Aude leads Strategic Partnerships for Magnify Community, a time-limited philanthropic innovation lab catalyzing greater giving in Silicon Valley. She works to connect local nonprofits in Silicon Valley with high-capacity donors, directly or by cultivating relationships with other ecosystem players like community foundations, donor-supporting organizations, private banks, family offices and others.

Before joining Magnify Community, she served as the US Managing Director for the Epic Foundation, overseeing fundraising and grantmaking for its US portfolio, supporting disadvantaged youth. Prior to that, she worked within the nonprofit and social enterprise space in the US and Europe across a range of issue areas: supporting undocumented migrants, empowering women in the workplace and providing access to water in the Global South. 

Aude brings over a decade of experience advising individuals, foundations and corporations in their philanthropy, supporting high-performing nonprofits, and forming meaningful partnerships that support organizational growth and social responsibility in Europe and the US. She is involved in the Advisors in Philanthropy Bay Area Chapter, and holds a Master's Degree in Marketing, and an MBA from France's NEOMA Business School.

Sawako Sonoyama Clarin is Director of Partnerships and External Relations at Stanford PACS. She plays a leadership role in advancing the center’s mission through strategic partnerships, communications, and ongoing learning opportunities for scholars, practitioners and philanthropists, including our flagship event, the Philanthropy Innovation Summit. Prior to joining StanfordPACS, she was Senior Philanthropy Advisor at Silicon Valley Community Foundation and Director of Philanthropy Programs at the Global Philanthropy Forum.  

She brings nearly 15 years of experience in the philanthropy and nonprofit sector, including field experience in Ethiopia, Thailand and Chile. She cares deeply about creating positive and inclusive workplace culture, and has experience leading teams through organizational changes. 

Born in Japan, Sawako holds a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a bachelor’s degree in cultural anthropology and mathematics from UC Berkeley.

Maeve leads SVCF's supporting organization program, overseeing a portfolio of nearly fifteen robust philanthropic entities. She partners with this philanthropic community advising on board composition, grantmaking, impact investing, partner identification and ongoing governance matters. In 2020, SVCF's supporting organizations granted more than $100M to nonprofit organizations. A native New Yorker, Maeve also supports SVCF's east coast donors.

 Maeve has held several roles since joining SVCF in 2012, including serving as the Vice President of Corporate Responsibility where she led a department of professionals who advised more than 100 corporate clients on their global corporate responsibility efforts. Prior to joining SVCF, Maeve was a director at Changing Our World, a philanthropic consulting firm. She advised Fortune 500 companies on social impact strategies, cause marketing campaigns, strategic partnerships, employee engagement programs and community grantmaking. Before joining Changing Our World, Maeve was a senior manager at Walmart, where she managed the company’s $2 billion signature philanthropy campaign, including the management of a $20 million portfolio of grants focused on hunger relief. Maeve holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental analysis and policy from Boston University.