Eden Werring, Executive Director
Phone: 1-888-828-2502
Email: eden@tauckfoundation.org

In 2010, Eden was honored to become the first non-family Executive Director of the Tauck Foundation and work with three generations of the Tauck family. She brought fourteen years of experience with youth and leadership development, non-profit management, strategic planning, board and fund development, grantmaking, and family philanthropy. An advocate for arts education, Eden began her career working at the San Francisco Opera. She then spent ten years helping to build Summer Search, a non-profit that encourages low-income high school students to become altruistic leaders through ongoing mentoring, summer experiential education, college access, and an alumni support network. Eden served as Executive Director of Summer Search’s North San Francisco Bay office, Founder and Executive Director of the New York City office, and finally national Director of Strategic Partnerships. She then became Executive Director of Steamboat Foundation, a private foundation that invests in a summer fellowship for undergraduate leaders and makes grants in impoverished communities internationally. Eden has been certified as a trainer and consultant to multi-generational families by 21/64, a division of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies in New York. She is a member of the Hedge Fund Philanthropic Alliance and several other affinity groups for grantmakers in Connecticut. She is also a founding board member and Secretary of Edible Schoolyard NYC. Eden received her B.A. in English Literature from Yale University.

When not at work, Eden enjoys being with her family and friends, writing and reading, going to the opera and theater, singing, and gardening. Originally from Westport, Connecticut, she is pleased to be back in Fairfield County, living in Redding with her husband, son, daughter, a bunny, and some chickens.

Kendra St. John, Associate Director
Phone: 1-888-828-2503
Email: kendra@tauckfoundation.org

Kendra has worked with the Tauck family since 1986, when she began as a tour director for the family-run tour company, Tauck World Discovery. She later held positions managing tour directors, public relations and corporate giving before joining the Tauck Foundation in 2004.

Kendra graduated from Seattle Pacific University with majors in Communications and English. She has visited all 50 US states and approximately 40 countries, but is delighted to stay closer to home in Michigan most of the time now, with her husband and growing family.

Mirellise Vazquez,
Foundation Administrator
Phone: 1-866-828-2536
Email: mirellise@tauckfoundation.org

Mirellise joined the Tauck Foundation as Foundation Administrator in July 2010. She brings over ten years of professional experience in the public and non-profit sectors, including conducting advocacy on children and youth issues at the United Nations and Capitol Hill, as well as grant-making, procurement, and management of education-related programs as both a donor and grantee. She has a Master's Degree in Public Policy and International Affairs and a Certificate in Latin American Studies from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Bachelor's Degree in Government from Franklin and Marshall College.

Mirellise enjoys reading, writing, movies, volunteering locally, and traveling. She has traveled to over 30 countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Mirellise resides with her husband in Stamford, CT

PHONE NUMBERS

Eden – 1-888-828-2502
Kendra – 1-888-828-2503
Mirellise – 1-866-828-2536