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Carrie Schwab Pomerantz is the leader of Schwab Community Services and president of the Charles Schwab Foundation. In 2010 Schwab-Pomerantz was appointed by President Obama to the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability, and chaired the Partnership Committee until early 2013.  She also served as an advisor to the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy under George W. Bush… Read More

Carver Murphy was born and raised outside of Reading, PA, where he began his work in philanthropy by serving on Berk’s County Community Foundation’s (BCCF) Youth Advisory Committee. When he arrived in State College to attend Penn State, Carver helped to establish and advise the Centre PACT (Philanthropic Actions Created by Teens) program at the Centre Foundation in State College,… Read More

Catherine Brozowski is the President of Giving Matters, a consulting firm that manages grantmaking and administration for charitable foundations. Catherine was Vice President at the Orfalea Foundation for eight years, where she managed the foundation’s Education portfolio, and oversaw Operations, Finance and Human Resources, including during their planned sunset. She has also served as Vice President of Programs at the Santa… Read More

Catherine Muther is the founder and president of Three Guineas Fund. A former senior marketing officer at Cisco Systems, she invested her own money to create an equity fund to provide economic opportunity for women and girls. In 2009, Three Guineas Fund restructured as a private foundation. The fund makes grants in education and the environment consistent with the foundation’s bylaws, while… Read More

Carol Trawick is president and co-founder of the Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation. As president of the Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce from 1992-1993, Ms. Trawick spearheaded the privatization of the Bethesda Urban District, which eventually became the non-profit Bethesda Urban Partnership (BUP) in 1994. Ms. Trawick founded Trawick & Associates of Bethesda, an IT company that had several… Read More

Caroline Hartnell is the editor of Alliance Magazine, a quarterly magazine focusing on philanthropy and social investment worldwide that is published by Allavida, a UK-based NGO that works internationally to raise the capacity of civil society at the community level, helping people to acquire the skills, knowledge and resources they need in order to lead local action and bring about… Read More

Bryn Monahan focuses on the intersection of business and family, pairing her knowledge of business operations with insights into the challenges of the family enterprise. She provides structure for governance, leadership, and education, particularly as it relates to succession and the Rising Generation, leveraging her years of experience at Dignitas, a multi-family office. In addition to her professional work, Bryn… Read More