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Benjamin T. White is partner at Alston and Bird. Named by Best Lawyers in America as the “2012 Atlanta Lawyer of the Year” in the exempt organizations area and as the “2013 Atlanta Lawyer of the Year” in the trusts and estates litigation area, Ben White’s practice emphasizes exempt organizations of all kinds, as well as estate and tax planning. As… Read More

Berit Ashla serves as Vice President at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.  Based in San Francisco, Berit leads RPA’s West Coast advisory work, manages client engagements and works with a range of individual, family and corporate donors. She brings a wealth of experience in grantmaking, foundation governance, education, social justice, arts and sustainability.  She is a frequent contributor to national and regional… Read More

Beth Casselman is executive director of the Clowes Fund. With Beth’s guidance the Clowes Fund has developed a more focused and transparent grantmaking process which adheres to the stewardship principles for family foundations as recommended by the Council on Foundations. She is leading the foundation through a multi-generational governance transition. Currently Beth serves as CFBC vice president, and is on the… Read More

Beth Nowak is a believer, dreamer, wife and mother, former teacher, and founder of GivingFamilies.com, providing parents and children (ages 3+) with monthly activities designed to help them find purpose and passion through shared moments of giving. She’s also a mental health activist, TEDx presenter and inspirational speaker, promoting civic engagement as a holistic approach to healing. For more information… 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