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Strategic Conversations Series: Funder Forum



Moderator:
Margarita Luna, Senior Program Manager of The California Endowment

 

Confirmed Presenters: 
Margarita Luna, M.P.H., M.S.W., C.P.C.
Senior Program Manager
The California Endowment

Margarita Luna joined The California Endowment in June 2007. As Senior Program Manager for the South Region overseeing TCE’s Schools-related investments, Luna manages a grant portfolio focused on improving community health through quality, inclusive and equitable education via community engagement in policy/advocacy and systems change.
 
Prior to joining The Endowment, Luna served as a Pedro Zamora Fellow with AIDS United (formerly AIDS Action), Keck-Vivian Weinstein Child Advocacy Fellow and later Senior Social Worker for Public Counsel among many other positions advancing the health and well-being of the most disenfranchised. 
 
Luna earned her B.A., M.P.H. and M.S.W. from UCLA.  She is also a Certified Professional Coach and lives in San Dimas with her husband and two sons.

Marisol Inzunza
Program Officer
The California Wellness Foundation

Marisol Inzunza is a Program Officer for the Leading for Power and Change portfolio at the California Wellness Foundation. She brings more than 17 years’ experience in philanthropy. In her current role, she focuses on supporting organizations that are advancing systemic and progressive change by amplifying the voices and power of people of color and others who have historically been excluded from full participation in civic society.  Previously, Marisol led philanthropic efforts for the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, where she managed a portfolio of more than 400 grants, worked with tribal nations throughout the United States, and supported the areas of economic development, arts, culture, and health.
     
As a proud daughter of Mexican immigrants, Marisol has a personal commitment to social justice.  She has chosen to serve marginalized communities because she knows firsthand the struggles low-income communities have with language, achieving equitable education and access to healthcare. Throughout her career, she has been an advocate for Inland Empire nonprofits and Indigenous communities.
   
Marisol also serves on the Board of the San Bernardino Symphony, where she hopes to make music more accessible to underserved communities.  She is a graduate of Cal State Los Angeles and earned a certificate in management and tribal government administration from Claremont Graduate University.

She attained the Certificate in Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) in 2015, and she is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She routinely speaks at conferences about philanthropy and ethics, faith and philanthropy, nonprofit financial management, and fundraising. In the last year, Lisa was awarded the 2020 Fundraiser of the Year for the Inland Empire (AFP), and 2020 Spirit of the Entrepreneur COVID Hero Award (CSUSB).

 

JR Raines
Foundation Officer
Union Bank

JR Raines has over 21 years of comprehensive bank experience. JR started working in Union Bank Community Banking in 2000 moving into positions within Priority Banking, Personal Trust before he was hired in 2005 to the position of Foundation Officer with the MUFG Union Bank Foundation. Most recently promoted to Vice President, Senior Foundation Manager in 2019. JR has received numerous awards from nonprofits over the course of his career.
 
JR served in the United States Navy, attended college at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ and has been a small business owner. A volunteer since the age of 5 who continues to volunteer in his community. In 2013 he became a living kidney donor and is a proud grandfather to two very active grandsons, Jacob and Joaquin.