Executive Leadership
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Andrea Cristina Mercado
President and CEO (she/her)
Andrea Cristina Mercado is president and chief executive officer of the Equity Funds. She brings over two decades of experience in civic engagement, strategic campaigns, and leadership within multiracial communities, including her extraordinary work on behalf of Florida Rising Together and New Florida Majority Education Fund, where she spearheaded large-scale civic engagement programs that continue to grow the political power of Black, Latinx, and multiracial communities.
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Jordan Estevao
Vice President, Programs (he/him)
Jordan Estevao is a longtime organizer who has led campaigns to advance racial justice, community economic development, affordable housing, community benefit agreements, and immigrant rights. He oversees all of our grantmaking and grantee-facing programs.
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Jillian Murphy
Chief of Staff (she/her)
As an organizational steward, Jillian Murphy oversees our strategic direction and day-to-day operations in close partnership with leadership and staff. Since joining the Equity Fund in 2016, she has helped shepherd our partnerships across the country, build and expand our state and national strategies, and lead the development and creation of several of the Funds’ major initiatives.
Board of Directors & Advisors
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Michelle DePass
Board Chair (she/her)
*President, DePass Paulson Advisors
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Brady Walkinshaw
Board Member (he/him)
*Publisher and Founder, Noisy Creek
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Carrie Doyle
Board Member (she/her)
*Program Officer, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
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Jodeen Olguín-Tayler
Senior Advisor (ella/she)
*Affiliation for identification purposes only
Staff
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Adenike Adeyeye
State Strategist (she/her)
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Arianne Ortegaray
Deputy Director, Development (she/her)
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Atiba Khan
Finance Manager (she/her)
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Camille Catolico
Senior Executive Assistant (she/her)
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Clint Hayden
Grants Administration Associate (he/him)
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Colin Richardson
Director, Grants Administration (he/him)
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Eli Vargas
State Strategist – West (he/him)
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Fernando Cázares
Program Officer (he/him)
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E. Guilu Murphy
Program Coordinator (she/her)
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Harrison Wallace
Director, Grants and Power Building (he/him)
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Jeremy Schroeder
State Strategist – Midwest (he/him)
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Kendyl Crawford
Program Officer (she/her)
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Kenneth Gilliam, Jr.
Program Officer (he/him)
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Lis-Marie Alvarado
Program Officer (she/ella)
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Lydia D. Avila
Deputy Director, Grants and Powerbuilding (she/her)
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Malavika Sahai
Philanthropic Organizing Coordinator (she/her)
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Melody Thomas
HR Director, People & Culture (she/her)
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Michelle Billie
Program Manager, Communications Accelerator (she/her)
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Natalia Pereira
Business Systems Manager (she/her)
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Nicole Armstrong
Finance Associate
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Rachel Clift
Marketing and Communications Manager (she/her)
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Sandra E. Covarrubias Su
Executive Assistant, Programs (she/her)
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Shilpa Joshi
Director, Policy Accelerator (she/her)
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Sonum Nerurkar
Federal Policy Strategist (she/her)
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Suki Weissleder
Program Assistant (she/they)
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Victor Pimentel
Operations Manager (he/him)