Board of Directors
Barbara Heisler
Barbara Heisler joined the Funding Exchange as Executive Director in the fall of 2010. Barbara’s work history is eclectic – tied together with a focus on equity and justice through organizing.
Casey Cook, Co-chair
Casey Cook is a lifelong activist. She has been the Executive Director at Bread & Roses since 2006 and received both her M.S.S. in Social Work and her M.L.S.P in Law and Social Policy from Bryn Mawr College. She took the job at Bread & Roses because of her passion for social justice and for fundraising and has already personally witnessed how the actions of this network create tangible, positive change in the lives of others.
Cindy Chang
Cindy Chang is a non-native but mostly assimilated Denver, CO resident and activist who currently works as Development Director at Environmental Learning for Kids, an environmental education and youth leadership non-profit organization.
cori schmanke parrish
cori schmanke parrish believes change should be led by those members of our society who are often left out of the political process. As deputy director of North Star Fund and cori’s work on the FEX board furthers that belief. cori oversees financial management, donor advised programs, and grantmaking at North Star Fund. cori brings more than 10 years of experience in organizing, financial management, development and administration for social justice organizations, and has worked with numerous nonprofit organizations and foundations. cori graduated from West Virginia University with a B.A. in liberal arts and concentrations in mathematics and women’s studies.
Craig Stevens
Craig Stevens, a Pittsburgh resident, has spent most of his adult life serving in volunteer and professional roles as a community organizer and coalition builder around peace, economic, racial, and social justice issues and campaigns at the local, state, and national level.
demetria s. ledbetter
Demetria S. Ledbetter has spent seven years in the nonprofit sector focusing on program implementation, financial and nonprofit management, and the development of communications and media strategies. In addition to being vice chair of the FEX Board of Directors, she also serves on the boards for Fund for Southern Communities and Health Care For All North Carolina. An alumna of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University with a bachelor’s degree in transportation and logistics, Ms. Ledbetter has worked in transportation/logistics, education, and insurance industries.
Eyal Yerushalmi
Eyal Yerushalmi currently serving as the Executive Director of American Friends of the Parents Circle, which has played a crucial role since its inception in 1995, in spearheading a reconciliation process between Israelis and Palestinians.
Jane Kimondo
Jane Kimondo is program director of Crossroads Fund. She has extensive international and national nonprofit experience in both Chicago and her home country, Kenya. She previously worked at Chicago Foundation for Women and currently serves on numerous boards
Margo Miller
Margo Miller is a cultural activist who believes art is a powerful tool for organizing communities. She is a founding director of Mason/Rhynes Productions, an arts service organization based in D.C. dedicated to providing quality work designed to challenge, enlighten and entertain diverse populations. She works as an administrator for the Carpetbag Theatre, a professional ensemble company whose mission is to give artistic voice to the issues and dreams of people who have been silenced by various forms of oppression. Margo is honing her photography and textile arts skills.
Melissa Johnson
Melissa Johnson, MSW is the Senior Director, Foundation Relations at the NAACP. Melissa previously served as the Executive Director of Neighborhood Funders Group, and earlier as the national field director for the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. With over a dozen years of experience in the nonprofit sector, she has served as a philanthropic consultant helping to seed giving circles, develop models of community philanthropy, and advising foundations on issues of social justice and racial equity.
Nancy Aleck
Returning to the board after a brief break, Nancy Aleck is the Executive Director of Hawai’i People’s Fund, where she has served since 2003. Her work history is robust, working with organizations as diverse as the Hawai’i State Department of Education, University of Hawai’i Laboratory School, Hui Naauao, American Friends Service Committee Pacific Program, Affordable Housing & Homeless Alliance and the Salvation Army.
Taij Kumarie Moteelall, Co-chair
Taij Kumarie Moteelall is a non-profit management consultant and philanthropic advisor with more than 10 years of experience. Most recently, she served as the Executive Director of Resource Generation, where she helped to build organizational capacity for long-term sustainability, transformed the organization to be more diverse and inclusive, and co-founded the Social Justice Philanthropy Collaborative. In addtion to co-chairingthe FEX Board, Taij also serves on the board of Grassroots International, another philanthropic organization. Taij is an award winning artist and activist who has performed nationally and internationally, and is currently working on her first novel.
Tawnee Walling
Tawnee Walling has been Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Seacoast since 2008. She also held the Executive Director position at Seacoast Outright in Portsmouth, NH and ran service programs at the Metropolitan Community Church of New York. In addition, she started an emergency shelter for throwaway and runaway youth. She received her bachelor’s degree from Eckerd College and her Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary.