Ethan supports the Foundation’s Environment + Climate and San Francisco initiatives through cross-functional work spanning strategy, research, grantmaking, and operations. His role includes contributing to research and evaluation efforts, supporting strategic initiatives, and helping coordinate work across programmatic and organizational priorities.

Before joining the Pisces Foundation, Ethan conducted nutrition policy research at the University of California, Davis, focused on enacted and potential legislation. In this role, he prepared research deliverables, conducted data analysis, managed a team of research assistants, and presented research findings at conferences. He also served as a Graduate Student Instructor for a graduate-level epidemiology course at the University of California, Berkeley.

Ethan holds a B.S. in global public health & food studies from New York University and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition, with a concentration in epidemiology, from the University of California, Berkeley. Outside of work, Ethan can be found hiking around the Bay Area and in the Sierra, visiting San Francisco’s newest coffee shops, baking sourdough bread, and spending time with friends.