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 Nepal Country Office (NCO).

San Francisco Office

Senior Director of Program

Betsy Horan

Program & Finance Director

Sarah Bakker

Director of Operations

Rosalinda Garciacano

Finance & Administrative Assistant

Nepal Country Office

Charu Pradhan

Nepal Country Director

Tshering Lama

Associate Field Director

Pema Chhiring Lama

Finance Officer

Sradha Tamrakar

Administrative Assistant

Bal Krishna Parajuli

Comptroller

Raju Maharjan

Transportation and Logistics

Yangchen Lama

Administrative and Program Associate

Board of Directors

Jon Krakauer
AHF Chairman
At Large
Author and Climber
Bernard Osher
AHF Vice Chairman
San Francisco, CA
Private Investor
Michael Klein
AHF Secretary
Washington, DC
Founder & Chairman CoStar Group, Gun Violence Archive
Louis F. Reichardt, PhD
AHF Treasurer
San Francisco, CA
Professor Emeritus, UCSF
Conrad Anker
Bozeman, MT
Climber
Heidi Blum
Switzerland
Skier, Designer, Entrepreneur
Ambassador Peter W. Bodde
Baltimore, MD
Retired Ambassador
David Bonderman
Ft. Worth, TX
Chairman, TPG
Christopher Hest
California
Nonprofit Executive
Peter Hillary
Auckland, New Zealand
Author, Climber
Seth Hufstedler
Los Angeles, CA
Attorney
Eileen Mariano
San Francisco, CA
Policy Advisor
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
Nicole Shanahan
California
Philanthropist, Founder & President of Bia Echo Foundation
James Simons
New York, NY
President, Euclidean Capital LLC

Emeritus Directors

Hon. Julia Chang Bloch
Washington, DC
Former U.S. Ambassador to Nepal
James Whittaker
Port Townsend, WA
Mountaineer