Welcoming New Staff

We’re excited to introduce three new team members who have joined us this summer, seasoned leaders who are helping us expand and deepen our power building and climate and economic justice grantmaking and supporting our organizational growth and fundraising. We’re hiring one more senior program officer in the Atlantic Coast region to fill out the team. Visit our careers page to learn more.

Simone Evans, Executive Assistant

Simone (she/her) is an executive assistant, alignment strategist, and accomplice to women and BIPOC leaders in the social justice, philanthropy, and DEI sectors. She brings over a decade of administrative expertise to her role as the executive assistant at the Hive Fund. Her ultimate goal is to support freedom fighters with administrative tasks, organizational planning, and achieving strategic life-work harmony by finding the balance between advancing the movement and radical self-love and care. 

Leticia Rojas, Gulf South Program Officer 

Leticia (she/her) is a movement strategist co-conspiring with BIPOC communities to fight oppressive forces and build power towards a just transition. Prior to joining Hive, she spent several years moving hearts and minds and securing policy wins through communications strategy, leaning into the digital space to amplify the work of progressive organizations, leaders, and political candidates in her home state of Texas. Leticia holds a master’s degree in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College. 

Vanessa Toro Barragán, Senior Program Officer, Climate and Economic Justice, Gulf South

Vanessa (she/they, ella/elle) is a visionary leader, strategist, and change shaper with proven experience leading diverse groups through obstacles to reach meaningful outcomes. Most recently, they established and facilitated the work of the Harris County Community Flood Resilience Task Force, a community advisory group, which won an equitable funding framework for the County to prioritize the allocation of $840M towards infrastructure projects that tackle historical disinvestment.