President's Council

Established in 2020, the LIRS President’s Council is an advisory committee that includes business and nonprofit leaders, policy experts and advocates, and faith leaders of varied backgrounds and sector experience. The Council provides LIRS President & CEO Krish O’Mara Vignarajah with strategic advice related to the organization’s key priority areas and its efforts to effectively fulfill its mission and vision.

• Susan Aplin

  Co-CEO | World Trade Center Institute

• Sindy M. Benavides

  CEO | League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

• Angela Chee

  Media and Communication Coach | Keynote Speaker

• Angela Dejene

  President and Founder | Dejene Communications

• Rev. Mary Forell

  Former Pastor

• Christine Grumm

  President | Christine Grumm Consulting

• Muhsin Hassan

  Awards Director | Lever for Change

• Daya S. Khalsa

  Former Director of Development, Prosperity Works (NM)

• Sean T. Long

  Founder and President | Exodus Crossing LLC

• Bill McKibben

  Cofounder | 350.org

• Evan Moilan

  Speaker and Consultant, GSB Fundraising

• Leroy Pingho

  Founder and CEO, GES

• Anne C. Richard

  Former Assistant Secretary for PRM, State Department

• Michele Speaks

  Co-Chairman, Warnock Foundation

• Kristin Taylor

  Founder + CEO | Project Connect

• Laurel Vicklund

  Vice President of International Operations | Peregrine Global Services

• Reinhard Ziegler, PhD

  Co-Founder + Treasurer | The Vessel

• Diane E. Batchik

  Independent Advisor

• Betsy Biern

  CEO | Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area Foundation

• Kathy Collins

  Vice President of Finance (Retired) | Rice University

• Chris Davis

  Former Resident Counsel | Ford Foundation

• Judith Diers

  Program Officer | Office of the Vice President for International Programs, Ford Foundation

• Rev. Tom Grevlos

  Pastor | Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church

• Michael G. Hansen

  Principal | Hansen and Associates

• Ed Hatcher

  Founder and Strategic Advisor | The Hatcher Group

• Donna Kinzer

  Managing Director | DK Healthcare Consulting

• Lori Lovelace

  Co-Founder and President | The Vessel

  Paul C. Miles

  President and CEO | We Raise

• Bryn Parchman

  President and CEO (Retired), Port Discovery Children’s Museum

  Sridhar Prasad

  Partner | The Bridgespan Group

  Rev. Eric C. Shafer

  Senior Pastor (Retired), New Mt. Olive Lutheran Church

• Linda Stoterau

  Former LIRS Board Member

• Antonio Tijerino

  President and CEO | Hispanic Heritage Foundation

• Debbie Weinberg

  Founder & Director | Girls Empowerment Mission: GEM

• Amy Elias

  Founder + CEO | Profiles