Meet Quinn MacNichol
December 7, 2020
Quinn joins as our grants manager, and is perhaps most excited by the Foundation’s commitment to reflecting lived experiences of Washington’s communities.Read More »
Meet Charlotte Zhang
December 2, 2020
A warm welcome to Charlotte Zhang, who is joining as associate director of investments, and bringing years of experience at established family offices to support Group Health Foundation in building out a portfolio at scale for our assets and aspirations.Read More »
Meet Jay Thomas
November 30, 2020
In his 25-year career in nonprofits, Jay Thomas has held nearly every job, including receptionist and board member. “Program officer is the only role I haven’t had, which made this opportunity that much more intriguing,” says Jay, who recently joined the Foundation.Read More »
Meet Kayla Davis
November 30, 2020
Kayla Davis is our newest program associate and will be based in our Tacoma office when it opens later next year. Born and raised in Tacoma by parents and grandparents who also have long histories in Pierce County, Kayla often says that “we are nothing without our community.”Read More »
Meet Rubén Peralta
November 30, 2020
Rubén recently joined our team as program officer, and will be based in our Pasco office when it opens next year. A resident of Pasco for more than four decades, Rubén Peralta says there is no better place in Washington to raise his three children.Read More »
Meet Kiana McKenna
October 16, 2020
We’re excited to welcome Kiana McKenna as a program associate with the learning and community engagement team. Kiana lives in Spokane, and is an active community organizer with Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in eastern Washington.Read More »
Meet Bárbara Guzmán Pérez
October 16, 2020
A joyful welcome to Bárbara Guzmán Pérez, a new program associate for our learning and community engagement team. Bárbara brings over a decade of experience working in education programs for immigrant students and families across Washington.Read More »
Meet Julia Reilly
September 8, 2020
Group Health Foundation welcomes Julia Reilly, our new investment associate, who will support the sourcing, due diligence, and monitoring of the Foundation’s investments in both public and private markets. Julia was most recently in D.C. working at the Smithsonian Institution, and is glad to be returning to the state where she grew up and be close to her family.Read More »
Meet Traven Joseph
July 28, 2020
We are excited to announce Traven Joseph as our first investment intern. Traven sees his time at the Foundation part of his learning, “I believe in providing for generations that come after you and creating long-term benefits for everyone, so when I heard that the Foundation has an investment team in-house who creates capital and reinvests that capital in communities, it really spoke to what I believe in and what I want to do.”Read More »
Meet Dawn Wilson
June 1, 2020
Dawn joins as our investment operations director after spending two decades in accounting and investment operations for university endowments, first at University of Virginia and then more recently at Emory University. She’s looking forward to working with the investment team to ensure more grantees are receiving meaningful funding for their work.Read More »