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Board of Trustees • Carol Cantwell, Financial & Fundraising Consultant • Victor Chavez, No Tech for Oil • May Cheng, Analyst, Health Net of CA • Winnie Chu, Independent Consultant • Orpheus Crutchfield, President, StratéGenius • Susan Fang, Incentive Award Scholar, Public Health Undergraduate, UC Berkeley • Don Foster, Instructor, Media Studies, New College • Serena Huang • Ian McLeod, Socially Responsible Investment Advisor • Scott Ullman, Training Coordinator, The Foundation Center San Francisco Board of Advisors Rob Boudewijn S. Katherine Campbell Mary Anna Colwell Robert Cooney Claire Bradley Feder Arleen Feng Paul Hammond Ruth Hultgren Jane Kinzler Phil Klasky Rachel Lanzerotti Leon Lefson Patrick McDermott Melanie Okamoto Catherine Powell Cynthia Sharpe Gail W. Stern Sarada Tangirala Lee Trampleasure Amosslee Dave Troup Mike Veiluva Dena Shupe Woolwine Ann Wrixon Executive Director Karen Topakian Karen Topakian has been the Executive Director of the Agape Foundation - Fund for Nonviolent Social Change since 1993. Karen has worked on peace and justice issues for over 25 years – serving as the Director of the University of Rhode Island's first Women's Center, as a manager of a food co-op and as a Nuclear Disarmament Campaigner for Greenpeace where she is currently a Board member. Karen co-chaired Fundraising Day 2003 and has served on the steering committee for National Philanthropy Day in 2002 and is serving again in 2003. She has a masters in Fine Art from the San Francisco Art Institute in filmmaking and has served as a juror for the San Francisco International Film Festival. In her spare time, she writes for the Noe Valley Voice. Administrative Director Nina Dessart Nina has been the Administrative Director of the Agape Foundation since January of 2002. She comes to Agape from Greenpeace, the San Francisco SPCA, and both Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Rikers Island Correctional Facility in NYC. Nina is co-chairing the Scholarship Committee for Fundraising Day 2004, a committee she served on in 2003. She has a master’s degree from the Columbia University School of Social Work, as well as a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Columbia. She also attended Oberlin Conservatory and now sings, tours and records with the San Francisco Concert Chorale. In her spare time, Nina designs jewelry, trains dogs and pet sits for many of San Francisco’s dogs and cats. Web Site by: FREQUENCY SHIFT. Email for more info.
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