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Judith Koll Healey is a philanthropic professional, working in major foundations. She is currently president of a national firm that works with families of wealth in their philanthropic efforts. She is a published poet and short fiction writer and has lectured internationally on the topic of art and the unconscious. Her passion is medieval history, and The Canterbury Papers is her first… Read More

Judy Belk serves as Senior Vice President for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) overseeing the agency’s three regional offices in Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles, where she is currently located. Judy has over 25 years of leadership experience in strategic planning, international giving, corporate social responsibility and family philanthropy. Throughout her career she has held senior management positions in government… Read More

Judy Sneath is the Director of Communications for GMA Foundations, the philanthropic advisory and services firm. She leads a multilayered approach to communications that supports the firm’s mission to help donors define and reach their philanthropic goals… Read More

Dr. Julia Balandina Jaquier is a seasoned investment executive with 19 years of experience focused on sustainable private equity and finance. She has led over USD1 bn worth of investments in environmental technologies, renewable and conventional energy, healthy living and infrastructure in emerging and developed markets. Her career began in 1993 at McKinsey & Co. Subsequently, she held various senior… Read More

Julia Kittross is the author of So You Want to be a Philanthropist and co-founder and principal of Philanthropy Sherpas. Julia has more than 35 years of experience in philanthropy as a teacher, adviser, organizer, program designer, manager, grantmaker, CEO, and entrepreneur. I have worked with hundreds of trustees, donors and staff of private foundations, individual philanthropists, public and community foundations,… Read More

Joseph W. “Joe” Clark served as president of the Eckerd Family Foundation from its inception in 1998 until its closing in 2013, leading the foundation’s grant making activities that focused on transformational interventions yielding measurable, sustainable outcomes for youth at risk between ages 12 – 25. The foundation operated as a limited life organization that followed a planned spend-down model; over its lifetime,… Read More

John Sare is a partner in the tax-exempt organizations practice and the trusts and estates group of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP. Mr. Sare has extensive experience in the representation of museums, colleges, private foundations and other types of exempt organizations. Mr. Sare also advises individuals and fiduciaries on legal issues involving works of art, charitable giving, estate planning,… Read More