Board of Trustees

Joyce Ybarra
Joyce Ybarra
Board Vice President and Current Parent

Joyce (she/her) has worked on social justice issues within the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors for over 20 years. She is the Director of Grant Operations for the Weingart Foundation, where she oversees implementation of its grantmaking and learning and assessment programs. She’s held previous positions at The California Endowment and the Los Angeles Immigrant Funders’ Collaborative. Joyce is an active volunteer and donor, particularly in the Asian/Pacific Islander community. Past leadership roles include serving on the Boards of Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance and Thai Community Development Center, as Chair of the local Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy chapter, and as founding member of two giving circles dedicated to local API communities. Joyce earned her master’s degree in Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles and a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Irvine. Joyce has one child attending Sequoyah’s K-8 and is the mother of two alumni.

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