Marissa Tirona is President of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, where she leads the organization’s efforts to move money and power to immigrant and refugee communities and galvanizes funders to resource a robust immigration and refugee rights power-building ecosystem. Previously, she was a program officer at the Ford Foundation, where she managed a multi-issue, multi-country portfolio as part of the BUILD initiative, Ford’s flagship program designed to strengthen organizations and networks core to the global social justice infrastructure. Before joining Ford, Marissa led the Blue Shield of California Foundation’s programmatic, policy, and grantmaking efforts to address, prevent, and ultimately end domestic violence and promote health equity throughout the state. Prior to that, she was senior project director at CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, where she led comprehensive, multiyear leadership initiatives. Marissa currently serves on the boards of the Foundation for Child Development, Grantmakers in the Arts, United Philanthropy Forum, and Change Elemental.