Management Team | About Us

Drummond Pike Founder and CEO, Tides Drummond Pike is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tides. Drummond helped pioneer the advent of donor advised funds in philanthropy and expanded the use of fiscal sponsorship as a tool to promote social change. Through his leadership, Tides has helped increase the capacity and effectiveness of thousands of social change organizations. Drummond was a founder and Associate Director of the Youth Project in Washington, DC, and served as Executive Director of the Shalan Foundation from 1976 to 1981. He was among the original founders of Working Assets, a telecommunications company dedicated to progressive philanthropy and political activism.
Carla Dartis Senior Vice President, Tides and Managing Director, Tides Center Carla Dartis is part of the executive team at Tides responsible for the integrated management of the Tides organizations. As Managing Director of Tides Center, Carla directs its operations, including fiscal sponsorship services, for more than 200 Tides Center projects. She has spent over 25 years in nonprofit management and economic development, providing support to vital nonprofit efforts. Before joining Tides, Carla was Vice President of Community Investment for the East Bay Community Foundation, and she has a list of other stellar accomplishments: Program Officer for Children, Families, and Communities at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation; Annie E. Casey Foundation Children and Families Leadership Fellow; Vice President for the Bank of America Community Development Bank; President of the Drew Economic Development Corporation; and Principal Loan Officer for the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development in Los Angeles. Carla is a member of First 5 California Commission and serves on the boards of the Zions Bank Community Investment Corporation and the Mercy Housing Loan Fund. She holds a BS in Public Administration from the University of Southern California.
Lori Eason Director of Finance As Director of Finance, Lori Eason leads Tides Center’s financial operations while contributing to the overall management and oversight of the organization. Lori comes to Tides Center from the Presidio Trust, where she was Assistant CFO and Controller. Prior to relocating from Washington, D.C. to the Bay Area, Lori served in various capacities at the U.S. Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Public Debt and Financial Management Service and at the Federal Financing Bank as Comptroller. During her tenure at the Treasury Department she earned the annual Secretary’s award and numerous other awards of distinction for outstanding achievement. Lori holds a BS in Accounting from West Virginia University.
Ellen Friedman Executive Vice President, Tides Ellen Friedman has been with Tides since 1987. As Executive Vice President, she is responsible for organizational operations and integrated management of the Tides organizations. Ellen is the founder and was the first Managing Director of Community Clinics Initiative, a partnership with Tides and The California Endowment working to strengthen community health centers throughout California. She brings a long history of advising individual donors on issues of philanthropic planning, violence against women, the Jewish community, and environmental issues. Before coming to Tides, Ellen served as a Program Officer at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in Los Angeles. She is a board member of New Field Foundation, Institute for Jewish Spirituality and the Family Violence Prevention Fund.
Farnaz Golshani Director of Programs and Services Farnaz Golshani joined Tides Center in March 2007. She has a very diverse background of experiences and skills ranging from teaching English and photography in the Los Angeles Unified School District, working as a visual artist, running youth development and gang prevention programs, and consulting to nonprofits and foundations. Most recently, Farnaz consulted to foundations through FSG Social Impact Advisors, a respected philanthropic consulting firm. Prior to moving to San Francisco in 2006, Farnaz was the Vice President of Programs at Chrysalis, an L.A.-based nonprofit that helps homeless individuals become self sufficient through employment opportunities. Farnaz holds a Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a BA in English and Fine Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Jane Levikow Director of External Relations Jane Levikow joined Tides Center in 1995. She has over twenty years of experience in providing strategic vision, leadership, and management to all aspects of nonprofit organizations. Before joining Tides Center she was a Sister of Social Service, a religious community of women dedicated to social justice, where she served as the social justice director. Jane has served on the board of directors and steering committees of the Peace and Justice Center of Southern California, Building Bridges/Out and Equal, and the Interfaith Task Force on Central America and Health Access, to name a few, and also volunteers for various AIDS charities and gay and lesbian organizations. Jane holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Lone Mountain University of San Francisco and an MA in Ethics from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology.