staffing, employee labor relations, equal employment opportunity procedures and policy administration. Teneil graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor …
Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria is an organizer, resource mobilizer, and movement builder committed to elevating the voices of spirit and moral courage working to advance racial, economic, and environmental justice across all religions, spiritual traditions, and communities. He currently leads NCF’s place-based initiatives. This includes our funding in the Israel-Palestine region and the U.S. South (at geographies …
Charlie Piper
Charlie Tamara Piper joined the Nathan Cummings Foundation in August 2018 as the Special Assistant to the President and CEO. In that role, she provided high-level, strategic administrative support to our president and CEO and broader senior leadership team. Now, she serves as the foundation’s Learning Manager. She brings more than a decade of nonprofit …
Rey Ramsey
Rey Ramsey is a social justice entrepreneur who brings more than three decades of experience as an executive in the non-profit, public, and private sectors. Rey is the CEO and President of Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF), and also serves as an Independent Trustee and member of the Investment Committee at the Foundation. He currently serves …
Jamie San Andrés
Jamie San Andrés has more than twelve years of experience collaborating with women and BIPOC communities in the US and Latin America to advance environmental, climate, and economic justice. Her background includes grant management, research, and community organizing. Jamie is passionate about challenging harmful extractive industries, like industrial agriculture and fossil fuels, as well as …