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Kelvin Taketa is president and CEO of the Hawai’i Community Foundation… Read More

Katie Donnelly has been with the Seattle Foundation since 2012, supporting our family philanthropic advising work, Youth Grantmaking Board and Scholarship program. She recently completed a Master’s Degree in Public Administration at the University of Washington Evan’s School of Public Affairs. Katie’s research focused on helping donors communicate the impact they hope to make in their philanthropy. Her former professional… Read More

Katie Marcus Reker has been active in youth philanthropy since age twelve as a Junior Board Member of the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation and now serves as a member of the foundation’s Board of Directors. She also serves as a member of the Association of Small Foundations’ Next Generation Committee. Katie has always enjoyed making site visits, learning about grantmaking by… Read More

Keith Swayne served as CEO of Case Swayne Co., a food processor, and after its sale to BestFoods, as CEO of its successor company International Food Solutions. Since retiring in 2000, Keith has remained active in the business sector serving or having served on the boards for more than a dozen companies including Trojan Battery, Mitchell Rubber Products and Fleischmann’s… Read More

Kelin E. Gersick, Ph.D. is a co-founder and a senior partner of Lansberg, Gersick & Associates. He has taught at Harvard University and Yale University, and is Professor Emeritus of Organizational Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology. His consulting, teaching, and educational programs on family business and family foundations have taken him throughout North America and to more… Read More

Kelly Chopus is a social responsibility and philanthropy executive with extensive experience in strategic external relations, corporate giving and community building.  She most recently served as the president and Chief Executive Officer of the Robins Foundation in Richmond, Virginia, where she was responsible for the operations, management and grant making for the one of the region’s largest family foundations. She… Read More

Kelly Medinger joined the Knott Foundation in 2011 and became Executive Director in 2012. In this capacity, she manages the general operations of the Foundation, oversees all grantmaking programs, facilitates good governance with the board, and leads external communications. Kelly has been a professional in the philanthropic sector for more than 20 years. Her experience combines both grantmaking and grantseeking, having… Read More

Kathleen Enright is the President & CEO of the Council on Foundations. Widely respected for her role in creating a more robust, effective philanthropic and nonprofit sector over two decades as a mission-driven leader and coalition builder, Kathleen Enright joins the Council after 17 years as President and CEO of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO). During her tenure, she guided… Read More