Sue Coliton, Interim President and CEO of the Santa Fe Community Foundation, serves as principal executive officer of the organization, accountable for all areas of Foundation operations and reporting directly to the Chair of the Board. Coliton has worked for more than two decades in the philanthropic sector. As a Principal at Luma Consulting, she offers strategic counsel to philanthropists, foundations and nonprofits to help them deepen their impact in the communities they serve. For 15 years, she headed Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s philanthropic activities, where she oversaw regional, national and international grantmaking programs through the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. Through her work, she aligned donor vision with results; designed new initiatives in science, education, and the arts; and built nonprofit sector capacity through research, workshops, and convenings. Prior to joining the Allen Foundation, Coliton directed the west coast office of the New York-based Nonprofit Finance Fund, designed corporate giving programs for Gap, Inc., and managed national grantmaking programs at the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Coliton was a gubernatorial appointment on the Washington State Arts Commission, where she served as Chair, is pastchair of the Philanthropy Northwest Board, and is a Trustee of the Washington Research Foundation and Albuquerque-based Outpost Performance Space. She served for a year as a Board member of the Santa Fe Community Foundation before stepping down to take on the Interim role.

Christa Coggins, Vice President for Community Philanthropy at the Santa Fe Community Foundation, is the principal liaison for fundholders and the Giving Together program. Christa oversees the Foundation’s competitive grants program, grants committees, grants cycles; Foundation programming at the Hub; and is the primary contact for relationships with the nonprofit community. Prior to working at SFCF, Christa spent the previous decade working as a contractor on evaluation and outcomes measurement with health nonprofits in northern New Mexico.

Before coming to New Mexico Christa worked in international AIDS research out of New York City, and International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region. Fluent in Spanish, French and Hassaniya, Christa and her husband raised their children in Santa Fe, she has a graduate degree is in Public Health from University of Michigan and an undergraduate degree from Yale University. Christa is a backyard beekeeper, a yak rancher, a wannabe knitter, and spends her free time with her dogs hiking and skiing. Christa has worked for Santa Fe Community Foundation since 2009.

Gabriela Gómez joined the Santa Fe Community Foundation in February of 2019 as Director of Development and manages the day-to-day financial resource development and donor strategies of the Foundation. In addition to developing and managing philanthropic relationships, Gabriela works in close collaboration with colleagues on achieving the Foundation’s mission.

She is a first generation New Mexican, Mexican-American with Albuquerque roots and has worked in both the private and nonprofit sector. Prior to joining SFCF, Gabriela worked at the Albuquerque Community Foundation.

Gabriela takes great pride in New Mexico and is excited to now call Santa Fe home. When not at the office, she likes to spend her free time either exercising, cooking, reading, eating (foodie!), or visiting with loved ones.

Kevin Sokol-White, Senior Vice President for Finance & Operations, oversees the recording and reporting of financial information, the monitoring of investment performance, and the building, personnel, and technology operations at the Foundation. In 2017, Kevin retired from a 30-year career in energy and finance and public accounting. His work took him to South America, the Middle East, Africa, and the former Soviet republics. After spending his career in the for-profit sector, Kevin feels fortunate to have had the opportunity to join the Foundation early in January of 2019.

Kevin has an undergraduate and graduate degree in Accounting from the University of Mississippi and has been a CPA since 1990. After being a part of the Santa Fe community on a part-time basis for over a decade, Kevin and his husband, Chris, a personal trainer made Santa Fe their permanent home in July 2017. They love their dogs, all kinds of adventure, and international travel and like to spend their spare time staying active in the gym and with spinning, skiing, and hiking.

Sarah Amador-Guzmán joins the Santa Fe Community Foundation as Program Director of Education and Opportunity Santa Fe. Originally from El Paso, TX, Sarah has a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Foreign Languages from New Mexico State University and a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University. Sarah lives in Santa Fe with her husband Juan, and two daughters, Valentina and Victoria. Her passion for Education Policy began a decade ago with her work at the New Mexico Legislative Education Study Committee, where she worked as a Fiscal Analyst overseeing the use of state funds in public education.

