Tanilee Eichelberger

About Tanilee Eichelberger

Impact driven finance professional serving international entities in the U.S, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe on effective financial planning and change management through partnerships, training, budgeting, financial analysis, controls and grants management for civic society organizations. Sector experience includes Global Health, Philanthropy, Education, and Technology.Tanilee has facilitated financial assessments and implemented capacity building trainings in ten countries across four continents on topics including business platforms, budgeting, forecasting, accounting systems, financial process, grants management, and compliance. She transitioned three complex international multi-entity organizations financial planning process to cloud based platforms including Adaptive Insights, Vena, and Oracle with positive user feedback on the tools resulting in an effective financial dashboard for executive decision making. In grants management, her portfolio of donors include USAID, NORAD, DFID, UNICEF, Gavi, CIFF, and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In the field of Philanthropy, she managed multi-million dollars of grant funds ensuring fiscal and legal accountability to IRS and funder standards. Tanilee is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles, Cum Laude and holds a Master in Public Administration with a focus on International Non-Profit Managment, and certificate in International Development Project Management from the Middlebury College. Fluent in English and Spanish, comprehension in Brazilian Portuguese.

Experience

1. Director of Finance

   Heising-Simons Foundation

   Feb 2025 — Present

   The Heising-Simons Foundation is a family foundation based in Los Altos and San Francisco, California. The Foundation works with its many partners to advance sustainable solutions in climate and clean energy, enable groundbreaking research in science, enhance the education of our youngest learners, and support human rights for all people. The Heising-Simons Foundation has awarded $1.2 billion dollars of awards since 2007.

Education

• UCLA

  Bachelor's degree, Cum Laude | Emma B. Kellar Scholarship

• Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

  Master's in Public Administration, International Non Profit Management, Streamlined 2 year MPA into 1.5 years | Full Scholarship Recipient

• Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

  Certificate, International Development Project Management