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Diane Kaplan was named president of the Anchorage-based Rasmuson Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the Pacific Northwest, in 2011. She began administering the Foundation in 1995. From 1994-2001, Diane’s consulting company provided management and government relations services to philanthropic and nonprofit organizations and Native corporations and tribes. She was previously president and chief executive officer of Alaska’s… Read More

Debbie Berger is co-founder and board chair of Unbound Philanthropy, an international foundation dedicated to promoting the ideal of self-determination.  Unbound’s mission is to work collaboratively to improve the lives of immigrants and refugees while strengthening the host communities in which they live.  Prior to the establishment of Unbound Philanthropy, Ms. Berger worked for JP Morgan in New York, Tokyo… Read More

Debbie Brodsky is the founder of DMB Pictures, a boutique video production company specializing in producing documentary-style broadcast-quality films for nonprofits and family foundations. Based just outside of Washington, DC, the company opened its doors in January 2006. Debbie is a former television producer and winner of 3 Emmy awards, with more than 15 years of experience. She focused much… Read More

Deborah Dauber, PhD MPH is an experienced strategist with fifteen years of advising in private and public sectors.  Her areas of content expertise are health care and medical research, with a focus on organizations with a local impact.  She serves as a Director for the Dauber Foundation and a member of the Economic Development and Justice Giving Circle of the East… Read More

David Neal is senior attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), where he works on environmental justice and energy policy. Prior to joining SELC, he had a career in criminal defense work. He is the co-founder and former executive director of the Fair Trial Initiative (FTI), a non-profit dedicated to improving the quality of representation received by people facing… Read More

David Nee grew up in a housing project in South Boston, Massachusetts, in one of the poorest urban white neighborhoods in America. He became the first executive director of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund in 1993. The Memorial Fund works collaboratively to improve education for Connecticut’s children by supporting school change, informing the public debate on educational issues, and… Read More