Meet the Team
Impact experts to help achieve your goals
With over 90+ collective years of experience across the sector, our consultants bring a wealth of experience to our engagements — and have a commitment to doing things differently. We offer a fresh perspective and customized counsel that sparks innovative thinking, delivers adaptive solutions, and brings an unparalleled understanding of how to drive tangible change.
For every partner engagement, Parkes Philanthropy builds customized, interdisciplinary teams, and provides oversight and management needed for flawless execution.

Sarah Haimes
Consultant

Krista Acosta-Edzie
Consultant

Danielle Wolfrum
Consultant

Virginia Loperena
Consultant

Athena Lao
Consultant

Hewetté Moore
Consultant

Pierson Racanelli
Consultant

Sareen Handoush
Consultant

Jasmine Clerisme
Consultant

Dwayne Griffith
Consultant

Kristine Sloan
Consultant

Ryan Brown
Consultant

Chelsea Parkes
Consultant

David Rein
Head of Digital

Hillary Beson
Consultant

Heather Strobel
Consultant

Alexandra Barrera
Consultant

Takiya Green
Consultant

Divya Sriram
Consultant

Lange Luntao
Consultant

Mia Serpico
Consultant

Christal Cherry
Consultant
Our Trusted Advisors

Robert Acton
CEO/Founder, Cause Strategy Partners

Kelsey Overby
Head of Partnerships, NationSwell Studio

Robin Grossman
Executive Director, Playworks

Edward Jones
Vice President of Programs, Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE)

Paul Grossinger
Founder,
Gaingels
Gaingels

Steve Rabin
Founder and Chairman,
Rabin Martin
Rabin Martin