Our Team

Executive Director, Alice Y. Hom (she/they) is a community builder invested in bridging diverse and overlapping communities for social change. She most recently served as  the Director of Equity and Social Justice at Northern California Grantmakers, where she focused on operationalizing racial equity with an intersectional lens that brought multiple issues, communities, and sectors together to build on the common good. Before joining NCG, they held various positions at Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, including the Philanthropic Advocacy Manager for the National Gender and Equity Campaign and the Queer Justice Fund Director where she focused on leadership development and capacity building for AAPI community organizations.

Alice serves on the board of the American LGBTQ+ Museum and on the Advisory Council for the Conscious Style Guide, a resource on inclusive, respectful and empowering language on ability/disability, age, ethnicity, gender, race, sexuality, and socioeconomic status. She is a co-founder of Beyond Two Cents: LGBTQ AAPI Giving Circle. Her previous board service includes: Borealis Philanthropy, California Humanities, Los Angeles City Commission on the Status of Women, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, Visual Communications, Great Leap, and APAIT Health Center.

Alice holds a Ph.D. in History from Claremont Graduate University, a M.A. in Asian American Studies from UCLA, and B.A. from Yale University. They are a co-editor of two anthologies, Q & A: Voices from Queer Asian North America and Q & A: Queer in Asian America and have published articles in various journals and anthologies.

 Director, Programs & Campaigns, Jodeen Olguín-Tayler (She/ella) has served in executive leadership roles across the philanthropic, private, and nonprofit sectors and has over 20 years of experience leading cross-sector initiatives for a more inclusive democracy and an economic system rooted in racial and gender equity.

With over a decade of senior leadership in philanthropy, Jodeen has been recognized for significantly shifting and scaling funding to racial and gender equity organizations; has led fund development and donor education for multiple equity-focused funds; and piloted program and mission investing strategies for endowed philanthropies.

Jodeen’s leadership as a board member and trustee includes serving as board president for the Movement Voter Fund, Poder Latinx, the Chicana Empowerment Fund, the Inclusive Democracy and Climate Equity Fund, and the Movement Strategy Center. She has also served on the boards for the Working Families Party National Committee; GALvanize USA, the National Institute for Money in Politics, the southwest Abortion Fund and the YWCA of Boulder County.

Her experience also includes sitting on the advisory boards of several impact investing ventures that invest in women and people of color led social enterprises.
Her senior leadership in power-building organizations includes Campaign Director for the National Domestic Workers’ Alliance and Caring Across Generations; elected leadership to the Working Families Party National Committee; Vice President at a racial justice public policy institution; and Field Director for MoveOn. Immediately
Having grown up in Chicana and immigrant frontline communities, Jodeen’s work is grounded in the urgency of addressing racialized violence, systemic health inequality, gender equity and environmental racism. As a mother and queer Chicana, Jodeen is learning to serve as a generational steward of Ute and Tewa ancestral lands. Her family’s 900+ years of resilience and protection of land, water and cultural traditions are an inheritance that informs her stewardship of organizations and deployment of resources to shift economic, cultural and political power to be more equitably distributed.

 Executive Administration Manager, Ben Rue (he/him) is a network connector that brings over 14 years of experience in administrative support, event management, and philanthropic work. With a strong commitment to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion, Ben is dedicated to advancing CHANGE Philanthropy’s mission.

Prior to joining CHANGE, Ben held roles at The Forum on Workplace Inclusion, Events by Lady K, and the Minnesota Council on Foundations, where he managed complex administrative tasks, coordinated events, and worked closely with stakeholders from diverse backgrounds. At The Forum, Ben was responsible for managing DEI programming, ensuring that the organization’s initiatives aligned with its mission to advance workplace inclusion. Additionally, Ben is the co-founder of Ma Bea’s Taste of Liberia, a family-run business focused on promoting Liberian culture through specialty foods.

Ben is actively involved in non-profit leadership, serving on the board of QUEERSPACE Collective, an organization dedicated to empowering LGBTQ+ youth, and the advisory board of National Maryland County Association of Liberia USA (NAMCAL-USA), which provides relief and assistance to communities in Maryland County, Liberia. Ben also served as Chapter
Leader for Gay for Good: Twin Cities, where he mobilized LGBTQ+ and ally volunteers to promote diversity, foster inclusion, and strengthen ties to the broader community.

Passionate about diversity and inclusion, Ben is dedicated to leveraging his skills and experiences to support the continued growth and impact of CHANGE Philanthropy in the philanthropic sector.