President, Management

The Pisces Foundation enters its next chapter as a respected philanthropic partner, convener, and catalyst, with a strong reputation, engaged trustees, a talented team, and a distinctive approach to advancing environmental progress and strengthening San Francisco. As the Foundation launches an updated strategy that includes expanded grantmaking in San Francisco, the next President will have the opportunity to help shape its future while preserving the collaborative spirit, entrepreneurial mindset, and commitment to impact that have defined Pisces since its founding.

Working closely with Trustees Randi and Bob Fisher, the President will serve as a trusted advisor, strategic partner, and organizational leader. They will guide the Foundation’s continued evolution, expand its impact to new priorities, and build an impactful role within the philanthropic ecosystem in San Francisco. The President will advance collaboration, identify emerging opportunities, build influential partnerships, and create meaningful pathways for engagement across grantees, partners, and family members.

After more than a decade of effort to contribute to a world in which people and nature thrive together, the President will ensure the success of the Foundation’s updated 2.0 strategy focused on advancing environmental solutions and supporting San Francisco. Both goals are pursued through one coordinated strategy that is grounded in the belief that complex challenges require systemic solutions. The Foundation seeks to catalyze progress by investing in leaders, fostering aligned collaboration, and strengthening fields capable of driving lasting change.

Internally, the President will have the opportunity to lead a talented and mission-driven organization through a period of stability. By fostering trust, continuing to empower staff, and identifying new opportunities, they will help Pisces build on its reputation as an effective, agile, and high-performing organization with a deeply relational culture. They will also model the collaboration across the Foundation and within the broader Fisher family office and philanthropic ecosystem that the Foundation seeks to support in its program initiatives.

As the President joins the Foundation, they will have both significant existing assets to work with and unusual creative opportunity to explore. The President will have the benefits of the Foundation’s reputation as a thought leader and innovative grantmaker, as well as a network of local, national, and global relationships. With the generative opportunity to guide the implementation of a cutting-edge strategy and new initiatives, they will partner with the trustees to explore expanding the Foundation’s platform to support the next chapter of Fisher family philanthropy.

Ultimately, this is an opportunity for a values-driven leader to steward a foundation with outsized influence and significant aspirations, meaningfully expand its impact today, and position Pisces to continue to help shape solutions to some of society’s most complex challenges and grow its impact for years to come.

The Pisces Foundation strengthens the collaborations and shared capacity that helps people, communities, and nature thrive.

How do we match the accelerating pace and scale of urban, environmental, and climate challenges today? Progress depends not only on strong organizations and effective strategies; unlocking complex challenges requires collaborative action. In turn, those collaborations require a shared vision, alignment, and the dedicated support and shared tools that strengthen changemakers individually and…