Arpana Vidyarthi

CHAIR | She/Her/Hers

Arpana Vidyarthi is a Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). For over 20 years, Arpana has worked in San Francisco and Singapore practicing medicine while teaching clinical skills, system change, and leadership. Arpana’s service includes strategic advising to Healing WELL, who promote wellness to residents of SF’s Tenderloin district and high school student leadership training for OneProsper International, an organization that aims to end female illiteracy in India. She also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee for the Drew School in San Francisco, and previously at the Singapore American School. Arpana attended Macalester College where she studied Ethnic Relations. She graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed her residency at Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, and fellowship in Hospital Medicine and Clinical Research at UCSF. She holds an Executive Masters in Change from INSEAD. Arpana, with her husband Rajiv and daughters Anaiya and Nika, enjoy travel, tennis, and scuba diving.

Tina Chang

VIce CHAIR | She/Her/Hers

Tina Chang Funai has dedicated her career to shaping spaces, neighborhoods, and cities with a deep commitment to inclusive transformation. Her belief that the built environment should serve and uplift communities aligns closely with the mission of the Homeless Prenatal Program—a nationally recognized organization that empowers women and families to break the cycle of poverty.

Currently a Partner at Associate Capital, Tina leads the design and development of the 29-acre Dogpatch Power Station, a transformative mixed-use waterfront community in San Francisco. Her work is driven by a belief that development is about more than brick and mortar—it’s about creating places that improve the lives of those who inhabit them.

Prior to joining Associate Capital, Tina spent nearly a decade in public service. She served as a Senior Planner with the San Francisco Planning Department, managing complex entitlement projects, and earlier in her career, master-planned U.S. Naval installations in the Middle East and Washington, D.C. region with the U.S. Navy.

Tina holds a Master of City and Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in International Development Studies from UCLA. She previously served as a commissioner for the San Francisco Board of Appeals and is honored to contribute her time, experience and perspectives as a member of the Board of the Homeless Prenatal Program, advancing its mission to create lasting change for vulnerable families in the city she helps shape.

Emily Reuter

Treasurer | She/Her/Hers

Emily Reuter is Uber’s Mobility CFO, overseeing the finance team for the company’s rides business. Previously, Emily served as the company’s head of investor relations, where she was responsible for all external investor communications. Prior to that, Emily drove initiatives in capital markets – including leading Uber’s IPO process, M&A, business development, project management and business operations / analytics. Prior to Uber, Emily spent time in strategy and management consulting, private equity and corporate strategy. She earned her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and her BA from Yale University.

Psyche Philips

SECRETARY | She/Her/Hers

Psyche Philips believes that to end poverty and homelessness we must start with thoughtful, respectful interventions that promote generational growth and healing. As a nurse practitioner in San Francisco, she provides direct care to some of the city’s most vulnerable residents and has often referred patients to the Homeless Prenatal Program. In addition to her service on the HPP board, she serves as secretary for the California Association of Nurse Practitioners San Francisco chapter. She holds a BA from Smith College and a Master of Science in Nursing from Yale University. When she is not seeing patients or volunteering her time, she enjoys exploring the outdoors with her family, global travel, and finding new ways to build community.

Kian Alavi

Board Member | he/him/his

Kian Alavi is the CEO and co-founder of Mazlo, a fintech building specialized financial services for the nonprofit sector. Previously, Kian served as the Deputy Director for the Good Samaritan Family Resource Center, where he was responsible for building operational excellence, ensuring high-quality, data-driven, and financially sustainable programs, and managing cross-departmental functions, including technology, strategy, development, and talent development. In the last decade, he has served in various community posts including committee member of the Mayor’s Children and Families Pandemic Recovery Task Force, represented the Mission District on the Transportation Authority’s Citizen Advisory Committee, and co-chaired the Children and Youth Fund Service Providers Working Group. He is a recipient of the Jefferson Award for Community Service and a YBCA 100 honoree. He earned his BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara. 

