HEFN is delighted to welcome two new Steering Committee members whose service begins this month -- Leslie Hatfield, GRACE Communications Foundation, and Anuja Mendiratta, Philanthropic + Nonprofit Consulting.
Leslie is the senior partnership and outreach advisor at GRACE Communications Foundation, where she advises internally and collaborates with like-minded funders and non-governmental organizations on strategies, movement building, grantmaking and meeting planning. In addition to serving on the HEFN Steering Committee, she is a board member of the
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) and the
Plastic Solutions Fund, and previously served as a steering committee member of the
Food and Farm Communications Fund.
”I attended my first HEFN meeting in 2017 and immediately felt at home among the membership and staff, and was energized by the level of trust and learning,” Leslie says. “HEFN has created such a welcoming and trusting space for funders, nonprofit leaders and government officials to dig in on tough issues together for a healthier and more just future.” Read more about Leslie.
The Founder of Philanthropic + Nonprofit Consulting, Anuja works with foundations, donors, affinity groups and nonprofits on a range of critical environmental, gender, racial, social justice, and cross-movement intersectional issues.
Anuja says she sees the HEFN community making a difference “by centering the disproportionate impacts of toxins and environmental harm on frontline communities, and strategically partnering with, lifting up and backing the vision, work and leadership of Black, Indigenous and communities of color, who at the forefront of our key movements for change.”
Read more about Anuja.