Who We Are

Our Team

AHF works with local NGOs and community groups to bring real change directly to the people in the Himalaya most in need. We know the territory and where to intervene to create the greatest impact for the least cost—and everything we undertake has local buy-in. AHF’s headquarters are in San Francisco with a Kathmandu regional office.

San Francisco Office

Program and Finance Director

Tsedo Suitsang

Field and Logistics Director

Sarah Bakker

Director of Operations

Tonya Hennessey

Foundation Relations Manager

Toria Somerville

Administrative Associate

Madison Williams

Assistant to the President

Nick Castro

Finance and Salesforce Associate

Kashish Das Shrestha

Communications Manager

Regional Field Office

Bruce Moore

Regional Field Director

Charu Pradhan

Deputy Regional Field Director

Administrative Assistant

Raju Maharjan

Field Office Transportation and Logistics

Board of Directors

Richard C. Blum
AHF Chairman
San Francisco, CA
Chairman, Blum Capital Partners, LP;
Honorary Consul of Nepal
Bernard Osher
AHF Vice Chairman
San Francisco, CA
Private Investor
Michael Klein
AHF Secretary
Washington, D.C.
Foundation Executive
Dr. Louis Reichardt
AHF Treasurer
New York, NY
Director, Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
Conrad Anker
Bozeman, MT
Climber
Heidi Blum
Switzerland
Skier, Designer, Entrepreneur
David Bonderman
Ft. Worth, TX
Managing Partner, Texas Pacific Group
Christopher Hest
California
Nonprofit Executive
Peter Hillary
Auckland, New Zealand
Author, Climber
Seth Hufstedler
Los Angeles, CA
Attorney
Jon Krakauer
At large
Author and Climber
Maryon Davies Lewis
San Francisco, CA
Civic Leader
Eileen Mariano
California
Public Health Professional
George E. McCown
Menlo Park, CA
Managing Director, American Infrastructure MLP Fund
Bruce McCubbrey
San Francisco, CA
Patent Lawyer
Ambassador Nancy Powell
Lewes, DE
Retired Career Ambassador
James Simons
New York, NY
President, Euclidean Capital LLC
Sharon Stone
Los Angeles, CA
Actor

Emeritus Directors

Hon. Julia Chang Bloch
Washington, DC
Former U.S. Ambassador to Nepal
Hon. Walter Mondale
Minneapolis, MN
Former Vice President
Kenneth Nebenzahl
Glencoe, IL
Rare book dealer, Author and Lecturer
Prabhakar Rana
Kathmandu, Nepal
Managing Director, Soaltee Group
James Whittaker
Port Townsend, WA
Mountaineer