Staff & Trustees

Cedric Brown (Grants Director) has nearly 20 years of experience as an educator and funder, including work with the San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco Education Fund, Switzer Foundation, Bay Area Blacks in Philanthropy, and Level Playing Field Institute.  He holds degrees from the University of North Carolina and Stanford University. Cedric is a 2007-08 ABFE Connecting Leaders Fellow. He can be reached at cbrown AT mkf DOT org.

 

Erin Decker (Grants Officer) has worked in the non-profit sector for five years as an accountant, operational advisor and grants administrator, after gaining significant auditing experience with an international public accounting firm.  She is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of California, and holds undergraduate degrees from Indiana University. Erin can be reached at edecker AT mkf DOT org.

 

Mitchell Kapor (Trustee) is a software designer, entrepreneur, activist and philanthropist. He founded Lotus Development Corporation in 1982 and designed Lotus 1-2-3, the "killer app" which made the PC ubiquitous in business. He is the co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which has been called the ACLU of cyberspace. Currently he is the CEO of Foxmarks, Inc, a new consumer Internet service, and is the board chair of Linden Research, the maker of the online virtual world Second Life.
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Freada Kapor Klein, Ph.D. (Trustee) has been focusing on identifying and eliminating workplace bias, harassment and discrimination for 30 years.  In 2001, frustrated by the inability of the for-profit world to foster diversity, Freada created the nonprofit Level Playing Field Institute to rigorously and creatively address how diversity could succeed in both workplaces and education. She is currently Chair of the Board of Directors.  Her book, Giving Notice:  Why the Best and Brightest are Leaving the Workplace and How You Can Help Them Stay, was published in October 2007. Full bio.