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Angie Hong formerly served as program coordinator for the National Center for Family Philanthropy, where she supported the development and organization of programs, services, and strategies that advance the practice of family philanthropy. Angie previously served in a variety of international development positions in Uganda and Nicaragua where she assisted with alternative care for children and health development. Before this, Read More

Jean Whitney, Principal, has more than 30 years of experience in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector.  Her work with families, individuals and foundations has broadly focused on helping them to implement best practices in charitable giving.  This has included a range of services, from providing advice on grant making basics, strategy, governance and succession to researching nonprofit organizations and performing Read More

Sylvia Mei-ling Yee is Vice President of Programs at the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, a family foundation in San Francisco that makes $30 million in grants annually. She played a key role in the selection and development of the Fund’s education equity, nonprofit leadership, gay and lesbian and immigrant rights programs. A community leader committed to social change, Read More

Caren Yanis joined Crown Family Philanthropies (CFP) at the beginning of 2009. As the first professional, non-family leader, her role includes managing organizational growth, engaging three generations of family members in philanthropic activities, and guiding strategic initiatives. CFP’s work in Chicago includes education, health, human services, and environment initiatives. Additionally CFP has a focus on Jewish issues in the US Read More

Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff is the Co-Anchor and Managing Editor of the PBS NewsHour with Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff. She has covered politics and other news for more than three decades at CNN, NBC and PBS. For 12 years, Woodruff served as anchor and senior correspondent for CNN, where her duties included anchoring the weekday program, “Inside Politics.” At Read More

Lowell Weiss is President of Cascade Philanthropy Advisors, Inc., where he provides personalized guidance to foundations and individual donors seeking to deepen their impact, with services ranging from designing new initiatives to implementing focused advocacy efforts to engaging next-generation family members. Previously, he served in a leadership role at one of the world’s foremost change-making institutions, the Bill & Melinda Read More

Maria Lopez Vento is Vice President of Programs and Partnerships at the Helen Bader Foundation. A Foundation team member since our first year of operation, Maria provides strategic guidance to program staff working on aging, employment, youth, and other key program interests. In addition, she directs various Foundation efforts to enhance Milwaukee education, bring arts to underserved audiences, and support Read More

Jackie VanderBrug is a Senior Vice President in the Portfolio Analytics, consulting and Institutional Group at U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. She is responsible for formulating and developing the firm’s values based investing strategy as well as the product offerings across asset classes that align with our client’s objectives. Prior to joining U.S. Trust, Jackie was Managing Read More

Lucas St. Clair was born and raised into a subsistence living family in the North Woods of Maine. He had no running water and no electricity for most of his child hood. He left that lifestyle to attend a boarding school in the Western Mountains of Maine. He went on to study aboard and pursued a Culinary Arts degree at Read More

Tom Tierney is a recognized leader in serving the nonprofit sector. In 1999, he co-founded The Bridgespan Group, an independent, nonprofit organization that collaborates with mission-driven leaders and organizations to help accelerate social impact. During 2000, he stepped down as Bain & Company’s chief executive to concentrate solely on Bridgespan- related activities. Tom frequently speaks and writes on a variety Read More