FSG

June 11, 2021
FSG is a mission-driven consulting firm. We are experienced advisors to corporate, foundation, and nonprofit/NGO leaders. Through our combination of customized consulting services, powerful insights, and ground-breaking initiatives, we help clients around the world create social impact. We develop and share ideas and insights that we believe have the power to change the world. While we are most well-known for Read More

Zoe True

June 10, 2021
At iF, Zoë untangles complex evidence to inform strategy and solve problems in social impact. She came to Seattle to attend the Evans School of Public Policy at the UW, earning an MPA in 2015. Before Seattle, she served in the US Peace Corps in Morocco where she led a youth health-education club and women’s empowerment conferences. Prior to the Read More

Debi Blizard

June 10, 2021
Leading iF’s Social Impact practice, Debi is passionate about helping organizations translate good intentions into meaningful actions that have a positive impact. She draws from 15 years experience in consumer research, strategic consulting and human-centered design working with mission-driven organizations like: GM, Google Education, Patagonia, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Walton Enterprise. Debi has led projects across Read More

Barbara Randell

June 9, 2021
FIG is dedicated to the art of developing authentic, meaningful business relationships that lead to success, both professionally and personally. It is passion project of founder and president (Barbara) Randell. In the 15 years Randell worked as a legal “headhunter,” she noticed a dramatic and alarming trend: people seemed to be losing the ability and skill to pursue, develop, and Read More

Lisa Spalding

June 8, 2021
Lisa Spalding works with TPI clients to increase the impact of their giving through strategic planning, facilitation, social issues research, and design and evaluation of philanthropic strategies and initiatives. She is a seasoned facilitator and convener, having led retreats and trainings for a wide range of foundations around the country focused on strategic planning, succession, governance, and evaluation. She has Read More

John Esterle

June 3, 2021
Prior to his current role as Trustee and Co-Executive Director, John began working at The Whitman Institute in 1988 as a Research Associate. In 1999, he became TWI’s Executive Director. In 2004, following the death of TWI’s Founder, Fred Whitman, John led TWI’s transition from an operating to a grantmaking foundation. The former board president of Philanthropy for Active Civic Read More

Joe Del Guercio

June 3, 2021
Joe Del Guercio is President and Chief Executive Officer of the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation. With nearly two decades of experience in venture capital and private equity, Joe brings an investor’s sensibility to his role. He leads strategic direction for the Foundation and works closely with grantees, staff and the Board of Directors to ensure alignment between Read More

Teri Behrens

June 1, 2021
Teri Behrens joined the Johnson Center in 2009 and currently serves as the executive director. She is also the founder and editor-in-chief of The Foundation Review, the peer-reviewed journal on philanthropy published quarterly by the center. Teri is focused on embedding equity in the center’s work, building bridges between funders and nonprofits, and creating new career pathways in the sector. Previously, Teri Read More

Anthony Richardson

June 1, 2021
Anthony Richardson became president of The George Gund Foundation in 2022. Prior to joining the Foundation, he served as executive director of The Nord Family Foundation in Amherst, OH, where he previously served as an associate director and program officer. Before working in philanthropy, Anthony held positions in the private sector, K-12 education, higher education, and government. In 2011, he Read More

Sharon Shapiro

May 26, 2021
Sharon Shapiro has been an active member of the Greater Boston Philanthropic community for many years. Her current projects reflect her family’s deep commitment to promoting disability inclusion in the Jewish community. She is also passionate about teaching teens about philanthropy – serving on the Jewish Teen Foundation of Greater Boston (TFGB). Sharon has made major contributions to inclusive Jewish Read More