Cristina Huezo
Vice President, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Cristina is Vice President at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the philanthropic organization founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan, where she leads their Family Giving and established CZI’s efforts to support the local community.
She has worked in philanthropy, nonprofits, and government for over 20 years, with a focus on creating opportunity for underserved populations. Her philanthropic experience includes the Gates Foundation and Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation. She began her career at the National Council of La Raza.
Cristina is on the Board of The Primary School and is the past Board Chair of Grantmakers for Education. She was an Education Pioneer and served as a Jessie M. Unruh Fellow in the California State Legislature. Cristina is a graduate of UCLA and the Harvard Kennedy School. She is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area where she resides with her husband and three children.
Our Team
Board of Directors
Janis MacKenzie
Board Chair
Melissa Chadwick-Dunn
Board Treasurer
Robert Turley
Board Secretary
Pamela Baer
Lifetime Director
George H. Clyde
Lifetime Director
Judy Guggenhime
Lifetime Director
Simone Balch
Andrew Clark
Susan P. Ehrlich, MD, MPP
Alfonso Felder
John Fisher
Rodney A. Fong
Suzanne Giraudo, PhD
Cristina Huezo
Hemal Kanzaria, MD MSc
Monica Kendrick, MD, FACOG
Lucy Kornblith MD, FACS
Jenna Lim
Allan E. Low
James D. Marks, MD, PhD
Christopher Marlowe
Andrew McCollum
Elizabeth Minick
Candace Sue
Janet Wojcicki, PhD, MPH
Foundation Staff
Kim Meredith
Chief Executive Officer
Gerry Chow
Chief Financial Officer
Paul Rose
Chief External Relations and Communications Officer
Saeed Mirfattah
Chief of Staff
Alice He
Assistant Controller
Allison Arden
Director of Development, Major and Individual Gifts
Alejandro Ceballos
Individual and Corporate Giving Officer
Amy Himes
Individual and Corporate Giving Officer
Melissa Moore
Director of Development, Institutional & Corporate Giving
Jenna Casey
Director of Communications
Quinn King
Associate Director, Development Operations
Tiffany Liu
Director of Institutional Giving
Elaine Robertson
Director of Events
Catherine Homsey
Major Gifts Officer - Capital Campaign
David Yu
Senior Accountant and Financial Analyst
Beth Ferreira
Gift Compliance Manager
Sary Meas
Database Manager
Aileen Flores
Senior Development Associate
Mariana Warcholski
Associate Marketing & Donor Communications Manager
Alyssa Angeles
Staff Accountant
Iliana Medina
Office Coordinator