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
Mckinze Willard
Consultant
Rachael Stern
Consultant
Grace Y. Foster
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