RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Sally Jane Kerschen-Sheppard
Director of Development
Sally Jane has over 15 years of experience in the non-profit sector, both as a grant writer and a program manager. She has worked for the Association to Benefit Children, Keren Or, and the Alley Theatre. She holds a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence, an M.F.A. from Long Island University, and is currently working on her M.A. at Oklahoma State University. Sally Jane is also a published playwright and a member of the Dramatists Guild of America.
Gloria has 10+ years experience working in philanthropy and is currently the Senior Scientific Consultant at a small private foundation that awards grants to research scientists in academic institutions and hospitals. After working in various research laboratory settings - including Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, a small biotech in San Francisco, Pfizer in Brooklyn, and Columbia University in NYC - she decided to leave the lab bench for the philanthropic and non-profit sector and has never looked back. Along the way, she has interned in the Office of Technology Transfer at Rockefeller University, edited content and materials for a medical education agency, and volunteered for several organizations including the All Stars Project, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and New York Cares. Gloria has an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a Bachelor's in Chemistry from Boston University.
Gloria Thakuria
Director of Foundation Outreach
Hannah Sherman
Chief of Staff
Intern
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Hannah Sherman will be graduating from Carleton College in June of 2018. She is a Spanish major and also studies American Studies. During the school year, Hannah works as a manager in her school's dining halls and teaches beginner Spanish conversation classes. She is very excited about the opportunity to work with Good Counsel this summer and learn more about the non-profit world.
Marta Bereza
Business Development Intern
Marta is about to start her final year in the Master's Program for Development & International Cooperation majoring in Political Science. Before graduating University of Jyväskylä (Finland) in May 2018, Marta will go for an exchange semester at Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali "Guido Carli" in Rome, Italy. She got her Bachelor Degree in Sociology at one of the finest schools in Ukraine - National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, where she also developed her interest in feminism and gender studies. After graduating she plans to enter the non-profit world working for gender equality and women's empowerment.