Sharif Siddiqui July 22, 2020 Sharif Siddiqui joined the Foundation in 2017. He began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Merrill Lynch & Co., in New York, NY, followed by an investment position at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation in San Francisco. Sharif then moved to Chicago and joined Citadel Investment Group’s global equities group. From 2006 … Continue reading Sharif Siddiqui
Claudia Garibay Kaya July 22, 2020 Claudia Garibay Kaya joined the Foundation in October 2014 as an Investment Operations Specialist and was named Investment Operations Manager in November 2022. Prior to joining Irvine, she supported the operations and accounting team at Wells Fargo Securities. In addition, she worked at HighMark Capital Management supporting the money markets strategies team which managed over … Continue reading Claudia Garibay Kaya
Jesús Argüelles July 22, 2020 Jesús Argüelles joined the Irvine Foundation in 2019. He works with the Chief Investment Officer and investments team, responsible for the sourcing, evaluation, recommendation, and monitoring of Irvine investment managers, opportunities, and the portfolio. Previously, he was a Director for the Private Capital Global Funds Team of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, where he sourced, evaluated, … Continue reading Jesús Argüelles
Scott Ward July 22, 2020 Scott Ward was appointed Senior Technical Architect in January 2017. Since joining Irvine in 2013, he has served as Enterprise Data Architect and as Applications Analyst. Scott has been working with database systems for various nonprofits and educational institutions for more than 10 years. Prior to joining Irvine, Scott worked as a Database Technician at … Continue reading Scott Ward
Renee Roux July 22, 2020 Renee Roux joined the Foundation as Director of Technology in September 2016. She brings more than 20 years of experience leading technology teams and partnering with businesses to implement complex solutions in a variety of sectors, including financial services, education, and consumer products. Before joining the Foundation, Renee worked as the North America Director of … Continue reading Renee Roux
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
Kim Ammann Howard July 22, 2020 Kim Ammann Howard was appointed Director of Impact Assessment and Learning in November 2015. She brings more than 20 years of social impact experience with diverse individuals and groups in a variety of settings including community-based organizations, foundations, and intermediaries as well as government and academic institutions at the local, state, national, and international levels. … Continue reading Kim Ammann Howard
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
Kelly Martin July 22, 2020 Kelly Martin has primary responsibility for the administration and legal compliance of the Foundation’s grantmaking policies and procedures. Kelly served as Senior Grants Manager from 2007 to 2016, Grants Manager from 2004 to 2007, and she has served in the Foundation’s Grants Administration department since 2001. Kelly is active in the Grants Managers Network, a … Continue reading Kelly Martin
Kim Canfield July 22, 2020 Kim joined the Irvine Foundation as Grants Manager in October 2019, returning to her home state of California after living in New York for nearly 11 years. Previously, she was the Grants Manager for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. For over eight years, she managed the day-to-day grants operations of a private family foundation that … Continue reading Kim Canfield