Mandela SH Dixon

Board Member | she/her/hers

As a mother, community builder, equity advocate, and Bay Area resident, Mandela deeply resonates with HPP's mission. Mandela comes to HPP from the Silicon Valley tech industry, where she has served as a founder, operator, investor, and CEO of two of the most prominent organizations focused on creating a more equitable startup ecosystem: All Raise and Founder Gym. For over 13 years, Mandela has pioneered solutions that close gaps of access, opportunity, and outcome for historically under-resourced groups, and she is passionate about empowering others to participate in the innovation and wealth-generating tech economy. Mandela has a Bachelor's Degree in Intercultural Communications, a Masters Degree in Education and Administration & Policy, and she was a PhD candidate in Urban Schooling at UCLA. Mandela has served as a member of the Sequoia Capital and First Round Capital scout and angel investor communities, and she has been named Entrepreneur magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women, Forbes' Women to Watch, and LinkedIn's Top 10 Voices in Venture Capital and Startups. Mandela is currently the Executive Coach to several high-performing tech CEOs, founders, and non-profit leaders, and her favorite pastime is enjoying new experiences with her family and friends.

Tamera Fillinger

Board Member | she/her/hers

Tamera Fillinger is inspired by HPP’s mission to empower low-income and homeless pregnant women and families. A lawyer and consultant, she has devoted her career to supporting social impact organizations like HPP around the world. Tamera lived and worked for over 20 years in Asia and Africa. In Nairobi and Jakarta, she served as regional legal advisor to USAID’s development and humanitarian assistance programs. In Beijing, she led a foundation focused on expanding healthcare access for low-wage women and their children. In Singapore, she founded a legal clinic for migrant workers. She also taught at leading law schools in both Singapore and Beijing. Tamera began her legal career in the China practice at Paul, Weiss in New York and now advises nonprofits on governance, compliance, and strategy from her home base in the Bay Area. Tamera received her law degree from UCLA and her BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She loves hiking and exploring with family and friends.

Iris J. Fluellen

BoaRD MEMBER | She/Her/Hers

Iris Fluellen is a San Francisco Bay Area native with 30+ years of experience in nonprofit management, almost 20 as a development professional. She has worked for a variety of organizations including, the Asian Art Museum, the Nature Conservancy, UC Berkeley, the Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD), Alive & Free/Omega Boys Club, the Public Policy Institute of California, and the San Francisco Parks Alliance. Recently retired from the San Francisco – Marin Food Bank, after directing their Capital Campaign and Institutional Giving, she is now fundraising consulting. 

She has served on the boards of the Golden Gate Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, SOMArts Cultural Center and RAWdance, a contemporary dance company. 

She’s a UC Berkeley graduate, with a Political Science degree and Social Sciences Teaching Credential. She resides in San Francisco’s Noe Valley, is a voracious reader, loves film, taking dance classes, cooking to her heart’s content and traveling. 

Dara Landa

Board Member | She/Her/Hers

Believing in the lasting impact of empowering mothers and families, Dara Landa is proud to be part of the HPP board. Dara has built her career around understanding client needs and designing and marketing solutions to meet those needs. She is currently with JPMorgan Chase, and has previous experience at First Republic Bank, BlackRock, and Microsoft. After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, Dara spent five years in Brussels, Belgium where she consulted with major consumer packaged goods companies on new product initiatives in more than 20 countries. Dara lives in San Francisco, where she can be found on many adventures in and around the city with her husband and two children.

Deepa Reddy

Board Member | She/Her/Hers

Deepa Reddy is a Director for Google Shopping, overseeing Chief of Staff, Strategy, Program Management, and Compliance. Previously, she led product strategy and operations, competitive intelligence, and sales go-to-market teams. Prior to Google, she spent over a decade in management consulting, driving growth and profitability for retail and consumer businesses. Deepa is passionate about HPP’s mission and began volunteering with HPP in 2015 shortly after becoming a new mother herself. She holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and a BA in Economics from Vanderbilt University. Deepa, her husband, and two daughters live in Sausalito and enjoy hiking, skiing, cooking, and traveling.