Cher-Wen DeWitt

Biography

Cher-Wen is Segal Family Foundation’s Director of Partnerships. She leads the foundation's work engaging peers in the funding community to advance its mission of building an equitable community of donors and doers, committed to working in true partnership.

Following the completion of her undergraduate studies in neuroscience at Oberlin College, Cher-Wen was a 2010-2011 Global Health Corps fellow and held the role of Country Director for FACE AIDS, a program of Partners In Health in Rwanda, delivering youth-focused community health education and support services to people living with HIV. She continued her career in Rwanda with One Acre Fund for several years, managing the logistics team responsible for last-mile delivery of agricultural products across the country. In 2015, she transitioned to an international role on One Acre Fund’s microfinance partnerships team, building a coalition of microfinance practitioners providing services to smallholder farmers. Prior to joining SFF, Cher-Wen worked as the Director of Operations for Flippable, an organization working to flip state governments and center pro-democracy issues through the targeted allocation of grassroots dollars to political campaigns.