Three TCWF Employees Receive New Job Titles
  hree staff members recently assumed new positions at the Foundation. Tawnya
N. Lewis was appointed to the position of program officer, and Herman Carrera and Jonathan
"Mac" Macaranas were promoted to senior program assistants.
"All three of these employees have demonstrated a sustained commitment to the
mission of the Foundation and have performed high-quality work to further the goals of our
grantmaking programs," said Gary Yates, president and CEO.
  Tawnya N. Lewis joined TCWF
in February 1996 as a program assistant for the Violence Prevention priority area. As a
program officer, she will work with Program Officer Michael Balaoing to manage the
10-year, $60 million Violence Prevention grantmaking program. Lewis has also worked with
safety-net health providers as an intern at the Community Clinics Association of Los
Angeles County, where she developed legislative profiles and conducted surveys on
government funding, health plan subcontracting methods and prenatal services. Lewis’
volunteer experience includes working with the Holton Juvenile Detention Center for Boys
and with the Venice Community Clinic. A graduate of California State University, Dominguez
Hills, she holds a bachelor’s degree from the School of Management with a
concentration in health.
 Herman Carrera joined TCWF
in June 1996 as a program assistant for the Work and Health priority area. As a senior
program assistant, he will continue to provide administrative and programmatic support for
the Work and Health grantmaking program. Prior to joining the Foundation, Carrera was an
office manager for Salgado and Associates, a consulting firm in San Francisco. He has also
held the positions of assistant manager for Check-X-Change and executive assistant for
D’Gari Enterprises, both in Seattle, Washington. Carrera holds a certificate in
office management/accounting from Texas State Technical Institute.
 Jonathan "Mac" Macaranas
joined TCWF in April 1996 as a program assistant for the Community Health priority area.
As a senior program assistant, he will continue to provide administrative and programmatic
support to the Community Health grantmaking program. Prior to joining the Foundation,
Macaranas was an engineering technician for Walter Dorwin Teague Associates, Inc., an
engineering firm in Oxnard, California. Macaranas has also served in the U.S. Navy, first
on active duty and then with the ready reserve, from 1989 to 1998. A graduate of
Pepperdine University, Macaranas holds a bachelor’s degree in business
administration.
TCWF Receives Recognition
At its 51st annual conference in Los Angeles in May, the Council on Foundations
presented TCWF with two Wilmer Shields Rich Communications Awards. TCWF received a
second-place silver award for its website and a third-place bronze award for the "Get
Real! About Teen Pregnancy" public information campaign, funded by a grant to
Deen+Black.
TCWF Prepares for Future Priority Areas
Beginning in 2001, the Foundation will focus on a total of eight priority areas:
Diversity in the Health Professions, Environmental Health, Healthy Aging, Mental Health,
Teenage Pregnancy Prevention, Violence Prevention, Women’s Health and Work and
Health. These areas will include the following five cross-cutting themes: underserved
populations, sustainability, public policy, leadership and youth. Planning for these
grantmaking programs is underway, and formal grant application guidelines are expected to
be released in spring 2001.
Kudos
Michael Balaoing, program officer, was named chairperson of the Public Policy
Advisory Committee of the Council on Foundations and as co-chairperson of the Southern
California chapter of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy for 2000-01.
Tom David, executive vice president, was elected chairperson of Northern
California Grantmakers’ board of directors.
Gary Yates, president and CEO, was selected as chairperson of the Southern
California Association of Philanthropy’s board of directors. He also accepted a
position on the Executive Management Committee of the Council on Foundations’ board
of directors.
TCWF Welcomes New Staff
Michelle Conte, program assistant, Violence Prevention priority area
Dollie Utter, communications assistant
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