Stephanie Tanny has over 15 years of professional experience in development. She loves raising money; creating systems for improved workflow and efficiency; analyzing and organizing data; and serving diverse communities. She started Kasih Initiative in 2015 after seeing the need from government agencies and non-profits for knowledgeable development professionals.

Randall Navarro has been a high-impact fundraiser for the last 15 years. He has written and been awarded grants for several industries, including disaster relief, transportation/infrastructure development, healthcare, and social justice issues. He is particularly adept at writing federal grants, and has helped many state agencies and municipalities raise tens of millions of dollars.

Fernanda Jimenez was born in Mexico City, Mexico and is a DACA recipient. She has been working with the Kasih Initiative over the past year as a grant writer and administrator. Her primary role has been securing funding for social justice organizations for environmental justice, immigration, healthcare, voting access, and several other issues. Her experience as a community organizer while in college also helped her understand the needs of her community and how government and private foundations are able to partner on issues to effect real change.

Angelica Andrade grew up in Basalt, CO and was raised by a single mother. Fortunately she got to experience all outdoor activities like skiing, hiking, rock climbing, etc due to scholarships and programs available to her in her community. She fell in love with the beauty of nature and decided to pursue a degree where she could give back to the environment and the people that enjoy it or the people that don’t get the chance to enjoy it. She earned a Bachelors of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability. In her free time she likes to hike, spend time outdoors, and be with friends and family.

Vanessa Ojeda (she/her) graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology from Columbia University in 2021. Since then, she has worked as an ESL program manager, copywriter, and backcountry mule packer. As a member of the Andean diaspora, she is passionate about preserving indigenous traditional knowledge, languages, and oral histories. She is excited to join Kasih Initiative as a grant writer, and equally committed to winning the funds necessary for our clients to make the greatest impact possible. In her free time, Vanessa can be found riding across the states on the back of her mule, Bella

Amanda has been working with government and non-profit organizations for over 10 years in subjects of DEI, JEDI, and IDEA as well as youth leadership, nutrition, and most recently Scrum. Amanda has adopted agile methodologies through Scrum Master training to facilitate groups.