Census Legacies is powered by the Center for Social Innovation, UC Riverside. The effort grew out of an early demonstration project in the Inland Empire, a Southern California region of 4.6 million residents.
Team members include:
Karthick Ramakrishnan, Founder and Director
Fatima Nelson, National and State Engagement
Sarah Wright, Local and Regional Engagement
Eric Calderon, Events and Narrative Change
Gary Rettberg, Research Manager
Beth Tamayose, Research Director
Carmen Zambrano, Researcher
Census Legacies Advisory Group
We are grateful for the strategic advice and thoughtful engagement by an incredible group of advisors, with experience in philanthropy, community development, civic engagement, and good governance.
Business associations
Daniel Frank, ReadyNation
Census & philanthropy experts
Chris Wagaman, California State Assembly Select Committee on the Census
Mahvash Hassan, Philanthropy and social impact consultant
Terri Ann Lowenthal, Census expert and consultant
Government agencies
California Secretary of State
Manuel Lopez del Rio, Colorado Secretary of State
Nonprofits and nonprofit coalitions
Dana Watters, National League of Cities
Frances Valdez, Houston in Action
Gregg Orton, National Council of Asian Pacific Americans
Janeen Comenote, National Urban Indian Family Coalition
Jeri Green, National Urban League
Jill Boxler, Council for a Strong America
Joan Naymark, Minnesotans for American Community Survey (MACS)
Kyra Greene, Center on Policy Initiatives
Lycia Maddocks, NDN Collective
Meeta Anand, Leadership Conference Education Fund
Philanthropies
Manuel J. Santamaria, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Margarita Luna, The California Endowment
Susan Racher, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
Richard Thomason, Blue Shield of California Foundation
Philanthropy-serving organizations
Ashley Dietz, Florida Philanthropic Network
Jocelyn Bissonnette, Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation
Katina Mortensen, Minnesota Council on Foundations
Maggie Osborn, Maryland Philanthropic Network
May Yang, Minnesota Council on Foundations