	Melissa L. Bradley, CEO Melissa L. Bradley has a strong track record of creative and innovative leadership and a background as a social entrepreneur. Prior to Tides, Melissa founded and served as managing director of New Capitalist, an organization that leverages human, financial and social capital to create economically profitable and sustainable individuals, businesses, and communities. In this role, she facilitated over $20 million in venture capital transactions for seed stage companies. Melissa is the founder and former President of Reentry Strategies Institute – the only national criminal justice intermediary explicitly focused on reentry. She founded The Entrepreneurial Development Institute, an international, non-governmental organization, serving youth and their families; and she founded Positive Impact – a collaborative initiative to promote diverse voices and visions within independent media. She has served as a Senior Adviser to the Center for American Progress, as a regular consultant to the W.K. Kellogg Foundation on Family Economic Security and Civic Engagement, and as a Senior Strategist for Green For All. Her prior work experience also includes serving as Vice President at UBS in the Private Client Group and as a Financial Regulatory Affairs Fellow with the US Department of Treasury.
	Lauren Webster, Chief Financial Officer Lauren Webster has been a part of the Finance component at Tides since 1990, and currently manages the Foundation's accounting and finance functions. This also includes providing services to Highwater, Inc. and to a number of family foundations that contract with Tides for management services. Lauren has worked in the nonprofit sector since 1979 for a variety of organizations focusing on social service, social justice, and environmental issues. She currently serves on the board of the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center and works with the Sowing Circle of Northern California.
	Henry Tang, Deputy Chief Financial Officer Prior to joining Tides, Henry Tang was the Chief Financial Officer of Merriman Capital, a publicly traded boutique investment bank, and of other companies in the health care and high tech industries. He has served on the Board of Directors of local non-profit organizations and has developed a broad track record in a variety of finance capacities, including risk management, re-engineering systems, strategic planning, and financial structuring. Henry served on a United Nations mission to Angola, training the Ministry of Finance in project finance and evaluating proposed development projects, and has taught at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. Henry holds a Master of Business Administration with distinction from the New York University Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Berkeley’s Honors Program.
	Joseph Mouzon, Chief Operations Officer Joseph Mouzon is the Chief Operations Officer at Tides. Previously, as Executive Director of Nonprofit Services for Network for Good powered by Groundspring, he was responsible for the overall leadership of the West coast division and initiating the merger of the two organizations. Joseph was also a technology pundit for Tech TV, a guest lecturer at Stanford Business School, and a producer of Herbie Hancock performances at Technology Entertainment & Design (TED) events. His board and advisory board experience includes the Council on Foundations Technology Task Force, Ashoka Youth Venture, The Advocacy Fund, Craigslist Foundation, Jewish Vocational Services and San Francisco Unified School District.
	Gary D. Schwartz, Vice President, Consulting Gary joined Tides in 1999 after he served for nearly ten years as a consultant and the Executive Director of the Fund of the Four Directions in New York. The Fund was a leading grant making institution in the areas of indigenous peoples’ organizing, women’s empowerment and environmental sustainability. Gary has spent his entire career working in the nonprofit arena including tenure at the Houston Area Women’s Center Rape Crisis Center and Gay Men’s Health Crisis in New York City. He currently serves on the National Advisory Board of the National Domestic Violence Hotline and is a trustee with two private family foundations, as well as a trustee for Artists For A New South Africa. A former Peace Corps Volunteer (stationed in the Fiji Islands), Gary studied creative writing at Southern Illinois University and nonprofit management at the New School in New York City.
	Nathaniel “Toby” Thompkins, Vice President, 21st Century Foundation powered by Tides Nathaniel “Toby” Thompkins brings to Tides over 20 years’ of experience working across nonprofit, for profit, and international development sectors as an executive coach, organizational development consultant, journalist and best-selling author. Prior to joining Twenty-First Century Foundation powered by Tides, Toby served as founding principal of a global professional services firm that offered executive search, leadership coaching, organizational development, strategy, branding and communications services to socially conscious for-profits, nonprofits, foundations, governments and leaders. After returning from working and living in Ghana, where he led a public/private partnership to reverse the negative impact of surface gold-mining on indigenous tribal communities, he reframed his consulting practice to work exclusively with social and racial justice leaders and organizations in the United States and abroad. Toby is an innovative, collaborative and results-oriented leader who possesses an extensive background in leading large-scale organizational change initiatives that refocus and revitalize the people, culture, policies and systems of an organization or community against a compelling shared vision. Toby has a B.A. in psychology and political science from the University of Delaware, and a Masters in Public Administration from University of Hartford.
	Hadar Susskind, Vice President, Tides Washington, DC Office Hadar Susskind has more than a dozen years of experience working in Washington, DC on a broad range of domestic and foreign policy issues. As Vice President of Policy and Strategy at J Street he worked toward bringing an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Prior to his time at J Street, Hadar was Vice President and Washington Director of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) where he led the Taskforce on Equal Opportunity and Social Justice and oversaw the creation of JCPA’s anti-poverty campaign. Hadar has extensive experience working on environmental issues and immigration and refugee policy, having held positions at the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL) and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS). He served on the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Initiatives Task Force on the Environment and the Board of Directors of the Coalition on Human Needs. Hadar was recognized by the Forward newspaper as one the Fifty Most Influential Jews in America for 2008. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland and holds the rank of Sergeant First Class in the Israel Defense Forces.
