Maria Sosa Ramos believes in the power of hard work and teamwork. At Community Foundation Sonoma County, Maria is happy to have found a place where she can see and feel her coworkers all working collaboratively to achieve a common mission, as well as providing selfless...
CFSC Staff Appreciation! Ann holds a strong passion for community development and is a strong advocate for social change. She believes that CFSC is vital to the strength and future of Sonoma County and is honored to be part of the leadership team that ensures that...
Since local coronavirus infections were first detected in spring 2020, Sonoma County’s Latinx community has been disproportionately affected. Comprising roughly 30% of our population, Latinx people were hit with more than 60% of Covid infections over the last year. Although several local organizations worked to offer...
CFSC Staff Appreciation! Mark Geary joined Community Foundation Sonoma County in March of 2020. Since then, his admiration and appreciation for nonprofit organizations has grown. He admires how Sonoma County holds many organizations that focus on a variety of social issues and community topics. Mark shows...
While her professional accomplishments are impressive, it is Minal’s connection to the community that makes her a great fit for the Community Foundation. She volunteers regularly, most commonly at Redwood Empire Food Bank. She is very environmentally minded – intentionally living a simple lifestyle to...
In 2019, we launched a unique partnership with two other funders, First 5 Sonoma County and the Healthcare Foundation of Northern Sonoma County, to launch Resilient Organizations: Sustainable, Impactful, Effective (ROSIE). The ROSIE program was established to provide grant funding and peer collaboration opportunities for...
CFSC Staff Appreciation! Originally from Chicago, Annette lived in San Jose for 17 years before moving to Sonoma County to trade in her high-tech lifestyle for philanthropic management. Annette is a big believer in the power of community. She began her community-focused work as a way...
During the last stretch of her thirty-year career as a self-proclaimed “international workaholic,” Taya Levine left her then home base of Arlington, Virginia and made her way west to Sonoma County. Born and raised in Fremont, California—which was then an agricultural town that she remembers...
CFSC Staff Appreciation Time! Ariana always knew that her career goals would be centered around social work. However, after being exposed to the emotionally heavy and intense work that goes into social work, Ariana switched paths and developed a love and passion for policy, which helps...
Staff Appreciation Time! For Emily, the wildfires that struck the community in 2017, served as a call to action. As a way to give back to her community, Emily fell into the world of nonprofits at CFSC. Here, she was able to provide support to people...