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Dawn Franks, CEO of Your Philanthropy, offers advising services to families, businesses and foundations to enhance the giving experience and maximize impact. She writes a blog, the YP Journal, at www.your-philanthropy.com . Comments and questions are welcome. Send to info@your-philanthropy.com. … Read More

Dean Phillips is Chairman and co-owner of Talenti Gelato, America’s 3rd largest premium ice cream brand and the world’s best selling packaged gelato. Previously, Mr. Phillips served as President & CEO of Phillips Distilling Company, representing the fifth generation of his family to manage the business established by his great-great-grandfather in 1912. During his tenure, he participated in the creation… Read More

David Farren assumed leadership of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation in January 2013. For 20 years prior he worked with the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), where he led major legislative, litigation and agency policy initiatives involving land use, transportation, air quality, water resources and natural area protection in six southeastern states.  His work included collaborating with the foundation… Read More

David Trickett is founder and president at the Jefferson Circle. A native of the Deep South in the United States, David began his higher education at Emory University. There, he became a student volunteer with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and one of his most heart-searing experiences was helping in a very small way to facilitate some of the functions marking the… Read More

David Gage is a leader in the field of business mediation and the founder of BMC Associates. Dr. Gage has 25 years experience as a clinical psychologist and over 20 years experience as a mediator. In his clinical practice, he specialized in couples, family, and group therapy. He has spoken to bar associations and business and professional organizations locally and… Read More

David Grant is the former President and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. He served as Chair of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers and was one of the first two non-family members to serve on the board of the Surdna Foundation. Previously, with his wife Nancy, he co-founded and co-directed The Mountain School, in Vershire, Vermont, a semester-long, interdisciplinary… 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

David Barrett is chairman, president, and chief executive officer of the Gene B. Glick Company. Prior to joining Glick in 2007, David served as vice president-corporate counsel at Emmis Communications Corporation, a diversified media company based in Indianapolis. Before joining Emmis in 1999, he practiced law in Indianapolis at Ice Miller LLP, where he concentrated his practice in corporate law,… Read More