Vice President for Development, Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Kendra Onishi serves as the Vice President for Development at Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the country's largest community foundation. At SVCF, she leads the Foundation's philanthropic partnership development efforts, providing customized strategy and guidance to individual donors, foundations, and corporate partners to help turn their philanthropic goals into transformational impact. She is responsible for expanding and refining the Foundation's philanthropic service offerings, building partnerships to multiply the Foundation's reach and impact, and elevating the visibility of SVCF as a comprehensive, world-class philanthropic enterprise and social change leader.

A trusted advisor to changemakers and mission-driven institutions, Onishi previously provided consulting services to foundations, nonprofits, and higher education institutions across a diverse range of service offerings, including organizational strategy, operational efficiency, program evaluation, financial management and compliance, and grant administration and design.