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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

Daniel Horgan seeks to change the world by equipping, elevating and evolving others through his words and actions. He is an avid student of life, striving to learn from each person he encounters and each experience he embraces.  Sparked by a volunteer experience with the YMCA at the age of 12, Daniel went on to pioneer the first youth-led Community… Read More

Danielle LaJoie currently serves as the Frey Foundation Chair for Family Philanthropy Graduate Assistant at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2018 with a B.A. in Political Science. She currently serves on the Council of Michigan Foundations Board of Trustees and as their 2017 Mawby Intern… Read More

Darlene M. Siska is a freelance writer and editor specializing in philanthropy. She is the former managing editor of Foundation News and Commentary, and her work has appeared in Foundation News & Commentary, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and Worth. … Read More

Darren Walker is president of the Ford Foundation, the second largest philanthropy in the United States with over $11 billion in assets and $500 million in annual giving. The foundation is based in the United States and operates worldwide, with ten offices in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Central and South America. For more than two decades Darren has… Read More

David A. Levitt served as Secretary of the Exempt Organizations Committee of the American Bar Association Tax Section from 2003 to 2005. He served as Co-Chair of the Subcommittee on Intermediate Sanctions of the Exempt Organizations Committee from 2006 to 2013 and as Secretary and Vice Chair of the San Francisco Chapter of the Social Enterprise Alliance from 2010 to 2012… Read More

David Addams is Executive Director of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, where he has worked with the dynamic team of staff and trustees to transform our mission, strategy and culture in service to responding to these challenging times and persistent structural barriers of racism and poverty. He spent his early career as an attorney and a specialist in negotiation,… Read More