TWI operated with a staff of two co-executive directors working in close collaboration with a board of directors. This page reflects TWI’s leadership at the time of its closing in June 2022.
Our Staff
![john.2019.headshot-sm John Esterle co-executive director of the Whitman Institute, stands for a portrait on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in San Francisco. (Photo by Noah Berger)](https://thewhitmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/john.2019.headshot-sm-e1576697714512.jpg)
![JPEG image Pia Infante co-executive director of the Whitman Institute, stands for a portrait on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in San Francisco. (Photo by Noah Berger)](https://thewhitmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/JPEG-image-scaled-e1576531649838.jpeg)
Pia Infante
Co-Executive Director
View Pia's LinkedIn profile.
Follow her on Twitter at @PiaVision.
Posts by Pia
Our Trustees
![JBlandon Head Shot (small quare) whitman institute trustee jorge blandon](https://thewhitmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/JBlandon-Head-Shot-small-quare.jpg)
![_MG_1234 jamie allison-hope whitman institute](https://thewhitmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/MG_12341-e1438785246881.jpg)
Jamie Allison-Hope
Executive Director of the Walter & Elise Haas Fund
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![sonya childress small square whitman institute trustee sonya childress](https://thewhitmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/sonya-childress-small-square.jpg)
![shannon_farley Shannon Farley](https://thewhitmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/shannon_farley.png)
![vanessa-220x220 whitman institute trustee vanessa whang](https://thewhitmaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/vanessa-220x220.jpg)