Rajib Guha July 22, 2020 Rajib Guha joined the Irvine Foundation as Director of Program Development in November 2019. His role includes identifying and assessing new opportunities for impact, building cross-sector relationships and partnerships, and engaging internal and external stakeholders on the design and execution of pilot projects and potential new initiatives. Prior to Irvine, Rajib spent six years at … Continue reading Rajib Guha
Landon Dickey July 22, 2020 Landon Dickey joined The James Irvine Foundation as a Director of Program Development in April 2020 and became an Initiative Director in December 2024. Prior to joining Irvine, Landon spent five years as the Director of the African American Achievement and Leadership Initiative, a team he founded and led in the San Francisco Unified School District. … Continue reading Landon Dickey
Nicole Pritchard July 22, 2020 Nicole Pritchard joined the Irvine Foundation as a Program Officer in June 2018. Nicole’s background is in community-based research and evaluation, planning, and grantmaking. Her work spans across the nonprofit, philanthropic, and management consulting sectors. Prior to joining Irvine, Nicole was part of the Learning and Evaluation team at The California Endowment, a private, statewide … Continue reading Nicole Pritchard
Caroline Hutchinson July 22, 2020 Caroline Hutchinson joined the Foundation as an Executive Assistant in September 2017 and was named Senior Executive Assistant in November 2022. Caroline comes to the Foundation from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), where she supported scientists and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer from 2011 to 2017. Prior to Berkeley Lab, Caroline worked … Continue reading Caroline Hutchinson
Jeanne Sakamoto July 21, 2020 Jeanne Sakamoto was appointed Chief of Staff and Planning in June 2019, having previously served as the Foundation’s Director of Program Operations and in Irvine’s former Arts program as Senior Program Officer, Program Officer, and Program Associate beginning in 2004. Prior to joining Irvine, Jeanne worked at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in … Continue reading Jeanne Sakamoto
Charles Fields July 21, 2020 Charles Sidney Fields joined the Irvine Foundation in 2016 as the Chief of Staff and Planning, was named Vice President of Program Implementation in 2019, and Executive Vice President of Programs in April 2024. He has more than a decade of leadership experience in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, funding and supporting social change organizations … Continue reading Charles Fields
Karen Valencia July 20, 2020 Karen Valencia joined the Irvine Foundation in July 2018 and was named Program Officer in April 2022. Prior to joining the Foundation, Karen worked at First 5 LA as part of the Executive Department. In this role, she supported the Executive Director and assisted in supporting the organization’s leadership team and the Board of Commissioners. … Continue reading Karen Valencia
Cindy Downing July 20, 2020 Cindy Downing joined the Irvine Foundation’s San Francisco office in 2016. Cindy served as Executive Assistant and Program Associate before being named Program Officer in 2019. In this role, she oversees The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards, which annually recognizes diverse leaders whose innovative solutions to critical state challenges improve people’s lives, create opportunity and … Continue reading Cindy Downing