Staff & Board

Community | Learning | Leadership

  • Sean Gibbons (he/him)

    CEO
    The Communications Network
    sgibbons@comnetwork.org

  • Tristan Mohabir (he/him)

    Director of Programs and Operations
    The Communications Network
    tmohabir@comnetwork.org

  • Carrie Clyne (she/her)

    Director of Events and Community
    The Communications Network
    cclyne@comnetwork.org

  • Kareem Alston (he/him)

    Deputy Director, Digital
    The Communications Network
    kalston@comnetwork.org

  • Lalissie E. (she/her)

    Community and Partnership Manager
    The Communications Network
    leteffa@comnetwork.org

  • Jess Black (she/her)

    LOCALs Program Specialist
    The Communications Network
    jblack@comnetwork.org

  • Alyssa Turcsak (she/her)

    Circles Coordinator
    The Communications Network
    aturcsak@comnetwork.org

  • Amy Luebbert (she/her)

    Membership Coordinator
    The Communications Network
    aluebbert@comnetwork.org

  • Amrit Dhillon (she/her)

    Consultant, ComNet
    The Communications Network

  • Chris Teed (she/her)

    Consultant, Memberships and Accounts Receivable
    The Communications Network
    cteed@comnetwork.org

  • Parthavi Das (she/her)

    Consultant, Administration
    The Communications Network

Board

Community | Learning | Leadership

  • Erica Pelletreau (Chair)

    Strategic Communications
    Ford Foundation

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  • Anusha Alikhan (Vice Chair)

    Chief Communications Officer
    Wikimedia Foundation

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  • Jill Schwartz (Secretary)

    Director of Marketing and Communications, North America Policy
    The Nature Conservancy

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  • Joanne Flores Moses (Treasurer)

    Chief Financial Officer
    National Endowment for Financial Education

  • Alejandro de Onís

    VP/Communications and Digital Strategy
    Knight Foundation

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  • Allyn Brooks-LaSure

    Vice President, Communications
    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)

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  • Bryan Simmons

    Vice President Communications
    Arcus Foundation

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  • Daphne Moore

    Communications Director
    Walton Family Foundation

  • Elyse Hammett

    Vice President of Marketing and Communications Community
    Foundation for Greater Atlanta

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  • Julia Friedman

    Senior Communications Manager
    Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

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  • Krista Jahnke

    Communications Manager
    The Kresge Foundation

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  • Kristen Mack

    Vice President, Communications, Fellows, and Partnerships
    MacArthur Foundation

  • Stefan Lanfer

    Director of Communications
    Barr Foundation

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  • Trabian Shorters

    CEO
    BMe Community

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  • Vidya Krishnamurthy

    Chief Communications Officer and Senior Advisor to the President
    William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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Board Committees

 
  • Erica Pelletreau, Ford Foundation, Chair

    Anusha Alikhan, Wikimedia Foundation, Vice Chair

    Jill Schwartz, The Nature Conservancy, Secretary

    Joanne Flores Moses, National Endowment for Financial Education, Treasurer

    Sean Gibbons, The Communications Network, CEO

  • Jill Schwartz, The Nature Conservancy, Chair

    Vidya Krishnamurthy, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

    Stefan Lanfer, Barr Foundation

    Allyn Brooks-LaSure, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  • Joanne Flores Moses, National Endowment for Financial Education, Chair

    Stefan Lanfer, Barr Foundation

    Julia Friedman, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

    Trabian Shorters, BMe Community

    Elyse Hammett, Foundation for Greater Atlanta

    Satonya Fair, PEAK Grantmaking

  • Anusha Alikhan, Wikimedia Foundation, Chair

    Trabian Shorters, BMe Community

    Kristen Mack, MacArthur Foundation

    Fiona Guthrie, Innocence Project

  • Daphne Moore, Walton Family Foundation, Chair

    Rebecca Arno, Barton Institute for Community Action

    Eric Brown, Brownbridge Strategies

    Krista A. Jahnke, The Kresge Foundation

    Bryan Simmons, Arcus Foundation

    Elizabeth Cahill, Surdna Foundation

    Alejandro de Onís, Knight Foundation

    Roben Smolar, Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Board Alumni

 

Norris West

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Virginia McMullan

Unaffiliated

Maureen Cozine

New York Health Foundation

LaMonte Guillory

New Pluralists

Felicia Borrego Madsen

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Jason Hunke

Vulcan

Liza deVilla Ameen

Annenberg Foundation

Rebecca Arno

Barton Institute for Community Action

Edith Asibey

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Tanya Barrientos

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Rick Batyko

Cleveland Foundation

Doug Bauer

SmithKline Beecham

Matthew Beatty

Carrie Meek Foundation

Magdalena Beltrán-del Olmo

California Wellness Foundation

Eric Brown

Brownbridge Strategies

Kevin Corcoran

Lumina Foundation

Joanne Krell

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Karen E. Lake

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Bob Lipman

Lipman Hearne

Andrew Sherry

Communications Partners

Jade Floyd

Global Strategy Group

Susan Eagan

Cleveland Foundation

Jon Funabiki

Ford Foundation

Tina Hoff

Kaiser Family Foundation

Jennifer Humke

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Mitch Hurst

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Alfred Ironside

Ford Foundation

Matt James

Kaiser Family Foundation

Sandra Brock Jibrell

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Minna Jung

Earthjustice

Frank Karel

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Sam Karp

California Health Care Foundation

Meredith Klein

Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Julio Marcial

Liberty Hill Foundation

Gail McClure

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Karen Menichelli

Benton Foundation

Larry “Bud” Meyer

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Ken Weine

The Metropolitan Museum f Art

Vicki Rosenberg

Council of Michigan Foundations

Albert Ruesga

Meyer Foundation

Jesse Salazar

McKinsey & Company

Ruth Shack

Miami Dade Community Foundation

Dana Vickers Shelley

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Daniel Silverman

The James Irvine Foundation

Carole Stabler

The Meadows Foundation

Craig Ziegler

California Health Care Foundation

Grant Oliphant

Heinz Family Philanthropies (The Heinz Endowments)

Anastasia Ordonez

David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Charity Perkins

The Duke Endowment

Maria Teresa Rojas

Open Society Foundations

Doug Root

The Pittsburgh Foundation

David Morse

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Fred Mann

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Elizabeth Locke

The Duke Endowment