Yolanda served as the Health Councils and Community Coordinator for the New Mexico Health Equity Partnership from 2013 – 2015, an initiative housed at the Santa Fe Community Foundation. Now, as the Philanthropy HUB Coordinator, Yolanda oversees our professional development programs from support for boards to leadership cohorts and workshops addressing fundraising, communications, finance, and strategic planning.

Yolanda is a longtime community champion who has collaborated with and learned from Strong Families NM, Tewa Women United, El Valle Community Center and Con Alma Health Foundation. She has served as the Program Coordinator for San Miguel County DWI, Director of the San Miguel County Family & Community Health Council and Community Coordinator for the UNM BA/MD summer practicum. Yolanda has co-hosted a radio show addressing women’s issues and social change, Our Opinion – Let’s Talk About It, and has held many volunteer and community advisory roles in northern New Mexico.

A life-long New Mexican, Yolanda grew up in Gallup before relocating closer to her family’s roots in the Mora/Las Vegas area. She spent 36 years there and raised 3 wonderful children. Yolanda serves as a Getaway family for 12 United World College students from around the world and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren at every opportunity.

Shelby has been with MoGro for three years. She has one foot in operations - sourcing our food and managing the warehouse - and the other in developing and maintaining relationships with local farmers, and supporting our site volunteers each week during distribution.

She moved to Albuquerque from the northeast three years ago. Prior to that she attended college in Nova Scotia and spent the subsequent years working in British Colombia planting trees, farming, and working on a ski patrol. When Shelby isn't working she is usually cooking, reading, or playing in the mountains.

Chad assists the Director for Development and Commmunications by processing all gifts to the various funds of the Foundation as well as working with various fund-holding organizations on their special events.

Contact Chad if you have questions about contributions made to the Santa Fe community Foundation.

Chad is an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo of New Mexico. Prior to joining the Foundation, Chad worked at the Institute of American Indian Arts in the Institutional Advancement Department maintaining the school’s donor database. He is passionate about movies, music and travel. Chad has worked at SFCF since 2011.

David Gaussoin provides communications, web site, newsletter, and social media support for the NM Health Equity Partnership. In addition, he serves as support for co-creating strategy, processes, and spaces rooted in equity with partners; facilitating dialogues and workshops; connecting people and ideas; community-driven research; network engagement and external communications. He also supports HIA teams, such as Together for Brothers, the Lobos CO2 Pipeline, Chainbreaker Collective, Indian Health Services team on various issues.

David holds a BBA in Business Marketing from the Anderson School of Business, at the University of New Mexico. He has a background in applied fine arts and arts education. David’s previous experience includes teaching at the Institute of American Indian Arts and the Santa Fe Community College, as well as producing and selling his own jewelry and fashion internationally. David is a native of Santa Fe, as well as a proud member of the Navajo Nation and Picuris Pueblo. David is a strong advocate for the arts. He has worked with the Pueblo Opera Program, Avant Garde, the New Mexico Museum Foundation, and the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts. He enjoys traveling, learning about new cultures, and sharing with others his own cultural background.

David strongly believes in equity and advocacy for grass roots community action - “I believe community members hold the knowledge and answers; they just need to be asked. I do this work because we all have a responsibility to honor our past, present, and future generations because this is our home.”

Diane serves as Grants Officer for the Foundation, supporting grants and scholarship committees of the Foundation as well as those of fundholders who have their own grant or scholarship programs, processing outgoing grants and scholarships, as well as managing incoming grants from Foundation funders.

Born in Los Angeles, Diane flew the coop early to earn a BS in Natural Resources (Wildlife Management) at The University of Michigan, and then continued her sojourn east to Boston where she practiced her degree with wildlife of a different sort. Living in New Mexico for the past 19 years, her passions include gardening, cooking, and fine dining whenever possible.

