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Barbara Shubinski is a Research Fellow at the Rockefeller Archive Center in Sleepy Hollow, NY, and is co-author of the book Democracy and Philanthropy: The Rockefeller Foundation and the American Experiment, published in 2013… Read More

Barbara Sieck Taylor became executive director of Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania (GWP) in October 2007. As a grantmaker, she served as a program officer for the DeWitt Wallace Fund (now the Wallace Foundation) and for the Greenwall Foundation, both based in New York City. After working as a grantmaker, Taylor was Director of Development for Lincoln Center for the Performing… Read More

Beadsie Woo is senior associate in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Center for Community and Economic Opportunity. Beadsie works on strategies to help vulnerable families build and protect their assets to become more financially stable. She coauthored Weathering the Recession: The Financial Crisis and Family Wealth Changes in Low-Income Neighborhoods, a report that explored what happened to assets, debts and home equity… Read More

Ben Barge is Field Director at the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. As Field Director, Ben strengthens NCRP’s relationships with U.S. social movements and philanthropic organizations to move money and power to community-led advocacy and organizing. Ben manages the Movement Investment Project and leads NCRP’s external engagement with the pro-immigrant, pro-refugee movement. He also oversees staff travel and presentations for… Read More

Barbara Andersen serves as Director, Strategic Partnerships for the Orfalea Foundation. The Orfalea Foundation encourages local non-profit organizations to collaborate and develop strategic partnerships. Andersen leads this effort to increase the efficiency of our grant-making and maximize the philanthropic impact of our collective efforts. Previously, Andersen directed the Aware & Prepare Initiative, a public-private partnership to strengthen emergency preparedness in… Read More