Johnny Falla

As Associate Program Officer, Johnny Falla works with the Skoll Foundation’s Program and Impact team on grantmaking and partner relationships.

Johnny recently graduated from Stanford University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations and was the first student to complete a minor in social innovation. While at Stanford, he served as President of the Future Social Innovators Network (FUSION) for two years, the country’s first undergraduate student interest group in social entrepreneurship, and he helped advocate for social innovation as an area of concentration at the university. Working with FUSION, Johnny focused on building the next generation of social entrepreneurs across schools at Stanford by opening up new opportunities for students to explore the field while sustaining and growing the organization.

Johnny originally came to the Skoll Foundation as an intern in 2005, after being awarded a Sand Hill Fellowship in Philanthropy through the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford. The experience allowed him to explore the greater funding community of the Bay Area along with nine other fellows who were placed at neighboring foundations as part of the joint program.