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.

Cindy Sesler Ballard, Executive Director
Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth
www.cfleads.org

Carmen James Lane, Program Officer (Steering Committee Co-Chair)

The Eugene & Agnes Meyer Foundation

www.meyerfoundation.org

Patrick McCarthy, Vice President
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
www.aecf.org

Yazeed Moore, Associate Program Officer

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

www.mott.org

Diane Sierpina, Senior Program Officer

Tow Foundation

www.towfoundation.org

Gary Stangler, Executive Director (Steering Committee Co-Chair)
Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative
www.jimcaseyyouth.org

Chris Sturgis, Principal
MetisNet, LLC

www.metisnet.net

Denis Udall, Program Officer

Walter S. Johnson Foundation

www.wsjf.org

Michael Wald, Professor Emeritus
Stanford University School of Law
www.law.stanford.edu

Foster Care Work Group

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

Jane V. Soltis, Program Officer
Eckerd Family Foundation
www.eckerdfamilyfoundation.org

Juvenile Justice Work Group

Laurie R. Garduque, Program Director
MacArthur Foundation
www.macfound.org

Martha Toll, Executive Director
Butler Family Fund
www.butlerfamilyfund.org

Multiple Pathways to Graduation Work Group

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

Yazeed Moore , Associate 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.