Youth Transition Funders Group

Staff & Leadership

YTFG does not maintain an office, but rather acts as a network of funders who convene on a periodic basis. Lisa McGill serves as the director. The YTFG is governed by a steering committee of leaders in the philanthropic sector.

STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2012

Sue Hoag Badeau, Director, Cross-Systems Coordination
Casey Family Programs
www.casey.org

Jeannine Balfour, Senior Program Officer, Domestic Programs
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
www.hiltonfoundation.org/

Candace Bell, Program Officer
William Penn Foundation
www.williampennfoundation.org

Joseph Clark, President
Eckerd Family Foundation
www.eckerdfamilyfoundation.org

Carmen James Lane, Senior Program Officer (Steering Committee Chair)
The Eugene & Agnes Meyer Foundation
www.meyerfoundation.org

Lisa McGill, Director
Youth Transition Funders Group
www.ytfg.org

Joe Scantlebury, Senior Policy Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
www.gatesfoundation.org

Kristin Schubert, Program Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
www.rwjf.org

Diane Sierpina, Senior Program Officer
Tow Foundation
www.towfoundation.org

Gary Stangler, Executive Director
Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative
www.jimcaseyyouth.org

WORK GROUP CHAIRS 2012

Foster Care Work Group

Sue Hoag Badeau, Director, Cross-Systems Coordination
Casey Family Programs
www.casey.org

Brian S. Lyght, Senior Associate
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
www.aecf.org

Juvenile Justice Work Group

Elenore W Garton, Senior Researcher
The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy
The Heller School, Brandeis University
and Board Member, Marie C. & Joseph C. Wilson Foundation
www.sillermancenter.brandeis.edu
www.mcjcwilsonfoundation.org

Diane Sierpina, Senior Program Officer
The Tow Foundation
www.towfoundation.org

Multiple Pathways to Graduation Work Group

Candace Bell, Program Officer
William Penn Foundation
www.williampennfoundation.org

Yazeed Moore, Program Officer
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
www.mott.org

MEMBERSHIP

For more information on YTFG or the YTFG work groups, please contact Lisa McGill at lmcgill(a)ytfg.org. To learn more about becoming a member, see Getting Involved.