Berit Ashla is Director of Philanthropy for Fremont Group, a San Francisco based family office, designing the family’s integrated philanthropy practice. Prior to joining Fremont, Berit led Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ West Coast advisory office managing client engagements with individual, family foundation, and corporate donors. She holds a wealth of experience in grantmaking, foundation governance, education, social justice, arts, and sustainability.
As Senior Advisor at the Tides Foundation, Berit led donor engagement, grantmaking, and fund development activities, and managed the Threshold Foundation. She was the Philanthropic Director of Foundation Source, and she served as Executive Director of the David Brower Center, an innovative arts and sustainability center. Earlier in her career, Berit worked at the Marin Community Foundation, KQED Public Television, and the UN Environment Program in Paris, France.
Berit has a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College and currently serves on the boards of Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), the Institute for the Future, and the Center for Social Sector Leadership (CSSL) at Haas School of Business. In past years, Berit served on the boards of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Berkeley Rep, Nia Community Fund, the Schott Foundation for Public Education, the Abundance Foundation, Mal Warwick/Donor Digital, the Downtown Berkeley Association, and Ecole Bilingue, the French American School of Berkeley.