Mariam Kenza Ali is a Global Climate Initiative Program Officer at the Packard Foundation. She oversees the Foundation’s bioenergy grantmaking strategy and its emerging focus on carbon dioxide removal. Mariam brings ten years of experience on protected areas, communities, land use planning, environmental assessment, renewable energy, and multilateral environmental agreements. Prior to joining the Foundation, she … Continued
Karina Chamorro is the Global Climate Initiative associate program officer at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. She focuses on the Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Conservation (ALC) grantmaking, including managing ALC grant portfolio administration and cultivating grantee partnerships in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and the Congo Basin. Before joining the Packard Foundation in 2016, Karina worked at Root … Continued
Meg Caldwell is the Packard Foundation’s Interim Vice-President of Environment and Science, working to protect and restore the ocean for people and nature. As an environmental attorney, she brings over 35 years of experience working on interdisciplinary teams, including over 20 years as a faculty member at Stanford Law School, to help solve some of … Continued
John Claussen is an Ocean program officer at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. He supports grantmaking for the Foundation’s work to protect and restore the ocean, specifically focused on Indonesia. Prior to joining the Foundation, John worked as a consultant for 15 years advising and designing environmental and economic development initiatives and investment strategies … Continued
Chad English is the Science program officer at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. He supports grantmaking for the Foundation’s work to protect and restore the ocean, specifically focused on science. Chad has spent the last decade working at the intersection of science, policy, and communications. Prior to joining the Foundation, he was the Director … Continued
Sarah Hogan is the Interim Ocean director at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. She supports grantmaking for the Foundation’s work to protect and restore the ocean, specifically focused on equitable and sustainable fisheries. Sarah has worked at the Foundation since 2007, and during that time has worked on issues including ecosystem-based management, user driven science, fisheries … Continued
Heather Ludemann is an Ocean Program Officer at The David & Packard Foundation where she leads strategy and grantmaking that amplifies and catalyzes global and domestic efforts to conserve marine biodiversity. She is particularly interested in the nexus of the ocean and climate change, Indigenous leadership in conservation, and environmental policy. Heather joined the Foundation … Continued