Person Gianna DiLisio-Perez Gianna DiLisio-Perez (she/her) is a senior human resources specialist at The Kresge Foundation. Gianna supports human resources information systems, payroll, and benefits operations at Kresge. Prior to joining in 2026, Gianna developed a strong foundation in HR technology and process optimization within the technology consulting and mortgage industries. A native of Southeast Michigan, she earned a bachelor’s of science in Business Administration majoring in Human Resources…
News & Views 2026 CCHE convening: Reclaiming the moment as climate change advocates face difficult challenges April 23, 2026
Person Kimberly Sherer Kim Sherer (she/her) is an investment operations manager at The Kresge Foundation, where she supports portfolio performance oversight and treasury operations. She joined the Foundation in 2026. Previously, Kim served at Trinity Health supporting investment risk and operational functions for the organization’s investment program. She also held leadership roles within Comerica Bank’s Institutional Trust division and supported client administration…
Resource Five ways funders can show up for communities facing federal policing and surveillance April 15, 2026 Federal agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the National Guard and Department of Homeland Security, have been increasing their presence in cities across the country as they intensify policing and surveillance of immigrant populations. In Memphis, organizers have watched federal agents deepen surveillance of Black, Brown and low-wealth neighborhoods.…
News & Views Detroit teens are shaping the city’s story in Journalism Camp; scholarships for students available April 9, 2026 In a city whose narrative has too often been written by people who have never walked its blocks, a program at the Detroit Writing Room is putting the tools of journalism directly into the hands of the young people who know Detroit best. The Detroit Writing Room’s Journalism Camp is…
News & Views Where do we go from here? On youth, climate, cultural power and the work of rebuilding April 9, 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. asked this question from Memphis in 1967. He was tired. The movement had won historic battles and was staring at something harder, not a single law to change, but an entire architecture of neglect to dismantle. He wasn’t asking out of despair. He was asking…
News & Views How Sisters in Public Health is changing who gets to lead April 8, 2026 Angela Frazier had a vision. As a master’s student in public health, she looked around at the women in her program and saw something that troubled her. Talented, committed women were navigating a demanding field largely on their own, without mentors who looked like them, without spaces to process the…
Resource Access Denied: How 40% of Americans are locked out of the private student loan market April 8, 2026 Protect Borrowers, an Education Program grantee, published a new report with The Century Foundation that looks at the private student loan market. As the Department of Education implements changes that limit how much students and families can borrow from the federal government, proponents of federal student loan caps argue that the private…
News & Views National Public Health Week: How do we contribute to public health in our community? April 8, 2026