Our Team

Susan is a longtime educator with over 20 years of experience as a K–5 teacher, librarian, and adult literacy tutor. She serves as a Maine Public Trustee and sits on the Advisory Board for Pluralsight One. In addition to board service, Susan volunteers at the local public library and leads invasive plant surveys on nearby ponds. In the summer, you can find her paddleboarding on Maine lakes with her dog, Mia, and cross-country skiing those same lakes in the winter. 

Fritz is a cofounder of Pluralsight, an enterprise technology skills platform, where he served as chief content officer from 2008 to 2014. Fritz received his B.A. from Harvard University and his M.S. in computer science from the University of California, Irvine. In his spare time, he enjoys playing his octave mandolin and cycling on the back roads of Maine.

Alene Onion is an aquatic ecologist in New York, focused on water-quality monitoring and management. Alene was born and raised in Maine and regularly visits a family-owned camp in Mt. Vernon. Beyond water-quality monitoring, her interests include cross-country skiing, windsurfing, and cooking with her family.

Diana is the inaugural executive director of the Onion Foundation. Previously, she founded and directed the Baltimore, Maryland, office of the Open Society Foundations, served as the first executive director of the Blaustein Philanthropic Group, and was a program officer at the Ford Foundation, working nationally and internationally. Diana has also assisted philanthropies and nonprofit organizations in strategic planning and executive searches. She has an A.B. from Smith College and a J.D. from Boston University and undertook graduate studies in cultural anthropology at Princeton. Diana serves on the boards of Salt Bay Chamberfest and Healthcare for the Homeless and provides pro bono legal counseling to immigrants. Diana and her husband have two grown girls and all love to rendezvous on the Maine Coast for kayaking, hiking, and ambitious cooking.

Roz is the environment program officer at the Onion Foundation. She previously served as senior program officer at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation where she oversaw community grantmaking in the Piscataqua region and environmental grantmaking statewide. Roz has also worked as senior program manager at Cities of Service, a nonprofit that supported municipal governments in their citizen engagement programs, and program officer at the Helmsley Charitable Trust, where she oversaw place-based grantmaking for environmental conservation. Roz lives in Southern Maine, where she enjoys winter beach walks and kayaking with the tide on the river.

Nat is the arts program officer at the Onion Foundation and a founding board member of Common Field and the Hewnoaks Artist Colony. He previously served as the first executive director of SPACE in Portland, Maine, where he established The Kindling Fund, supporting individual artist grantees. Nat has worked with or advised numerous local and national arts organizations, such as the National Endowment for the Arts, Creative Capital, Americans for the Arts, the Alliance of Artist Communities, the Portland Museum of Art, Maine College of Art, and Indigo Arts Alliance. In addition to his interest in the arts, Nat worked with Portland Food Co-op to plan and open its retail location and has trained as a Master Gardener Volunteer.

Sally is the grants and office administrator at the Onion Foundation. She previously held positions at 317 Main Community Music Center, Portland Museum of Art, and Port City Studios. She’s volunteered extensively, including at the Maine Women's Lobby, Portland Buy Local (as a founding board member), Maine Craft Association, Portland Public Art Committee, and Treehouse Institute. She currently serves on the board of the Maine Women's Lobby Education Fund. Sally recently moved to the mountains from Portland after living there for almost 20 years. She's excited to get outside and explore this beautiful corner of Maine! 

Holly Taylor (she/they) is the Program Associate at the Onion Foundation. An arts administrator, movement artist, and educator, Holly has held positions at Creative Portland (ME), FirstWorks (RI), and collaborated with performance, dance education, and public art groups throughout New England. Holly received a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University and an M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU Tisch.