Team

Regional Director, Africa

Felogene is a pan-African feminist activist with experience in advancing gender, social, and economic justice through research, advocacy, and capacity strengthening of feminist led organizing. She has previously worked with the AWID, Women in Law and Development in Africa (Kenya Chapter) and the African Women’s Development and Communication Network.

Program Manager, Asia & The Pacific

As an Asian feminist activist committed to social justice and human rights, Rachel Arinii has more than 10 years of experience with social movements in Asia. Previously, she was the East Asia and ASEAN Advocacy Program Manager at the regional human rights organization Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development.

Digital Media Coordinator

Naira has worked for global organizations creating communication strategies to reduce deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest, raising funds to protect key landscapes across Latin America, and engaging philanthropic actors to take climate action.

Program Manager, Africa

Boipelo Bonokwane is a Pan African feminist activist who is passionate about the political and economic emancipation of the working class and the poor. She is the recent Pan African Research Coordinator at WoMin Africa alliance.

Executive and Operations Manager

Sarah started her career as an educator, advocate and organizer across different parts of New York state, most recently at Open Society Foundations, where she supported grant making and advocacy portfolios to address the overdose crisis in the United States. In her life before philanthropy, Sarah worked as an activist and coordinator with Citizens Campaign for the Environment, serving as a community organizer for environmental and climate justice campaigns.

Vice President, Operations

Cindy Clark is a US-based feminist whose passions include leveraging more resources for self-led feminist organizing and exploring how to build more transformational, resilient organizations.

Vice President, Finance

Jinky brings over 20 years of finance and accounting experience to Thousand Currents. Their history leading nonprofit financial operations spans human rights and social justice organizations in the Bay Area and New York City. Before joining Thousand Currents leadership team, Jinky oversaw the financial services of a portfolio of over 160 fiscally sponsored projects at Tides.

Donor Education Manager

Crystal Des-Ogugua (she/her) is a creative learning strategist and curriculum designer who develops innovative educational programming, toolkits, and curricula. She is an educator, lover of Black women’s history, and finds joy in curating and facilitating intergenerational spaces of learning.

Program Manager, Latin America and the Caribbean

Born and raised in Colombia, Alexandra Escorcia is a passionate feminist and is deeply committed to fostering positive change in issues related to social justice. She has over eight years of professional experience in psychological care, human rights protection, and grantmaking, and actively supports grassroots movements and human rights defenders in Colombia and the Americas.

Grants Operations Manager

Born and raised in Brazil, Amanda Fernandes has a bachelors and teaching degree in Sociology from the State University of Campinas. Passionate about social justice and with an academic background and a hands-on profile, Amanda handles the operations of grants management supporting the nitty gritties of the grantmaking processes at Thousand Currents.

Director of Learning and Evaluation

Amy is a believer in the power of learning and evaluation as critical components of social change, and has spent the last 13 years of her career supporting organizations to develop systems, processes and tools to enhance their understanding of effectiveness and impact.

Photographer-in-Residence

Ayşe's work as a photographer and multimedia visual storyteller thematically focuses on climate justice and revolutionary futurisms. She is a member of Diversify Photo, a collective that amplifies photographers of color for increased exposure, assignments, and commissions.

Regional Director, Asia and the Pacific

Born and raised in India, Ashlesha wears many hats: activist, researcher, and a philanthropy sector professional. Her background is in learning from and supporting Indian and global farmers’ movements like La Via Campesina for more than ten years.

Vice President, Center for Transforming Philanthropy

A native of Bombay, Rajiv is excited to lead a new initiative at Thousand Currents called the Center for Transforming Philanthropy, which will undertake research, knowledge production, and donor education and advocacy to shift the philanthropic sector towards solidarity and social justice practices.

Technology Manager

Paul started his work with the social justice movement as a volunteer for the immigrant communities in the US. Before joining Thousand Currents, he was helping various organizations with their many technology needs.

President & CEO

As President & CEO, Solomé is responsible for setting strategy and ensuring that Thousand Currents remains a dynamic, innovative, and impactful organization, rooted in its movement partners.

Director of Grants Operations

Masaki, born and raised on O’ahu, Hawai’i, is a feminist, a lifelong student, and a connector. Her background includes feminist research and activism, student organizing, and various roles in women’s rights and social justice organizations.

Program Manager, Africa

Âurea is a feminist economics thinker and doer based in Luanda, Angola’s coastal capital city. For the past decade, she has worked at the intersection of research, activism and movement building to advance decolonial visions of economic justice.

Controller

Originally from Vietnam, Kim’s experiences as an immigrant and her early challenges have shaped her dedication and passion to serve communities through the nonprofit sector. Before joining Thousand Currents, she spent over 13 years at American Financial Solutions where she served as the Treasurer.

Director of Communications

Krista Walton Potter (she/her/hers) is the Director of Communications at Thousand Currents. Krista is a committed feminist activist, and firm believer in the power of art and storytelling to influence social progress. At Thousand Currents, she leads communications, content, and marketing strategies as part of the Philanthropic Partnerships and Influence team.

Editorial Manager

Deepa is a brown feminist writer, reader and storyteller from South India, who has dedicated most of her career to uplifting stories that center the perspectives of the most marginalized, unacknowledged and under-recognized people. A former journalist at The New Indian Express, she has worked and consulted with non profits that are committed to advancing a feminist agenda.

Director of Technology

Rachel is adequate at technology and has a knack for problem-solving, which is why she never puts her computer in the freezer - it's always freezing.

Vice President, Global Programs

Zanele has spent her career working for social and gender justice. In the early part of her career, she worked on theoretical frameworks of community-driven development and put them into practice at a racial justice organization in Chicago, and a women’s rights organization serving rural women in her home country of Zimbabwe.

Regional Director, Latin America and the Caribbean

Born and raised in the countryside of Brazil, Sandra has dedicated her career to social justice. She holds a Master’s and a Bachelor's degree in International Relations and has extensive experience in political organizing, alliance building, and executive support to grassroots movements, movement support organizations, and political organizations, especially in Latin America and Africa.

Director of Donor Organizing

Jessie organizes donors and supporters of Thousand Currents to engage and leverage their whole selves in support of social justice. Having worked with individual donors and funders for nearly a decade, she is committed to organizing people with financial privilege to be in solidarity and partnership with frontline communities.

Senior Grant Writer

Natalia is a grant writer, resource mobilizer, and activist grounded in community and rooted in a vision for liberation and just futures for all living systems in our world. She has spent nearly a decade of her career mobilizing resources to support local, national, and international movements and advocacy.

Vice President, Philanthropic Partnerships and Influence

Zahra Vieneuve is a dedicated architect of feminist, trust-based partnerships rooted in equity, justice, and self-determination. Born in the U.S. and raised between Switzerland and Egypt, Zahra’s worldview has been shaped by diverse cultures and communities, with her political education deeply influenced by feminist thinkers and advocates across the Middle East and North Africa.

Program Manager, Latin America and the Caribbean

Alejandra is an eco-feminist born and raised among the mountains of Colombia, where she felt a direct connection to the land, the environment, and the rich natural and cultural histories that surrounded her. She has worked closely with communities, women, young people, and trans activists who are protecting their lands and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean.