Foundation Staff
Our Executive Director
The Foundation's Executive Director is Ilana Landsberg-Lewis, a passionate advocate for the human rights of women, a labour and human rights lawyer and Stephen's eldest daughter. Ilana spent eight years working with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (www.unifem.org) working to advance the human rights of women internationally, and to strengthen the U.N.'s support to implement the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Foundation Staff
The Foundation strives to keep its administrative costs as low as possible. The Foundation's full-time staff:
Executive Director's Office
Ilana Landsberg-Lewis — Executive Director (see above)
Kaitlin Short — Assistant to the Executive Director and Director of Development
Operations
Margaret Wright — Director of Operations
Programmes
Aissatou Diajhate — Director of Programmes
Andrea Chow — Programme Officer
Laura Delaney — Programme Officer
Leah Teklemariam — Programme Officer
Anne Wright — Programme Assistant
Communications
Micol Zarb — Director of Communications
Gillian Mathurin — Communications Officer
Development
Nancy Forgrave — Director of Development
Community Relations / Events
Susan Mazza — Community Events Liaison
Grandmothers' Campaign
Julie Coultas — Grandmothers Campaign Coordinator
Helen Silbiger — Grandmothers Campaign Liaison
Finance
Kellie James — Senior Accountant (part-time)
Moni Kim — Finance Manager
Helen Wang — Finance Clerk
Lindsey Hutchison — Data Entry Administrator
Office Administration
Sarah Layton — Office Manager & Volunteer Coordinator
On a part-time basis, the Foundation also employs:
Janet Solberg — Community Events Liaison
Mary Anna Beer — Special Advisor to the Grandmothers Campaign
Cowperthwaite Mehta Chartered Accountants — Auditor
The Stephen Lewis Foundation relies on the expertise of five African and Africa-based field representatives who act as our eyes and ears on-the-ground: Ky'okusinga Kirunga, Ida Mukuka, Jenny Parsley, Gizaw Shibru and Lucy Steinitz. They assess, monitor and evaluate the Foundation's projects on our behalf.