Lily is a creative, vision-driven communications and marketing professional with over six years of experience in Santa Fe's nonprofit sector. In addition to her ongoing work as a freelance graphic designer and marketing consultant, Lily most recently served Performance Santa Fe as its Communications + Marketing Manager, a role that oversaw all aspects of the cultural nonprofit's strategic branding, marketing, and communications. An original and holistic thinker, she is a true brand builder with a proven record of creating innovative campaigns, driving brand awareness, and growing new audiences. She is thrilled to join the wonderful team at the Santa Fe Community Foundation in May 2021. .

Lily values kindness, empathy, and equity. She cares deeply about New Mexico and its people, land, and art. A native of New York who was raised in France and Maryland, Lily studied the Great Books at St. John's College in addition to literature and fine art at New College of Florida, from which she graduated in 2013. She enjoys reading, learning new art forms, and going on long walks with her dog, Maple, in addition to spending time with her husband, family, and friends.

Jessi serves as the Grants & Capacity Building Strategist for the New Mexico Health Equity Partnership. With HEP since 2012, she is responsible for co-creating strategy, processes, and spaces rooted in equity with partners; facilitating dialogues and workshops; connecting people and ideas; coordinating community-driven research; and managing HEP’s grant opportunities.

Jessi is a woman of color with family roots in Mexico. Born in California and raised in New Mexico, Jessi is deeply committed to lifelong learning and values the strengths and creativity of those around her. She is passionate about supporting communities to develop their own solutions on issues affecting them. She works to create intentional spaces for community partners to share their ideas and transform how decisions are made so the processes, and decisions themselves, center the lived experiences of people most impacted. Jessi enjoys utilizing creative engagement strategies, such as art, visuals and play to ensure intentional community building and sharing of narratives.

Jessi holds a Masters in Sociology and a BBA in Marketing & Accounting. Her past professional endeavors include: policy research, technical assistance to nonprofits, and teaching English abroad. When Jessi’s not at HEP, you can find her running long distances in the desert or mountains. For Jessi, her work at HEP and trail running are interrelated. She experiences trail running as a learning exercise— in perseverance, understanding, and connection. Jessi’s other passions include spending time with friends and family, hiking, snowshoeing, skiing, doodling, and adventuring with her husband Brian, and beagles, Bogus Basin and Burčák Bilo.

I am honored to join the Santa Fe Community Foundation team as the Director of Dollars4Schools. As a native Santa Fean and graduate of Santa Fe Public Schools myself, I bring a personal and local perspective to Dollars4Schools, a program that is genuinely dear to my heart. My background in public relations and the arts, and my prior experience in public relations and as the Statewide Director of New Mexico’s Centennial, has provided me with unique opportunities to work closely with many with New Mexico educators and students. I look forward to continuing my work with the dedicated teachers right here in Santa Fe. As a parent of two children, I am especially aware of the obstacles teachers and students encounter, and I look forward to this opportunity to provide a funding resource to Santa Fe’s educators. Dollars4Schools is an amazing program, and I enthusiastically take the lead in its path forward – making a difference in public school classrooms every day in Santa Fe.

Rachel Kutcher is Project Director for Santa Fe Baby Fund, for which she coordinates grantmaking and advocacy for early childhood issues. She is also Project Director for Expanding Opportunity for Young Families, for which she coordinates a collaborative of partners working to engage young parents, organizations, and agencies to better align programs, systems, and policies to support young parents in their pursuit of educational and career development goals, as well as their goals and priorities for their children and families.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Rachel worked in community health and equity in both the nonprofit and governmental sectors in New Mexico. She has an extensive background in nonprofit resource development and grant writing, as well as coordinating multi-sector community collaboratives. She also brings a strong interest in and experience with multigenerational family support models and using human centered design to engage community and frontline staff in human services innovation and policy change. Rachel has a bachelor’s degree in Human Development from Cornell University and a Master of Public Policy degree from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at University of Minnesota. In her free time, Rachel enjoys swimming, hiking, cooking, and learning to throw and handbuild pottery.

Adam Latham works as the Finance Manager at SFCF processing vendor and grant payments. He and his wife Diane moved to Santa Fe from Boise, Idaho, to be closer to family and to enjoy the cultural richness of northern New Mexico. For the past 20 years he has worked in a variety of Accounting roles (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payroll) for non-profit arts organizations. He is excited to join the Finance team at SFCF and to contribute to the Foundation’s mission. In their down time, he and his wife visit the many galleries, museums, and restaurants in Santa Fe.

