Julie Fry – Program Officer, Performing Arts
Julie joins the Hewlett Foundation with over twenty years of arts and business experience. Most recently, she was Associate Vice President, Fund Services, at The San Diego Foundation, and the first director of its Arts & Culture Program, developing strategies to engage more donors and community members to support the city’s arts through research, community outreach events and funding partnerships.

Previously, Julie was Director of Arts & Business Programs at the San Diego Performing Arts League, and prior to moving to San Diego, she worked for the Business Arts Council in San Francisco and Business in the Arts: North West. She received her B.B.A. in economics and French from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, and her M.B.A. from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. Julie has served on arts boards in the U.S. and the U.K., and most recently was on the board of San Diego Grantmakers.

Ame Sagiv – Program Assistant, Global Development
Ame is a recent graduate from San Francisco State University, where she majored in English with an emphasis in global peace and human rights. She has traveled extensively, lived in other countries and has an ear for many languages. In addition to her communication skills, she brings experience from both the nonprofit and marketing sectors.

Marc Vogl – Program Officer, Performing Arts
Marc has worked for over a decade with artists and performing arts groups in the Bay Area. He cofounded the sketch comedy group Killing My Lobster and the Hi/Lo Film Festival and served as Executive Director of Lobster Theater Project, a multidisciplinary San Francisco nonprofit arts organization. Marc's experiences in the arts have included acting, writing, directing and producing award-winning comedy shows and new plays; making short films; programming film festivals; and representing small arts organizations on the San Francisco Arts Task Force.

Marc studied at Tougaloo College in Mississippi, and holds B.A. degrees in American history and English literature from Brown University and a Master in Public Administration degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he was a Lucius N. Littauer Fellow.