Philanthropy Chat: Janet Camarena Interviews Ron Rowell, Program Officer for Social Justice at the San Francisco Foundation

For this edition of Philanthropy Chat Janet Camarena, director of the Foundation Center-San Francisco, interviewed Ron Rowell, program officer for social justice at the San Francisco Foundation. They discussed the foundation's new online initiative and how that initiative supports the foundation's historic mission and future opportunities.

Ron Rowell, as program officer for social justice, is responsible for the design and implementation of social justice programs at the San Francisco Foundation, including responsive grantmaking, public policy work, and special initiatives that impact under-served and under-represented populations in the Bay Area. Mr. Rowell has a history of leadership in the public and nonprofit sectors, including experience in community development and organizing, public policy, and advocacy. Most recently, he was executive director of the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center in Oakland, California. Previously, he was the director of the San Francisco Refugee Health Agency and associate director of Catholic Social Service in San Francisco. Mr. Rowell has published extensively on Native American health issues and HIV/AIDS. He earned his Bachelors of Arts and Masters of Public Health from the University of California at Berkeley. He is an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

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