Cecily Martin serves as Philanthropy Associate. Originally from Chicago, Cecily fell in love with New Mexico at age 11 on a family trip and moved to Santa Fe in 2002 to attend St. John’s College. After graduating, she moved back to Chicago where she received a master’s degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Roosevelt University. Cecily moved back to Santa Fe in 2013 to raise her family in New Mexico. Prior to her work at the Santa Fe Community Foundation, Cecily worked in human resources, admissions, and hospitality sales. In her free time, Cecily enjoys cycling, cooking, spending time with her kids and friends, and playing Scrabble.

Annmarie McLaughlin works closely with SFCF’s leadership and a deeply engaged programmatic team to steward the organization’s community leadership work in our priority areas of interest: cultural vibrancy, economic security and opportunity, educational success and career pathways, health and wellbeing, and sustainable agriculture and stewardship of resources. Her work addresses keeping this work aligned with the Foundation’s broad strategic goals and assessing the impact of this activity. Annmarie holds a BFA from New York University. Her lifelong professional development pursuits include mediation, work with the Alternatives to Violence Project, narrative healing, anti-racism, and community leadership. She currently serves as the Board Chair for the New Mexico Association of Grantmakers. Annmarie loves living on Santa Fe's dynamic southside and spends her free time with her adult sons, cooking (and eating!), listening to audio books, and floating on New Mexico’s rivers. She has been with the Santa Fe Community Foundation since 2005.

Josh has been with MoGro for five years. Much of his work is oriented around people: strengthening relationships with our site partners, training site volunteers, and helping to create a team culture that is supportive, fun, and dedicated to those we serve. When possible, he also directs his attention to program evaluation, systems and logistics.

Josh grew up in Albuquerque and has recently returned to New Mexico after being away for about ten years, serving in the Peace Corps in West Africa as an Environmental Education Volunteer and as an Outward Bound Instructor in New York City working with high school students in the Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan. Josh lives in Albuquerque with his partner and their dog. They spend their free time cooking, gardening, and exploring, usually following the lead of a nose with a wagging tail.

Erik started working for MoGro last year after spending the spring volunteering for MoGro as well as other organizations, feeling a call to action to help people in the state that he calls home. He is in charge of anything distribution related- from processing orders to getting the bags to our members, as well as coordinating emergency distributions to NM Pueblos and partner organizations.

With a background in everything from Film & Television to metalworking, Erik enjoys problem solving and working with his hands. Born and raised in Albuquerque, he enjoys exploring the city and the state that raised him on his bicycles, often feeling more at home on two wheels than on four legs.

Charles Rountree, Controller, serves as the assistant to the Senior Vice President for Finance and Operations. His responsibilities include investment reconciliations, preparation of donor statements, and fund activity analysis. Charles also provides financial reporting support for MoGro and Impact Investing.

After graduating from Georgia State University with a degree in Accounting, he began his career in Atlanta working in hospitality. Charles returned to his hometown of Birmingham to assist his family in opening and operating a restaurant. He then worked for several years with a regional insurance agency.

Charles and his husband moved to Santa Fe in 2014. He is active in the community as a volunteer, primarily with the Santa Fe Opera and the Church of the Holy Faith. He is an enthusiastic bicyclist, an avid reader, and a lousy gardener.

Tina started volunteering with MoGro as the Food Champion at Santa Fe Indian Hospital in 2018. As a Native person managing type 2 diabetes with diet and exercise, she wanted to help connect her tribal community with healthy produce and get people excited about cooking with local ingredients. Currently, Tina manages distribution, writes grants, and brings new communities and partners into contact with MoGro's work. Tina's passion for her distribution site and knowledge of not-for-profit governance also led her to serve on our board in 2019.

When she's not slinging veggies, you can find Tina enjoying running and hiking trails around Santa Fe and enjoying movies at the local theater.