About the Author

Saba Brelvi is program director for The California Wellness Foundation, assigned to the Foundation’s women’s health and diversity in the health professions issues. Her responsibilities include reviewing letters of interest and grant proposals and making funding recommendations related to those health issues. Before joining TCWF, Brelvi was director of health services for Huckleberry Youth Programs in San Francisco. Prior to that position, she worked as research and program associate for Grantmakers In Health and as program coordinator for Mission High School Health Center in San Francisco. Brelvi serves on the board of directors of Narika, a Berkeley, Calif.-based domestic violence agency serving South Asian women. Brelvi earned a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a bachelor’s degree in community health from Brown University.

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Reflections: December 2005 • Volume 7 • No. 2

Reflections is a series produced by The California Wellness Foundation to share lessons learned and information gleaned from its grantmaking practices and strategies. This document and others in the series are available on the Internet at www.tcwf.org.

The following previous issues of Reflections can be accessed at www.tcwf.org in the Publications section:

• “Reflections On Our First Initiatives”
• “Reflections On the Impact of Devolution on California”
• “Reflections On the Connections Between Work and Health”
• “Reflections On Strategic Grantmaking”
• “Reflections On Capacity Building”
• “Reflections On Sustainability”
• “Reflections On Public Policy Grantmaking”
• “Reflections On Communications Strategies That Accent Grantees”
• “Reflections On The Safety Net: A Case for Core Support”
• “Reflections On Evaluating Our Grants”
• “Reflections On The Violence Prevention Initiative”
• “Reflections On Leadership - The California Peace Prize”

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