Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Examples of work from my time at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a new kind of philanthropy working at the intersection of grant-making, technology, and research. The second-largest organization of its kind, in terms of endowment, CZI is uniquely situated to provide industry-best engineering and technology support in addition to funding for its partners.

I was originally hired as the Marketing Director for Education Partnerships, but was shortly thereafter promoted to Creative Director, Central Brand, under the Chief Communications Officer. My role included building out the organization’s first-ever multidisciplinary in-house creative team, which included videography, photography, copywriting and content creation, graphic design, web design, and illustration. I also oversaw the design and build of a multi-million dollar production studio in one of their campuses in Redwood City, greatly expanded and evolved the CZI brand identity, and completely rebuilt and reimagined the CZI website property from scratch.

A highlight of my time as the CD was the opportunity to concept and co-executive produce a 360º/VR film that shined a spotlight on heroes fighting infectious disease in the developing world – a film titled Infectious Disease Detectives – which we won multiple awards and recognitions for, including the Webbys, Shortys, MUSE Creative Awards, AVA Digital, and MarCom awards. More important than the accolades though was the attention the film garnered from other philanthropic organizations, who began contributing more funds to the hardware and software being used by the doctors in these countries, enabling more lives to be saved as a result. Watch the flat version, 360º video or virtual reality version with a compatible headset >

Credits & Acknowledgements

In business, everything is a team sport. As such, I’d like to use this opportunity to give credit to, and humbly thank, those with whom I tackled these challenges with, and worked alongside in the trenches day-by-day. If you are reading this as one of those amazing folks, and I missed a name or forgot anyone, please let me know so I can remedy it immediately.

Special thanks to: Michelle Best, Abby Lunardini, Jim Shelton, David Plouffe, Jeff MacGregor, Raymonde Charles, Dale Ramos, Yun Liu, Alejandro Alvarado, Jana Hoffman, Grady Fike, Scott Murphy, Erika Fogarty, Dakarai Aarons, Taylor Leatherman, Amy Dudley, Jane Martin, Rebecca Matulka, Rodolfo Melgoza, Leah Duran, Arne Bakker, Amy Park, Lily Yuan, Megan Leaf, Kenneth Williams, Ashley Prince Murphy, Jared Joiner, Catherine Winfield, Giulia Notari, Brandt Imhoff, John Rojas, Hans Bennowitz, Patty Suquilanda, Tyler Sussman, Melissa Hansen, Catherine Madden, Whitney Metzger, Erica Swallow, Mira Habiby Browne, Emily Tucker, Donna Park, Manisha Shah, Tabitha Marblestone, Maryel Ley, Justin Barra, Olivia Holmes, Sophia Sorenson, Courtney Hansen, Cristina Huezo, Darnell Cadette, Dominique Turrentine, Marisa Marshall, Damian Ruiz, Maurice Wilkins, Roshni Desai, Ben Beisswenger, Senjuti Saha, Michael Guilbert, and of course, Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan.