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.