Foundation Staff
The William T. Grant Foundation's staff is organized into three departments—Finance and Administration, Program, and the President's Office—that work together to fulfill our mission.

Robert Granger
President
Robert Granger, Ed.D., has been president of the William T. Grant Foundation since 2003. Before joining the Foundation in 2000 as senior vice president of program, Dr. Granger served as senior vice p ...

Vivian Tseng
Vice President, Program
Vivian Tseng is the vice president, program, at the William T. Grant Foundation. Dr. Tseng leads the Foundation’s grantmaking and spearheads its initiatives on increasing understanding of the u ...

Deborah McGinn
Vice President for Finance and Administration
Deborah McGinn is the vice president for finance and administration at the William T. Grant Foundation. She was formerly the vice president of finance and administration for The After-School Corporat ...

Kim DuMont
Program Officer
Kim DuMont is the program officer at the William T. Grant Foundation. Dr. DuMont is skilled researcher, and she has gained important insights from her work in state government. Her knowledge will hel ...

Ed Seidman
Senior Program Associate
Edward Seidman is a senior program associate at the William T. Grant Foundation. He previously served for seven years as senior vice president, program. At the Foundation, he is particularly interest ...

Tom Weisner
Senior Program Associate
Thomas Weisner is one of the Foundation’s senior program associates and a professor of anthropology in the Departments of Psychiatry (NPI Center for Culture and Health) and Anthropology at the ...

Brian Wilcox
Senior Program Associate
Brian Wilcox is a senior program associate at the William T. Grant Foundation and professor of psychology and director of the Center on Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Nebraska. ...

Ellen Bracken
Program
Research Assistant

Sharon Brewster
Program
Grants Coordinator, Discretionary Grants

Miguel Collado
Finance and Administration
Receptionist/Administrative Assistant

Gabrielle Diharce
Finance and Administration
Office Administrator: Finance and Administration

Joseph Ferra
Finance and Administration
Senior Accountant

Mary Annaise Heglar
President's Office
Communications Specialist

Krishna Knabe
President's Office
Manager, Communications

James Lui
Finance and Administration
Coordinator, Human Resources and Administration

Ruth Nolan
President's Office
Assistant to the President and Board of Trustees

Linda Rosano
Finance and Administration
Director of Information Technology

McPhail Simon
Finance and Administration
Staff Accountant II

Damisela Taveras
Program
Senior Program Assistant

Nancy Rivera-Torres
Program
Grants Coordinator, Major Grants

Irene Williams
Program
Grants Coordinator, William T. Grant Scholars

Julie Wong
Program
Manager, Grantmaking Operations