Alison Davis
Executive Director
Prior to founding the MNC, Alison worked with students, alumni, and nonprofit organizations as the assistant director of the Public Management Program at Stanford Business School. Earlier in her career she administered an English teaching program in China as an associate director of Volunteers in Asia. She also taught English at an iron and steel institute in China and in public health offices in Indonesia. Her writing and editing experience includes revising two editions of the On-Your-Own Guide to Asia and jobs with community newspapers. Alison is a member of the Leadership Council of The 360 Group. She has an MBA and a BA in human biology from Stanford University and an MPS in communication arts from Cornell University.
Alexis Olian
Associate Director
Lexi Olian has worked with the MNC since 1995. She landed her first nonprofit job in high school as a YMCA camp counselor and hasn't looked back. She has traveled and worked extensively in Latin America with health education and human rights projects. On domestic soil, she has served in the role of Finance & Administration Director with the Central American Resource Center, Volunteers in Asia, and the Northern California Coalition for Immigrant Rights. She holds a Master's in Nonprofit Administration from the University of San Francisco and a BS in International Agricultural Development from U.C. Davis.
Leslie Linnebur
Associate, Career Jobs Program
Leslie Linnebur is a Bay Area visual artist with a background in fashion design who works in clay and encaustic. She also crafts theatre and stage designs, and constructs and designs interiors. An avid advocate for the arts for many years, she has served since 2000 as board chair and in a host of other capacities at The Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco’s oldest alternative art space. An active social justice and environmental champion, she has volunteered for non-profit organizations ranging from Amnesty International to The World Wildlife Fund. Leslie holds a BFA from Arizona State University’s Herberber College of the Arts.
Simeon Tauber
Information Systems Consultant