What We Do
Cindy Baskin
Director of Operations and Special Projects
Cindy is responsible for providing administrative and managerial coordination and communication to the Executive Director for IFTF, Marina Gorbis. In addition, she serves as a communication bridge with internal and external stakeholders. She began her career at the Mayor’s Office of Protocol in San Francisco, which engages in diplomatic activities and civic event planning for the city. Next, she served as the Executive Assistant to Jennifer Siebel Newsom, where she helped see the creation of The Representation Project (formerly MissRepresentation.org)—a non-profit movement that seeks to transform culture through film and media content so everyone can fulfill their potential regardless of gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation, or circumstance.
Cindy graduated with honors from San Francisco State University with a B.A. in History and minor in Business Management. She also spent a year in the History and Politics program at Uppsala University in Sweden.