A smiling tan-skinned woman named Gaby Alvarado with shoulder-length black hair, wearing a beige and white striped sweater, and standing in a room with dark wood details.

Gaby Alvarado

Executive Assistant, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Gaby Alvarado is an executive assistant for Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy at the Milken Institute. Her work at the Institute is largely centered on assisting with special projects, department coordination, and supporting the philanthropy leadership.
Smiling light-skinned, female-presenting individual with long dark hair wearing a dark shirt on a brown backdrop.

Jenna Spear

Associate Director, Business and Program Development
Jenna Spear is an associate director on the business and program development team at the Milken Institute. Spear oversees fundraising strategies for MI Finance and fosters relationships with strategic partners and sponsors of all major Milken Institute convenings, including the Institute’s flagship event, Global Conference.
A smiling Caucasian female-presenting individual with dark brown hair wearing a white shirt against a dark gray background

Madeleine Cashin

Associate Director, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Madeleine Cashin is an associate director on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. Cashin is a part of the team designing and operating the Institute’s innovation competitions, including the Milken-Motsepe Innovation Prize Program, a series of multi-million-dollar innovation competitions and programs focused on advancing technological progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Africa.
A smiling Caucasian female-presenting person with brown hair wearing a dark blue suit jacket against a green foliage background.

Kara Whelply

Associate Director, Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Kara Whelply is an associate director on the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. She leverages her expertise in strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, philanthropic funding, and therapeutic development to advise individual philanthropists and nonprofit organizations on methods to advance their mission and accelerate the development of treatments.
Smiling light-skinned, female-presenting individual with long blonde hair wearing a black shirt on a brown backdrop.

Caitlin MacLean

Managing Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute Finance
Caitlin MacLean is a managing director on the innovative finance team at the Milken Institute. She oversees the research, development, execution, and follow-up of our Financial Innovations Labs, which promote financial solutions to overcome economic and social challenges.
A smiling dark-skinned woman named Adoma Addo with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing glasses as well as a green sweater with pink tigers, and standing in a room with dark wood details.

Adoma Addo

Associate, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Adoma Addo is an associate on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. With her passion for innovation and sustainable development in emerging markets, she supports work on the Institute’s innovation competitions.
Smiling light-skinned, female-presenting individual with long dark hair and glasses wearing a blue blazer against a nature-like background.

Erin Ross

Director, Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Erin Ross is a director on the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team at the Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. She applies her expertise in health systems, analyzing scientific evidence's role in health policy implementation and identifying ways the scientific and policy communities can collaborate.
An image of a female-presenting person named Nadia Penrod. She has medium length brown hair and white skin. She is smiling at the camera and wearing a black jacket with a tan sweater.

Nadia Penrod, PhD

Senior Associate, Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Nadia Penrod,PhD, is a senior associate on the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. In this role, she leverages her expertise as an interdisciplinary scientist in biomedicine and informatics to identify high-impact opportunities for philanthropic investment that promote science for the public good and have the potential to transform health.
A smiling light-skinned male-presenting individual wearing a patterned blue shirt with a blurred background

Kellen Silver

Senior Associate, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Kellen Silver is a senior associate on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. In this role, he supports research and programming related to gun violence prevention and economic prosperity in the United States.
An image of a woman with white skin and shoulder-length blonde hair named Sylvie Raver. She has a white suit jacket and a black shirt and she is smiling at the camera.

Sylvie Raver

Senior Director, Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Sylvie Raver is a senior director on the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. Raver applies her expertise in neuroscience, neurodegenerative disease, mental health, and biomedical research to identify opportunities for philanthropic investments that can have a transformative impact on medical research and health.
Subscribe to