John Esterle, Co-Executive Director, The Whitman Institute
John Esterle is the Co-Executive Director and a Trustee of The Whitman Institute, an independent foundation based in San Francisco that will sunset in 2022. TWI’s mission is to advance social, political and economic equity by funding dialogue, relationship building and inclusive leadership.
A strong advocate of multi-year, unrestricted funding, John began working at TWI in 1988 and became its Executive Director in 1999. In 2004, John led TWI’s transition from an operating to a grantmaking foundation. John serves on the boards of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE), Images and Voices of Hope, and the Germanacos Foundation.