Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees Chooses New President

Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees

Marissa Tirona will become its next president later this month. Currently she is a program officer on the Building Institutions and Networks team at the Ford Foundation, where she manages a $225 million portfolio.

Tirona will succeed Daranee Petsod, the group’s founding president, who is stepping down after more than 20 years.

Joyce Foundation

The $1.1 billion foundation has hired three new program officers.

Chibuzo Ezeigbo, a fellow at Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research and the Academy for Urban School Leadership, will be a program officer for education and economic mobility.

Mia Khimm, managing director at Expo Chicago, is now director of the culture program.

Quintin Williams, who most recently led a campaign for criminal-justice reform in Illinois at the Heartland Alliance, has become a program officer on the foundation’s gun-violence prevention and justice-reform team.

Surgo Foundation

Steve Pearson has joined this charity that uses behavioral science, data analysis, and artificial intelligence to solve global problems as its first director of development. Most recently he was senior director of development and partnerships at the ONE Campaign.

More New CEOs

Mike Buhler, president and CEO of San Francisco Heritage, has been named president and CEO of Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture.

Natanja Craig-Oquendo, vice president for community partnerships at the Possible Project, has been named executive director of the Boston Women’s Fund.

Other Notable Appointments

Jason Cole, a program officer for the environment at the Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, has been promoted to program director for the environment. He succeeds Alan Holt, who is retiring at the end of this year.

Elizabeth Escamilla, director for education at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts, is returning to the J. Paul Getty Museum as assistant director for education and public programming. She previously worked at the museum from 1996 until 2018.

Atiqua Hashem has joined the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation as vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary. She most recently was general counsel and director of legal services for ChildFund International USA.

Danielle Lustman, director of marketing and communications at the Leon and Leona Brauser Maimonides Academy, will next serve as director of marketing and communications at Ferd and Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service.

Dan Robin has joined Pride Industries as vice president of strategic partnerships for inclusive talent solutions. He previously led Amazon’s Alternative/All Abilities Workforce Strategy.

Departure

Jerry Ashton is stepping down as co-founder and director of education and engagement at RIP Medical Debt. He will remain on its Board of Directors.

Legacy

Lillian Hackerman, a philanthropist who gave large gifts to educational, cultural, medical, religious, and health organizations in the Baltimore area, died on November 1. She was 100. Her late husband, Willard Hackerman, was president of the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company. Together they gave Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering $5 million in 2005, two gifts of $1 million each to Towson University in 2006 and 2009, and also established a chair in engineering at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. In addition, they gave more than $1 million to create scholarships at private Catholic schools.

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