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) …

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 …