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Kelsey Simmons
Evaluation and Learning Officer, Strategy and Learning New York, USA
Erin Simpson
Program Officer, Technology and Society New York, USA
Liz Smith
Program Assistant, Future of Work(ers) New York, USA
Farah Sofa
Program Officer, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
Max Steele
Grants Manager, Civic Engagement and Government New York, USA
Hanna Stubblefield-Tave
Program Assistant, Creativity and Free Expression New York, USA
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Senior Program Officer, Creativity and Free Expression New York, USA
Roy Swan
Director, Mission Investments New York, USA
Lena Sze
Program Associate, Creativity and Free Expression New York, USA
Tania Sánchez Andrade
Program Associate, Civic Engagement and Government Mexico City, Mexico
Gaylord Tang
Program Assistant, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice New York, USA
Sean Thomas-Breitfeld
Program Officer, Civic Engagement & Government New York, USA
Rei Tran
Technology Fellow, Mission Investments New York, USA
Christy Un
Program Associate, China Beijing, China
Chizulu Uwolloh
Program Assistant, West Africa Lagos, Nigeria
Javier Valdés
Director, Civic Engagement and Government New York, USA
Rosaury Valenzuela
Program Assistant, Building Institutions and Networks (BUILD) New York, USA
Marisa Viana da Silva
Program Officer, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice International New York, USA
Waleed Wagdy El Deeb
Program Associate, Middle East and North Africa Cairo, Egypt
Josh Wallack
Program Officer, Civic Engagement & Government New York, USA

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