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SONYA PASSI

Founder and CEO

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DIANA AYALA

Vice President of Finance

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KASHIRA AYERS

Wealth Access Program Manager

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ZIZI BANDERA

Operations Manager

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CHRISEITHIA COLLINS

Bookkeeper

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ERIN DOOLEY

Vice President of Development

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FAYZAN

Research Manager

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PAMELA GUERRA

Data and Research Specialist

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SABRINA HAMM

Director of Systems Change Initiatives

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EM F. JACKSON

Director of External Relations

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DAFNE JACOBS

Survivor Programming Manager

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CARA MCCLAIN

Senior Fundraising Strategist

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STEPHANIE PROM

Project Manager

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OLIVIA TRAVIS

Chief of Staff

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JULIA UYTTEWAAL

Director of Research and Evaluation

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TANNIA VENTURA

Vice President of Impact and Mission Delivery

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PILAR VICTORIA

Evaluation and Impact Manager

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ANA ZIMMERMANN

Director of Social Enterprise

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MEET OUR BOARD

Get to know the passionate people who bring their skills, dedication, and passion to the table to help steer FreeFrom’s work now and in the future. 

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COLIN CABRAL (Board Chair)

Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP

Los Angeles, CA

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PIERRE JOSEPH

Program Officer, Solidago Foundation

North Hampton, MA

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KAT MANALAC (Board Vice Chair & Secretary)

Partner, Y-Combinator

San Francisco, CA

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JENNIFER JUSTICE

Founder and CEO, The Justice Department

New York City, NY

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KATE SHEETS (Treasurer)

Senior Legal Counsel, 
Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG)

Los Angeles, CA

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SONYA PASSI

Founder and CEO, FreeFrom

Los Angeles, CA

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JOSEPH CORTINA

VP, Government Affairs, Standard Industries

Washington, DC

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ALICE VILMA

Executive Director, Multicultural Client Strategy, Morgan Stanley

New York, NY

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RACHEL HERRICK KASSABIAN

Chair, Internet Litigation Practice, 
Quinn Emanuel LLP

San Francisco, CA

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NADIA ZAKIR

Head of Compliance, PIMCO

Newport Beach, CA

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MERRITT JOHNSON

Partner, Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP

New York City, NY