Samantha Retamar

Samantha manages digital communications and social media for the Foundation. Her role focuses on supporting digital storytelling and developing/implementing social media strategy across WPF's five grantmaking programs. She is also responsible for the leading the Foundation's email marketing efforts and website management. 

Prior to joining the Foundation, Samantha served as public relations associate for Philabundance, one of the largest hunger relief organizations in the Delaware Valley. While there, she supported the organization’s communications efforts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, led media relations during President Biden’s visit to the food bank and executed the communications strategy for the Philabundance Community Kitchen’s new state-of-the-art facility. She also worked as NBC10 and Telemundo62’s community affairs coordinator and served as an AmeriCorps member through City Year Philadelphia.

Samantha earned her B.A. in Mass Communications with a minor in International Studies from the University of South Florida. She is a sister of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc., and served as president for the Alpha Nu Alumnae Chapter in Philadelphia from 2020-2021. When she’s not in the office, Samantha enjoys taking her rescue pup Oliver on walks through Tacony Creek Park and the Schuylkill River Trail and attending concerts and musicals.