Rochelle Witharana is the Chief Financial Officer for The California Wellness Foundation. She joined Cal Wellness in 2015 as Controller and was appointed as the Foundation’s CFO in 2019. She is responsible for managing the Foundation’s accounting and investment functions, including a $1 billion endowment, and investing these resources in ways that are aligned with and advance the Foundation’s health equity mission and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. During her tenure as CFO, Witharana has expanded and managed the Foundation’s Program Related Investment portfolio and implemented a Mission Related Investment framework that scores potential investments for impact and manager diversity. As a result, 70 percent of the Foundation’s assets are invested with diverse investment managers.