The Feedback Fellowship

The Feedback Fellowship supports emerging leaders in the feedback field as they become champions in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors through mentorship and collaboration.

Feedback and listening are essential for supporting human agency, cultivating power within people, enhancing learning and effectiveness, achieving equitable outcomes, and driving change. The field is growing; however, the pool of recognized experts and field leaders is still limited. Many leaders doing great feedback work, especially at the grassroots level, have few platforms to grow in their feedback expertise, share their excellent work, or cultivate the skills necessary to institutionalize high-quality listening across the sector.

The Feedback Fellowship identifies and supports a diverse set of these emerging leaders in the feedback field as they become feedback champions in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors through mentorship, training, speaking opportunities, coaching, and peer collaboration.

Feedback Fellowship Highlights
In-depth Feedback Training & Coaching

Receive professional training in feedback practices. Access to the Feedback Crash Course and six virtual cohort learning talks. Engage in one-on-one coaching with experienced professionals.

Professional Development

Training intensives on topics such as writing, public speaking, and one-on-one coaching from experienced professionals to enhance fellows’ skills and confidence.

Summit Participation

Registration and travel support to attend a Feedback Summit. Guaranteed speaking roles and elevated platforms. Obtain information and build relationships that help them mainstream high-quality feedback practices in their organizations.

Community and Networking

Connections to the broader feedback community through personal coaches, cohort peers, and other Feedback Fellows, fostering a supportive network.

Where Are They Now?
Past Fellows have gone on to make significant contributions to the feedback field. They have facilitated workshops, led crash courses, and introduced systematic feedback practices in new organizations.

A Fellow from St. Thomas, USVI, spoke about the importance of feedback in their work on stage with Hillary Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative. Another Fellow helped transform the spirit of feedback in their organization, making it explicitly central to their mission and communications. Several fellows have applied their newfound and enhanced high-quality feedback practices to shaping federal policy for those at the heart of their work in sectors from veteran affairs to farming and agriculture.

Fellows
The Feedback Fellows are US-based professionals who have experience in the nonprofit or philanthropic sector and have demonstrated commitment to listening and acting on feedback but are not yet established as known leaders in their field.
Alissa Stover (she/her/hers)
Stand Together Foundation
Bree Kessler (she/her/hers)
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Francesca Santos (she/they)
Rural Climate Partnership
Kristopher Smith (he/him)
LISC Jacksonville
Marvin Vilma (he/him)
Bevy Studio
Rebecca Redfield (she/her/hers)
The Chalmers Center
Samanda Gronstal (she/her)
Community Council of Greater Dallas
Veronica Rucker (she/her/hers)
Headwaters Foundation for Justice
Beth Campbell (she/her)
YMCA of Metro Atlanta
Dana James (she/her)
Community Centric Fundraising
Deborah Tien (she/Anything said with love)
Common Agency
Garrett Blaize (he/him) or (they/them)
Appalachian Community Fund
John Ferguson (he/him)
Indiana Philanthropy Alliance
José Larios (he/him)
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Juan Clavijo (he/him/el)
ORS Impact
Michael Campbell (he/him)
Charity Navigator
Sarah Moody (she/her)
Missouri Foundation for Health
Victoria Méndez (she/her)
GlobalGiving
Alastair Lawson (he/him)
Maine Youth Action Network
Chelsea Holden
Washington University in St. Louis
Crystal Lawrence
April Parker Foundation
Karen Quinteros
StriveTogether
Kisha Bwenge
Open Contracting Partnership
Lauren Kobylarz
Students Run Philly Style
Luke Heinkel
Results for Development
Siri Rolón
Centro de Economía Creativa, Inc.
Taylor Sanchez Guzman
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
Victoria Gilbert
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium
Ada Gomero
MacArthur Foundation
Anne Meysenberg
Omaha Community Foundation
Jaime Vazquez
Omidyar Network
Jeremy Page
The Bail Project
Jordan Reeves
Video Out
Michelle Hughes
National Young Farmers Coalition
Natalie K. Garcia
Sustainable Seattle
Ronnie King
MyVillage Project
Rylan Truman
Catholic Charities of Louisville-Kentucky Office for Refugees
Yon Jimenez Macuso
REDF
Ariadna Godreau Aubert
Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico
Chioke Mose-Telesford
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Elaina Mulé
Charles Schwab Bank
Erin Goodman
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust
Janet Allen
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida
Jesse Kerstetter
Silver Lining Mentoring
Kelli Rojas
Rose Community Foundation
Lindsay Church
Minority Veterans of America
Martine Hippolyte
FRESHFARM
Anisha Singh
Busara Center for Behavioral Economics
Catalina Escobar
MAKAIA
Frei Sangil
Layertech Labs
Geline Fuko
Tangible Initiatives for Local Development Tanzania (TIFLD)
Pratik Kunwar
Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI)
Tonee Ndung
KYTABU
Vijay Sai Pratap
Gram Vaani
Doussouba Konate
Accountability Lab Mali and Niger
Farah Fahd Abdulaziz Al-Wazeer
SMEPS (Small & Micro Enterprise Promotion Services)
Ilse Berenice Garibay Dueñas
Organismo de Nutrición Infantil, A.C.
Lymari Benitez
Pace Center for Girls, Inc.
Mohammad Jawad Zawulistani
Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization
Muhammad Rayhaan Ismail Sooliman
Waqful Waqifin Foundation (Gift of the Givers Foundation)
Dr. Pasquine Ogunsanya
Alive Medical Services
Piter Harry Panjaitan
Yayasan Bukit Kehidupan Ungasan (Bali Life Foundation)
Sanjay Fernandes
SOLE Colombia
Yvonne Petrasovits
Doorways of NWFL
Ana Yris Guzmán
Nuestra Escuela, Puerto Rico & Caribbean Hurricane Relief Fund
Cora Sayre
WAND Foundation
Tiffany Stafford
Target Hunger
Erika Tamayo
Fondo Semillas
Shondra Muhammad
SHAPE
Imani Daniel
St. Thomas Recovery Team
Isadora Hastings Garcia
Cooperacion Comunitaria AC
Korvi Rakshand
JAAGO
Yotam Polizer
IsraAID
Rudra Neupane
PHASE Nepal
Fellows in the News
Assessing the Status of the Feedback Field

Juan Clavijo
ORS Impact, 2024 Feedback Champion

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Congressional Testimony: Advocating for the Provision of Quality, Comprehensive Healthcare Services

Lindsay Church
Minority Veterans of America, 2022 Feedback Champion

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Listening, Power, and Cartoon Heroes (podcast)

John Ferguson
Indiana Philanthropy Alliance, 2024 Feedback Champion

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Feedback as a Tool for Liberation

Dana James
Community-Centric Fundraising, 2024 Feedback Champion

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Funders Out in the Community: ‘My Whole Job is Talking and Listening’

Sarah Moody
Missouri Foundation for Health, 2024 Feedback Champion

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Using Feedback to Strengthen Equity for BIPOC Farmers

Michelle Hughes
National Young Farmers Coalition, 2023 Feedback Champion

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