Board Member Dana Henry
Dana Henry joined the Weingart Foundation as a Program Officer in 2020, focusing on the Foundation’s grantmaking and broader funding strategy in South Los Angeles. She brings more than 20 years of experience working with and expanding opportunities for vulnerable children, youth, and families. Dana worked extensively with Communities In Schools, a national organization who is focused on helping children and their families access and navigate the maze of public and private services in school and community. More recently she served as a Regional lead developing and building capacity among CIS affiliates in the Western U.S. She also played a key role in implementing the organization’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative. Dana is a graduate of UCLA, as well as the Los Angeles African American Women’s Public Policy Institute, a non-profit organization that provides intensive leadership development to women, with the goal of increasing their participation in government and the public policy process.
