Staff

Erica Hunt
President
Prior to becoming the President of The Twenty-First Century Foundation, Ms. Hunt was a Senior Program Officer at the New World Foundation, a national foundation supporting social justice and equal opportunity. Ms. Hunt’s professional involvement in philanthropy includes past and present committee service and board leadership of the National Network of Grantmakers, the Association of Black Foundation Executives, the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers and the Southern Funders Group. She is a member of the Board of the National Center for Black Philanthropy. She sits on the Board of the National Center for Black Philanthropy, a member of the Executive Committee the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, a member of the Coalition for New Philanthropy in New York Advisory Council—National Center for Family Philanthropy, and she serves on the National Advisory Committee—New Ventures in Philanthropy which builds knowledge about growing new giving. She participates in a number of professional networks including, Changemakers, a group that explores new models of community based philanthropy, and the Partnership for African American Endowment Development. A Past Fellow in the Duke University/University of Capetown Center for Leadership and Public Values. She is also the Author numerous articles on black philanthropy, essays and three volumes.

Alexandra Rojas
Director of Administration
Alexandra Rojas has more than 15 years experience in nonprofit management, grants management, and curriculum development. Prior to joining the Twenty-First Century Foundation as Director of Administration, Ms. Rojas co-founded and served as director of Youth Unlimited, a citywide youth leadership program of the Citizens Committee for New York City that sought to place local young leaders in positions of leadership in their communities. Ms. Rojas prior experience also includes designing and implementing training programs to build the capacity of local institutions (e.g., schools) to increase youth participation in such areas as health, economics, government, education and community spirit. Ms. Rojas also consulted with other national foundations and organizations in completing research to support reconnaissance activities to inform institution and field building program models. A native of the Dominican Republic and current resident of the Bronx, Ms. Rojas received her Masters of Science in Non-Profit Management from the Robert J. Milano School of Management and Urban Policy, New School for Social Research.

Rev. John H. Vaughn
Program Director
Rev. John Vaughn currently serves as the program director for The Twenty-First Century Foundation (21CF). He is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation and evaluation of the Foundation’s grantmaking and overall program work as it seeks to support systemic change within the US Black community. Before coming to 21CF, Rev. Vaughn served as the Executive Director of the Peace Development Fund (PDF) which provides funding, training and technical assistance for grassroots peace and justice organizing. Rev. Vaughn is an ordained minister in the American Baptist Church.