Julieta Mendez is program officer for the International Community Foundation, in charge of the due diligence and oversight of the Foundation's grantmaking. Her responsibilities entail working closely with grantees and donors to ensure the highest level of transparency and help improve the grantmaking process.  Mendez also manages the Foundation's programs in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico and is working to increase the Foundation's support of nonprofits in this region.

Ms. Mendez graduated with a Masters degree in international development with a focus on Latin America from the Graduate School of International Relations/Pacific Studies (IR/PS), at the University of California San Diego. In March of 2006, she was recognized as an Emerging Leader fellow by the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society based at the City University of New York; where she explored ways in which U.S. community foundations are partnering with Mexican immigrant grassroots organizations to better serve the changing American community. She is co-author of the study “Corporate Giving Trends in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region”, an initiative led by the Border Philanthropy Partnership that explores maquiladora philanthropic trends in the border region.  She holds a B.A. in Business Economics and Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.