Molly Lyons

September 11, 2023
Molly Lyons is the senior director of communications at the National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) where she leads the marketing and communications team in providing members and the field with clear and compelling information that helps them more effectively create the impact they seek.  An experienced content creator and strategist, Molly has spent more than 25 years helping others Read More

Yvonne Belanger

September 8, 2023
Yvonne Belanger is the Director of Learning & Evaluation, leading Barr’s efforts to gauge its impact and support ongoing learning—and application of that learning—among staff, grantees and the fields in which we work. Yvonne came to Barr in September 2017 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As Senior Program Officer for Measurement and Evaluation on its Postsecondary Success team, Read More

Brenda Solorzano

September 8, 2023
Change maker, believer in the power of community, driver of innovation and learning and always makes time for play. Brenda has spent her career working for good in the philanthropic world on issues related to health policy, the health care safety net and community health issues affecting vulnerable populations. She is a strategy, evaluation, program and grant making guru with Read More

Arturo Garcia

September 8, 2023
Arturo (Art) Garcia is a strategic learning and evaluation officer at The Kresge Foundation. Art supports the foundation’s program and practice teams by developing and refining strategies, fostering cross-team collaboration and drawing insights from data to advance equity. He joined the foundation in 2021. Previously, Art served as learning manager at First 5 Los Angeles, where he collaborated across the Read More

Sue Banerjee

September 8, 2023
Sue Banerjee is the Executive Director of PC Tots, a non-profit early education and childcare provider serving the residents and workforce of Summit County. She provides strategic and operational leadership for the execution and expansion of PC Tots’s mission of providing equitable access to high-quality care. She holds a juris doctorate from George Washington University and has worked for large Read More

Ana Akhtar

September 7, 2023
As vice president of donor services, Ana Akhtar leads a department of 20 professionals across various operations teams—including gifts, grants, scholarships and consulting – that facilitate the annual distribution of more than $2 billion in grants to over 5,000 nonprofit organizations. Ana is responsible for the strategic direction of SVCF’s donor services to ensure that SVCF delivers value to donor Read More

Catherine Maddox Walton

September 6, 2023
Catherine Maddox Walton is board chair of the J. F Maddox Foundation, based in Hobbs, New Mexico. The JFMF is a geographically concentrated foundation that innovates primarily in education, economic development, and social services. Catherine, her brothers and cousins represent the 3rd generation of this commitment to family philanthropy and to the county where they grew up. Outside of her philanthropic Read More

Moe Hickey

September 5, 2023
Prior to moving to Utah, Moe spent over 20 years in International Finance. He worked in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Hong Kong before completing his career as a Partner and the President of Emerging Markets at Cantor Fitzgerald. He has spent years passionately developing early education opportunities in Summit County and has a deep understanding of Utah’s education Read More

Atiba Mbiwan

August 31, 2023
In October 2006, Atiba Mbiwan joined the staff of The Zeist Foundation, a family foundation based in Atlanta, as the Associate Director to fortify their traditional grantmaking in the areas of Education, Arts & Culture and Health & Human Services, and to support the Foundation’s “place-based philanthropy” in the Edgewood neighborhood of Atlanta, which began in 1994 with a foundation Read More

Heather Koopman

August 31, 2023
Heather Koopman is the Director of the Byrne Family Foundation Trust, whose mission is to champion children’s educational growth in Dallas, Texas, and Park City, Utah. She is responsible for day-to-day strategy and operation, including managing grant application rounds, supporting nonprofit partners throughout their grant term, and ensuring responsible stewardship of charitable funds. She works closely with the trustees in Read More