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Meet Our Team

The Girls First Fund brings together a group of dynamic, diverse professionals with a passion for advancing girl-centered and gender-transformative work taking place at the community level.

The Girls First Fund is a fund of Capital for Good USA, a U.S. 501(c)(3) public charity. The fund relies on these individuals and other staff and services of Geneva Global to support its operations.

Fanta Toure-Puri
Fund Director
Balkissa Harouna Brah
Program Advisor - Niger
Arlene D’Attilio
Associate
Jaynice Del Rosario
Program Director
Dayhana Hernandez Veras
Program Advisor - Dominican Republic
Shruti Karki
Program Advisor - Nepal
Annette K. Ashaba
Program Advisor – Uganda
Françoise Mukuku Mwamba Malale
Program Advisor – the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Puja Roy
Program Advisor – India
Malorie Tull
Senior Program Director
Isha Varma
Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

Meet Our Governance Committee

The Girls First Fund is governed through a committee of the Board of Directors of Capital for Good USA. The committee is made up of leaders from some of the most influential organizations championing gender equality and girls’ advancement.

Ravi Bala
Chairman of the Board, Capital for Good USA
Lana Dakan
Program Officer, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Judith Diers
Program Officer, Ford Foundation
Erin Ganju
Managing Director, Echidna Giving
Margaret Hempel
Consultant
Dena Kimball
Executive Director, The Kendeda Fund
Maitri Morarji
Director of Programs, Foundation for a Just Society
Faith Mwangi-Powell
Chief Executive Officer, Girls Not Brides
Jody Myrum
Director, NoVo Foundation
Manjula Singh
Director of Programmes, India, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)