Manuela Arciniegas is currently the Interim Director at the Andrus Family Fund. Prior to being named Interim Director, she was AFF’s Program Officer, managing our capacity building initiative and a national community organizing portfolio.

Manuela brings over 15 years of experience in social justice, community organizing, youth development, and cultural arts education. She is a member of the New York City Youth Funders, Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy NYC Steering Committee and an advisory board member of the Funder’s Collaborative on Youth Organizing. She is currently conducting dissertation research for her PhD at the CUNY Graduate Center focusing on how Afro-Caribbean religious music creates power and cultural change. When not working at AFF, Manuela directs The Legacy Women, a drum ensemble for women ages 23-55 that teaches and performs folk Afro-Caribbean music of resistance.

Manuela graduated cum laude with a Bachelors in Government from Harvard University.

Jennifer Kaizer is the Senior Program Associate for the Andrus Family Fund. She provides programmatic and administrative support to the team and our partners.

Over the past five years, Jennifer has provided fundraising and program support through various roles in the nonprofit sector. She worked at The Posse Foundation, focusing on youth leadership development and the International Institute of New England in Boston, assisting immigrants and refugees prepare for and transition into American life.

While abroad in Ayacucho, Peru in 2009, Jennifer volunteered at Finca Peru, a nonprofit organization integrating women into the community’s economy.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Economics from Boston University. Jennifer is currently pursuing a Masters in Public Administration in Public & Nonprofit Management & Policy at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service & Policy.

Outside of graduate school and work, Jennifer loves Vinyasa yoga, running marathons and biking. Every now and then you can find her wandering museums in New York City or searching for new places to visit.

Bari Katz is an educator, facilitator and curriculum designer who works with organizations and schools across the country to develop programs, trainings and custom curricula around equity, diversity and inclusion, and social justice. Bari has worked in leadership roles with local and national non-profit organizations and co-founded a charter high school in Brooklyn, NY.

Bari now serves as a consultant working with organizations like Andrus Family Fund, City Year, Let’s Get Ready, the American Conference on Diversity, iMentor, and City University of New York designing curricula and programs, facilitating professional development workshops, and coaching school and program staff to most effectively work with their students. Bari is committed to supporting and empowering youth and those working with young people to understand the dynamics of oppression and privilege and how to work toward social justice.