About the Author

Julio Marcial is a communications officer for The California Wellness Foundation. In his role as manager for the Foundation’s electronic communications materials, he serves as editor and writer for the Foundation’s website and editor of a series of web-based lessons-learned documents. He also works with the vice president of communications on news media partnerships and public affairs outreach to local elected officials and policymakers. Before joining the Foundation in 1998, Marcial was a junior market research analyst as part of a fellowship to the H.H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and worked as a community relations representative at Montecito Bank & Trust. Marcial received a bachelor’s degree in sociology of mass communications from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a currently a member of the Hispanic Public Relations Society, the Communications Network, Hispanics in Philanthropy and the Southern California Grantmakers.

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Reflections: September 2005 • Volume 7 • No. 1

Reflections is a series produced by The California Wellness Foundation to share lessons learned and information gleaned from its grantmaking practices and strategies. This document and others in the series are available on the Internet at www.tcwf.org.

On the cover: (Clockwise from top left) 2005 California Peace Prize honorees Otilio Quintero, Sayre Weaver and Maria Velasquez.

The following previous issues of Reflections can be accessed at www.tcwf.org in the Publications section:

  • “Reflections On Our First Initiatives”
  • “Reflections On the Impact of Devolution on California”
  • “Reflections On the Connections Between Work and Health”
  • “Reflections On Strategic Grantmaking”
  • “Reflections On Capacity Building”
  • “Reflections On Sustainability”
  • “Reflections On Public Policy Grantmaking”
  • “Reflections On Communications Strategies That Accent Grantees”
  • “Reflections On The Safety Net: A Case for Core Support”
  • “Reflections On Evaluating Our Grants”
  • “Reflections On The Violence Prevention Initiative”

Principal Editor: Cecilia Laiché
Design: Quon Design
Printing: Challenge Graphics
Web Design: Mansfield + Associates