Erin Samueli joins the Samueli Foundation as Director of Social Justice Philanthropy
The Samueli Foundation is pleased to announce that Erin Samueli has joined the Samueli Foundation as Director of Social Justice Philanthropy effective on September 8, 2021.
In this newly established role, Erin will lead the Foundation’s overall Social Justice portfolio with focus on its priorities to support grassroots organizing and organizations led by and for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and/or communities impacted directly at the intersections of gender/sexual justice, racial, economic and social justice, criminalization, reproductive rights and models for community justice. She will also oversee the Foundation’s collaboration with partners and programs that promote diversity, equity, inclusion and access by building empathy, cultural competency and reducing stereotypes.
Erin earned a Bachelor of Science in Science Education from Boston University in 2017 followed by a Master of Arts in Education from Stanford University in 2019. She was a middle school science teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area for a number of years and in her teaching, she focused on equity, anti-racist practices, and hands-on learning experiences. Aside from teaching, Erin began her philanthropy journey by joining the Maverick Collective, where she worked closely with a team in Ethiopia with the goal of integrating adolescent reproductive health care into the school system.
Erin is passionate about reproductive justice, LGBTQ+ equality, anti-racist practices and policy, education, the environment, among more. She uses these social justice lenses ways to view her work with the ultimate goal of leveling the playing field in America, and globally, so philanthropy is no longer a necessity.