Steering Committee and Advisory Group
The Doing Good Better initiative is led and informed by the wisdom and active participation of the Advisory Group and Steering Committee.
Steering Committee
Jorge Cruz, Executive Director, Local Initiatives Support Corporation New Jersey (LISC-New Jersey)
Linda Czipo, President & CEO of the New Jersey Center for Nonprofits
Jackie Edwards, Executive Director of Parents Inc.
Victoria Fernandez, Director of Thriving Communities, Grunin Foundation; and Co-Founder, Nonprofit Professionals of Color Collective
Tyneisha Gibbs, founder and Principal Consultant of 144th & Vine; and Co-Founder, Nonprofit Professionals of Color Collective
Theresa Jacks, President & CEO of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers
Bridget Phifer, Chief Executive Officer, Parkside Business & Community in Partnership
Samantha Plotino, Executive Director, The Provident Bank Foundation
Rosalía Velázquez, Director of Strategic Partnerships, New Jersey Center for Nonprofits, project coordinator
Advisory Group
Keith R. Adams, Executive Director, NJVOAD
Carin Berkowitz, Executive Director, New Jersey Council for the Humanities
Elsa Candelario, DSW, MSSW, LCSW, Professor of Professional Practice, MSW Director and Director, Latina/o/x Initiatives for Service, Training, and Assessment (LISTA), School of Social Work, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jane Cohen, Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Climate Action and the Green Economy
René O. Deida, Director, Corporate and Community Engagement, Prudential Financial, Inc.
Hans Dekker, President, Community Foundation of New Jersey
Craig Drinkard, Executive Officer, Victoria Foundation
Bill Engel, Chair, The Hyde and Watson Foundation
Andy Fraizer, Executive Director, Community Foundation of South Jersey
Laurie Goganzer, President and CEO, YMCA of the Jersey Shore
Jeremy Grunin, President, Grunin Foundation
Bob Guarasci, Founder & CEO, New Jersey Community Development Corporation
Susan Hoskins, Executive Director, Friends Foundation for the Aging
Sharnita C. Johnson, Vice President of Strategy, Impact and Communication, Victoria Foundation
Elaine E. Katz, Sr. Vice President, Kessler Foundation
Eddie LaPorté, Director, New Jersey Office of Faith Based Initiatives
Tammy Rice Herman, Director of Grants & Strategies, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
John Thurber, Partner, Br’Island Group LLC
Keith Timko, Executive Director & CEO, Support Center
Sandra Toussaint, President & CEO, United Way of Greater Mercer County
Allison Tratner, Executive Director, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Mark Valli, CEO, NORWESCAP
Margaret Waldock, Executive Director, Duke Farms
Catherine Wilson, President & CEO, United Way of Greater Newark
Doing Good Better, a partnership of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers and the New Jersey Center for Nonprofits, is a community of funders and nonprofits taking action against the power imbalances and racial inequities in philanthropy, nonprofits and government.