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Staff

Grantmakers for Education is located in Portland, OR. The organization has deliberately worked to recruit a staff with deep knowledge about education and philanthropy. Please feel free to contact any of these individuals about the organization, its work, or the field of education grantmaking by calling 503-595-2100, emailing general inquiries to information@edfunders.org or emailing a specific staff member by first name @edfunders.org.

executive director
Chris Tebben x.105

director of programs
John Branam x.101

member services manager
Barbara Dibs x.100

project associate
DeL'Aurore Kyly x.106

director of communications
Lois Leveen x.102

office manager
Mariah Maines x.104

coordinator, Education Policy Working Group
Jenna Davis (consultant, email policy [at] edfunders.org)

coordinator, Working Group on Education Organizing
Peg King (consultant, email wgeo [at] edfunders.org)

coordinator, Out-of-School Time Network
Kathleen Traphagen (consultant, email ostnetwork [at] edfunders.org)


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  Read Benchmarking 2009, GFE's latest tool for strategic grantmaking. Learn what Education Week says about the impact the report is having on the field of education reform.

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  Watch provocative suggestions from Secretary Arne Duncan, Professor Nichole Pinkard, Matt Miller, and Larry Keeley on how grantmakers can transform education, by transforming their own funding strategies.

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