Who We Are

Board of Directors and Staff-from left, front row: Amrita Singhal, Jessica S. Pers, Laura Olivas, Diana Meckfessel, Narsai David. Back row: Maggie Gee, Penelope Finnie, Michael Traynor, Barbara Marienthal and Susie Goodin. (Not Photographed: Marcia Argyris, Skip Battle, Charles F. Robinson and Jules Tippett)

The Berkeley Community Fund is one of more than 500 community foundations in America seeking to improve the quality of life in our communities. 

The Fund is an independent, tax-exempt, nonprofit organization, incorporated under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. To minimize expenses, we are affiliated with the East Bay Community Foundation, which manages our investments, maintains our financial records, provides insurance coverage, and serves as employer of record for our one professional employee. 

The Berkeley Community Fund is governed by a diverse Board of Directors of distinguished civic leaders who have experience in business, law, government, philanthropy, academia, and community service. 

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Current Board Members :

    • Jessica S. Pers, President
  • Attorney, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco
    • Narsai M. David, Chairman
  • Food and Wine Editor, KCBS Radio, San Francisco
    • Penelope Mayer Finnie, Vice President
  • Chocolatier, Bittersweet the Chocolate Café
    • Skip Battle, Treasurer
  • Business Consultant
    • Charles F. Robinson, Secretary
  • General Counsel to the Regents of the University of California
    • Marcia Argyris
  • Program Officer at S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
    • Maggie Gee
  • Retired Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Susie Goodin
  • Teacher-Librarian, Ph.D. candidate at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Education
    • Barbara Marienthal
  • Realtor, Coldwell Banker
    • Diana Meckfessel
  • Educational Consultant
    • Amrita Singhal
  • Attorney
    • Michael Traynor
  • Senior Counsel, Cobalt LLP, Chair of the Council and President Emeritus The American Law Institute
    • Jules Tippett
  • President and Executive Producer,Tippett Studio

Staff :

    • Laura Olivas, Director