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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

Courtney Pullen is the President of the Pullen Consulting Group. He has more than 20 years of experience as an innovative leader in family wealth consulting. Courtney specializes in working with affluent families by tackling the complexity of wealth. He brings forth his training as a psychotherapist, business and organizational consultant and pioneer of wealth psychology and blends these modalities into… Read More

Craig Muska serves as the Director of Investments for Threshold Group’s Foundation Services. Craig joined Threshold Group in 2009 after serving as Managing Director at IW Financial, a Portland, Oregon-based investment research and consulting firm. He researched international equities, merger and acquisition opportunities and other asset classes as part of the investment team at both Credit Suisse HOLT and Nuveen… Read More

Curtis W. Meadows Jr. was president and director of Dallas’ Meadows Foundation between 1978 and 1996. The Foundation, created by Mr. Meadows’ uncle Algur H. Meadows, has made over $300 million in charitable contributions to benefit health, education, arts and culture, civic and public affairs, and human services programs throughout Texas. Mr. Meadows was a founding board member of the National… Read More

Cynthia M. Gibson, Ph.D., is founder and principal of Cynthesis Consulting, which specializes in evaluation, public policy research and analysis, program development, strategic planning, survey design, marketing and communications (including digital/social media). With more than 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, she’s held leadership roles for several national foundations and nonprofits and become a highly regarded strategist, thought… Read More

Dan Rottenberg is an author, editor and journalist. He has been the chief editor of seven publications, and the author of ten books… Read More