The Taproot Foundation is a dynamic team of professionals with extensive experience working for a wide range of nonprofits and corporations. The members of the Management Team have a combined 88 years of nonprofit experience and 47 years of corporate experience. We share a vision and dedication to providing world-class services to nonprofits, volunteers, and community partners so that together, we can create a stronger society.

• Board of Directors
• Roots (Staff)

• Sylvia Reynolds, Chair - Chief Marketing Officer, Wells Fargo
• Tom Eddington, Vice Chair - Former Consultant, Hewitt Associates
• Kerry Bessey, Secretary- Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Time, Inc.
• Sandra Lamb, Treasurer - President & CEO, Lamb Advisors
• Caroline Barlerin - Director, Big Tent
• AnnMaura Connolly - Chief External Affairs Officer, City Year
• David Eisner - President & CEO, National Constitution Center
• Evan Hochberg - National Director of Community Engagement, Deloitte Services LP
• Aaron Hurst - President & Founder, Taproot Foundation
• Antoinette La Belle - Former Managing Director, Lehman Brothers
• Esther Lardent - President & CEO, Pro Bono Institute
• Elizabeth Mackey - Senior Business Development Manager, Microsoft
• Nancy Murphy - Founder, My Energy Enterprises
• Betsy Neville - Senior Managing Director, Practice Leader - Corporate Communications, FD Chicago
• Chinwe Onyeagoro - Managing Partner & Founder, O-H Community Partners, Ltd.
• Tina Paikeday Shah - Principal, Talent Advisory Board
• Julian Posada - Founder and CEO, Cafe Media
• Wendi Sturgis - Vice President Management Group, Yahoo!

 

Management Team

Aaron Hurst - President & Founder	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Matthew O'Grady - Vice President of National Expansion	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Laura Weiss - Vice President of Service Innovation
Joel Bashevkin - Executive Director, West Coast	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Megan Kashner - Executive Director, Eastern - Central Region	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Kate Griffin - Executive Director, National Services
Carol Guttery - National Program Director	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Jamie Hartman - Executive Director, Pro Bono Action Tank	[Connect on LinkedIn]

National Staff

 

Josh Rai - Extranet & Web Developer	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Alethea Hannemann - Product Manager of Consulting Services	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Natalya Matusova - Product Development Fellow	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Melanie Damm - Recruitment Manager	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Mandi Chappell - Senior Recruitment Coordinator	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Jaime Hiraishi - Recruitment Coordinator
Megan McDonald - Recruitment Coordinator	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Connor Donnelly - Recruitment Coordinator	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Lindsay Firestone - Senior Manager, Partnerships and Consulting Services	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Jane Park - Pro Bono Action Tank Fellow
Diana Fischer - Program Development Fellow, Pro Bono Action Tank
Natalie Strickler - Manager of Talent Management
Darryl Abantao - Human Resources Assistant	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Alexandra Romano - Manager, Strategic Initiatives
Jacob Weldon - Special Assistant to the President
Jennifer Belliveau -  VISTA Leader	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Elizabeth Wells - Operations Coordinator
Lisa Gaffney - Strategy Analyst Fellow
Dagney Cassella - Brand Associate Marketing Fellow
Kate Gazzaniga - Communications Specialist Marketing Fellow

 

Western Region Staff

 

Joel Bashevkin - Executive Director, West Coast	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Ragnar von Schiber - Senior Program Manager	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Anne Diaz - Program Manager, San Francisco & LA	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Alison Farber - Program Manager, San Francisco	[Connect on LinkedIn]
April Kelley - Program Manager, Seattle	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Lily Osborne - Fellow, Western Region Outreach Coordinator, Seattle
Karli King - Program Associate
Amanda Pape Lenaghan - Development Manager
Katelyn Wilson - Development Associate	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Wendy Levine - Development Fellow	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Melissa Paulo - Development Fellow
Mark Rice - Program Manager, Los Angeles	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Wendy Gonzalez - Fellow, Western Region Outreach Coordinator, Los Angeles

Eastern - Central Region Staff

 

Megan Kashner - Executive Director, Eastern - Central Region	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Lara Crampe - Deputy Director, East Coast	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Elizabeth Schwan-Rosenwald - Development Manager, Eastern-Central Region
Rachel Greenstein - Director of Development, Eastern-Central Region
Stacey Boeke - Senior Program Manager, Chicago	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Joshua Brown - Program Manager, Chicago	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Kandace Evelyn - Program Manager, Washington D.C.	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Aaron Zueck - Outreach Fellow	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Hannah Clark - Program Fellow, Chicago
Marilyn Chen - Business Development Fellow, Eastern-Central Region	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Mary Hankey - Development Fellow, Chicago	[Connect on LinkedIn]
Alexandra Larschan - Development Fellow, New York City
Justin Gimotea - Corporate Relations Fellow
Avrille Hanzel - Program Fellow, Washington, DC
Jessica Gonzalez - Administrative Assistant, Chicago
Max Woertendyke - Administrative Assistant, New York City