Emily Bestwick
Program & Investment Officer, Education Innovation Ventures
Emily Bestwick supports Education Innovation Ventures, the Foundation’s Program-Related Investment portfolio, with a specific emphasis on linking the Foundation's impact investment activity with its focus on improving student success. Prior to joining ECMC Foundation, Emily was an associate at Prudential Financial, where she gained experience as part of the Finance Leadership Development Program in financial reporting, forecasting, and capital management. Emily has experience making impact investments in education and workforce development through her leadership of UCLA Anderson’s impact investing fund, Anderson Venture Impact Partners. She’s committed to leveraging capital for improving equitable outcomes among learners and jobseekers.
Emily holds an MBA with concentrations in social impact and entrepreneurship from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and a BA in finance from Lehigh University.
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Peter J. Taylor
President
Lynn Alvarez
Vice President, Programs and Strategy
Sarah Belnick
Senior Program Director, College Success
Patrick Bourke
Program Officer, Career Readiness
Cielestia Calbay
Communications Manager
Danielle Carrillo
Grants Manager
Jessica Haselton
Director, Program-Related Investments
Linea Koehler
Program Officer, College Success
Loraine Park
Manager, Learning and Impact
Angela Sanchez
Program Officer, College Success
Alissa Santoro
Office Manager & Executive Assistant to the President
Rosario Torres
Program Officer, Career Readiness
Saúl Valdez
Program Officer, College Success
Jennifer Zeisler
Senior Program Director, Career Readiness