
Ashley Swearengin
President and CEO
Meet the CEO
Ashley Swearengin is president and CEO of the Central Valley Community Foundation, a charitable foundation serving the six counties of Central California and providing over $100 million in funding to over 650 community benefit organizations over the last decade. Prior to joining CVCF, she served as Mayor of the City of Fresno from 2009 through 2016. As mayor, she implemented substantial changes to improve the delivery of city services, revitalize the downtown and urban core, promote business and job growth, address chronic homelessness, and stabilize the city’s financial position. Before becoming mayor, Ashley led a number of economic development initiatives in the Fresno region, including the Central Valley Business Incubator, Fresno State’s Office of Community and Economic Development, and the Regional Jobs Initiative. She holds MBA and BS degrees from California State University, Fresno.

Artie Padilla
Senior Program Officer
As Senior Program Office, Artie is responsible for CVCF’s neighborhood revitalization portfolio, which include developing community-driven and community-led solutions that will transform our region.

Dr. Christy Patch
Senior Program Officer of Collective Impact
Dr. Patch supports Fresno DRIVE’s team with a comprehensive lens to provide support across initiatives, oversee monitoring and evaluation of DRIVE and its outcomes, and will share learnings with internal and external stakeholders.

Claudia Ruiz-Alvarez
Director of Donor Services

Cori Lucero
Merced Regional Director
Manages the Central Valley Opportunity Fund (CVOF), a philanthropic fund dedicated to improving the quality of life for residents in Merced County, California.

Heather Brown
Chief Operating Officer

Elliott Balch
Chief Impact Officer

Hannah Johnson McAbee
Director of Local Philanthropy
Responsible for the planning, oversight, and implementation of a comprehensive program that secures financial resources from individuals, corporations, foundations, and others to support the Central Valley Community Foundation’s (CVCF) annual fundraising goals and build the organization’s endowment.

Jessica Revis
Administrative Manager & Assistant to the CEO
Provides high-level administrative support to the CEO and assists with various projects. This includes the overall management of the CEO’s schedule and various correspondences. Often referred to as the gatekeeper, Jessica oversees all incoming requests and inquires for the CEO.

Karen Aceves
Grants and Contracts Director
Karen implements systems to ensure proper budgeting, oversees budgets, and manages contracting with grant-funded consultants and partners. Her focus is on programs and projects funded by incoming grants and discretionary internal sources, and also assists in soliciting new funding to support CVCF’s programmatic work .

Kerri Horn
Chief Finance Officer (C.F.O.)

Larry Marquez
Staff Accountant
As Staff Accountant, Larry Marquez performs a variety of bookkeeping, accounting, and financial control monitoring duties for CVCF, including journal entry preparation, general ledger account reconciliation, account analysis, report generation, and special projects.

Marcos Osorio
Program Officer
Oversees the day-to-day implementation of CVCF programs, grants, and their respective deliverables.

Phuong Bui-Sears
Grants Associate
As Grant Associate, Phuong Bui-Sears provides timely and effective support to CVCF staff managing programs and projects, and communicates with external parties to facilitate programmatic grant, scholarship, and accounts-payable transactions.

Sarah Moffat
Director of External Affairs

Taylor Kimber
Local Philanthropy Manager
Taylor works with local donors, supports our Friends of the Foundation Program, and enhances philanthropic communications.

Travis Jeffus
Controller

Zakary Jobe
Donor Services and Accounts Payable Associate
Zakary helps to serve CVCF’s donors and fundholders and provides strategic support to members of the Stewardship team in their work to provide best in class comprehensive advisory services for donors and fundholders. He coordinates gift, grant, and accounts payable processing and letter and report generation.