Staff & Board

Sean Gibbons (he/him)

CEO
The Communications Network
sgibbons@comnetwork.org
Tristan Mohabir (he/him)

Chief of Staff
The Communications Network
tmohabir@comnetwork.org
Carrie Clyne (she/her)

Vice President of Community
The Communications Network
cclyne@comnetwork.org
Kareem Alston (he/him)

Deputy Director, Digital
The Communications Network
kalston@comnetwork.org
Lalissie E. (she/her)

Community and Partnership Manager
The Communications Network
leteffa@comnetwork.org
Jess Black (she/her)

LOCALs Program Specialist
The Communications Network
jblack@comnetwork.org
Alyssa Turcsak (she/her)

Circles Coordinator
The Communications Network
aturcsak@comnetwork.org
Amy Luebbert (she/her)

Membership Coordinator
The Communications Network
aluebbert@comnetwork.org
Amrit Dhillon (she/her)

Consultant, ComNet
The Communications Network
Chris Teed (she/her)

Consultant, Memberships and Accounts Receivable
The Communications Network
cteed@comnetwork.org
Parthavi Das (she/her)

Consultant, Administration
The Communications Network

Board

Anusha Alikhan (Chair)

Chief Communications Officer
Wikimedia Foundation
Daphne Moore (Vice Chair)

Communications Director
Walton Family Foundation
Jill Schwartz (Secretary)

Director of Marketing and Communications, North America Policy
The Nature Conservancy
Satonya Fair (Treasurer)

President and CEO
PEAK Grantmaking
Alejandro de Onís

VP/Communications and Digital Strategy
Knight Foundation
Allyn Brooks-LaSure

Vice President, Communications
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Bryan Simmons

Vice President Communications
Arcus Foundation
Elyse Hammett

Vice President of Marketing and Communications Community
Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Fiona Guthrie

Chief Communications Officer
Innocence Project
Julia Layman

Senior Communications Manager
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Krista Jahnke

Communications Manager
The Kresge Foundation
Kristen Mack

Vice President, Communications, Fellows, and Partnerships
MacArthur Foundation
Roben Smolar

Chief Communications Officer
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Stefan Lanfer

Director of Communications
Barr Foundation
Trabian Shorters

CEO
BMe Community
Vidya Krishnamurthy

Chief Communications Officer and Senior Advisor to the President
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Anusha Alikhan, Wikimedia Foundation, Chair
Daphne Moore, Walton Family Foundation, Vice Chair
Jill Schwartz, The Nature Conservancy, Secretary
Satonya Fair, PEAK Grantmaking, Treasurer
Sean Gibbons, The Communications Network, CEO
Jill Schwartz, The Nature Conservancy, Chair
Vidya Krishnamurthy, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Stefan Lanfer, Barr Foundation
Allyn Brooks-LaSure, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Krista Jahnke, The Kresge Foundation
Satonya Fair, PEAK Grantmaking, Chair
Stefan Lanfer, Barr Foundation
Julia Layman, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Trabian Shorters, BMe Community
Elyse Hammett, Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Anusha Alikhan, Wikimedia Foundation, Chair
Trabian Shorters, BMe Community
Kristen Mack, MacArthur Foundation
Fiona Guthrie, Innocence Project
Daphne Moore, Walton Family Foundation, Chair
Rebecca Arno, Barton Institute for Community Action
Eric Brown, Brownbridge Strategies
Krista A. Jahnke, The Kresge Foundation
Bryan Simmons, Arcus Foundation
Elizabeth Cahill, Surdna Foundation
Alejandro de Onís, Knight Foundation
Roben Smolar, Schusterman Family Philanthropies