Francesca Vietor

Board Member

Board member since 2023

Francesca Vietor is a third-generation San Franciscan with Italian roots. She has spent her career working in nonprofits, city government, and philanthropy on social justice and environmental issues.

Francesca’s nonprofit service includes leadership positions at Rainforest Action Network, Greenpeace and Chez Panisse Foundation, and she has served as a director on many nonprofit boards. Francesca has served as president of the Urban Forest Council, president of San Francisco’s Commission on the Environment and president of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. She is currently Senior Advisor on the Environment at the San Francisco Foundation, where she works to advance racial, economic and environmental equity, and she is the Vice Chair of the California State Parks Commission, where she works to advance Outdoor Access for All and has made a public commitment to visit every one of our 280 California State Parks.

Francesca is very excited to be joining the CE Board and wants to bring the same passion and dedication to CE and its amazing artists that she brings to protecting the planet and serving the community.