	Chad Bolick, Director of Impact and Innovation Chad Bolick leads efforts at Tides to evaluate the impact of $150M in annual project and grantmaking activities, as well as to create new programs and services that unlock social sector innovation. Prior to joining Tides, Chad served as the director of global partnership development at BSR, where he designed partnerships among NGOs, companies, private foundations, and governments at the nexus of international development and business. He also led the development of HERproject, an initiative that trains women factory and farm workers on general and reproductive health issues in 8 developing countries. Chad also co-created programs focused on Chinese philanthropy, gender, migration, and responsible labor practices. Previously, Chad served as the country director of the Vietnam Education Foundation and as a program officer with The Asia Foundation. Chad currently serves on the advisory board of Spark, an award-winning nonprofit that addresses women’s inequality locally and globally. Chad received an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a B.A. in Asian history and international relations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
	Kate Byrne, Director of Communications As Director of Communications, Kate serves as the voice for Tides, positioning, evangelizing and building the Tides audience and brand. A creative, strategic self-starter, Kate has been a leader in the media realm for over 20 years. Marrying her interest in technology and its ability to forward publishing, she has a track record of successful launches for key brand initiatives at such well known media outlets as BusinessWeek’s small business edition, Fast Company’s Social Capitalist Awards—the first of its kind to recognize and honor the world of Social Entrepreneurship, recognizing creative education practices and next generational thinking by building both the website and the digital magazine edition for Edutopia, the publication and website for The George Lucas Education Foundation. In 2011, she was awarded one of the media industry's top honors being named to the Folio:40 and recognized as one of the 40 most influential and top industry performers. She continues to support the educational field through her work with Dogo News, the largest independent kids and teacher’s news site and women’s empowerment via World Pulse, Women for Women International, and Exceptional Women in Publishing (EWIP). Kate graduated from Stanford with a BA in Psychology.
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	China Brotsky, Facilities Director China joined Tides in 1990 as Chief Financial Officer. During her tenure at Tides, China managed the restoration and development of the Thoreau Centers for Sustainability in San Francisco and New York. China also co-founded and directs The NonprofitCenters Network, a cross-sector national network of nonprofits and their real estate partners. She lectures and consults internationally on the creation and operation of green nonprofit facilities and the development of shared services programs. She also served as the founding executive director of Groundspring.org, a nonprofit technology service provider. Prior to Tides, China served six years in public accounting and was the Deputy Director of Finance and Administration at the Exploratorium Science Museum. China is a member of the board of directors of Community Investment Support fund. She received a B.S. in accounting from Golden Gate University and is a CPA in the state of California.

	Kim Sarnecki, Director of the Executive Office Kim Sarnecki is a values-based generalist thriving in a specialized world. Prior to joining the Tides team in 2007, Kim served on the design and creation team of the first green cemetery in California, as Project Manager at Fernwood. Kim worked for Van der Ryn Architects and the Ecological Design Collaborative for several years, supporting all aspects of a small ecological design firm engaged in architectural projects ranging from small straw bale homes to entire ecovillages. Kim holds a BA in Anthropology/Sociology from Kenyon College, and a MA in Cultural Anthropology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Kim has served as an Advisory Board Member for DiversityWorks and as a foster parent.
	Sarah Eisinger, Senior Consultant, Real Estate Services Sarah Eisinger joined Tides in 2010 with more than ten years of real estate, grantmaking, organizational development and management consulting experience in the nonprofit sector. Prior to Tides, Sarah worked for Denham Wolf Real Estate Services, a real estate consulting and development firm specializing in serving nonprofit organizations. There, she brokered lease and ownership transactions and consulted to more than 30 nonprofit clients. Previously, Sarah was with Seedco, a national community development intermediary, as well as with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, an international foundation. Sarah holds an MS in Urban Policy Analysis and Management from Milano - The New School for Management and Urban Policy and a BA from Indiana University. She is a licensed New York State real estate salesperson and a LEED Accredited Professional. Sarah sits on the Board of Coney Island USA, a small arts organization and museum. Sarah is based in the New York City office of Tides.
	Roxanne Hanson, Senior Consultant, Nonprofit Centers Roxanne Hanson leads technical assistance, project consulting, educational programs, and product development on nonprofit shared space and services, primarily through The NonproftCenters Network. Prior to joining Tides, Roxanne spent twelve years working in the national and international nonprofit community based in Washington, DC where she developed and facilitated sessions on volunteer management, leadership, strategic planning, and international development for both large and small nonprofit organizations. She has provided marketing, fundraising, program and planning consultation for a variety of diverse social change organizations. She has been an active board member of community arts organizations and served as a volunteer trainer.
	Steven Cole-Schwartz, Strategic Advisor Steven brings to Tides his passion for helping smart, committed leaders accomplish social, economic, and environmental justice goals. He works across the organization to increase Tides' impact through the development of new products, services and projects. Based in Tides’ Washington, DC office, he is a resource for clients and partners in the mid-Atlantic and throughout the East Coast. Prior to Tides, Steven was Deputy Executive Director at the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC). At BISC he played key roles in program development and facilitation while directing the development of fundraising, finance, and governance structures. During his career Steven has collaborated with dozens of state and national progressive organizations and hundreds of individual social-change leaders across the country. In 2008 he was named "Best Political Boss" during Campaigns & Elections magazine's inaugural Reed Awards. A Minnesota native, Steven studied theology, philosophy and classics at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
	Irene Kao, Strategic Advisor As Strategic Advisor, social justice advocate, and proponent of effective and meaningful social change work, Irene Kao managers strategic initiatives and partnerships and supports business and product development at Tides. She also serves as Executive Director of Hyphen, an all-volunteer, nonprofit Asian American media organization. Prior to Tides, Irene focused on serving low-income communities - especially immigrant families - through direct services, advocacy and administration at various nonprofits. She received a BS in Women's Studies and an MSW in Interpersonal Practice and Community Organizing from the University of Michigan.