Bernadette Sangalang, David and Lucile Packard Foundation

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Bernadette Sangalang, David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Bernadette Sangalang is a program officer for the Children, Families, and

Communities (CFC) program. She is responsible for grantmaking in both the early

learning and children’s health portfolios, and also oversees evaluation and learning

across CFC. Bernadette has worked for nearly 20 years in support of children and

families, with a focus on evaluation and applied research. In this regard she has held

various positions, including consulting with foundations and nonprofits on

evaluation and research, and as evaluation director at a large community-based

health services nonprofit. She also previously served for four years as the evaluation

officer at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, working with program staff on

monitoring and evaluating grantmaking strategies. Bernadette has worked at

University of Hawaii, University of California at Berkeley, and University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill conducting applied research and evaluation in the areas of

maternal and child heath, child welfare, family well-being, and health and social

services for vulnerable children and families. Bernadette received her Ph.D. in social

work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and received postdoctoral

training in public health at the University of California at Berkeley. She also holds a

Master of Social Welfare from University of Washington and a Bachelor of Arts from

University of California at Berkeley.