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Andras Kosaras represents domestic and international tax-exempt organizations on a broad range of regulatory, transactional and operational matters, including structuring domestic and international programs, grantmaking, and business ventures. He also represents individuals and corporate donors on charitable giving. In addition, working with the firm’s legislative team, Mr. Kosaras monitors and provides advice on legislative and regulatory tax proposals affecting tax-exempt… Read More

Alyssa Hawkins is the Director of Giving Programs for The Minneapolis Foundation. In this role she is responsible for facilitating groups of energetic volunteers as they collaboratively make grantmaking decisions around issues facing our community. She works with corporate employees, Minneapolis high school students, and young to mid career professionals just entering the world of philanthropy, among others, as they… Read More

Ami Aronson, MPH, an entrepreneurial thought-leader in responsive philanthropy, is the Executive Director of the Bernstein Family Foundation. Aronson oversees the foundation’s governance, grant making and communications. Because of her forward-thinking approach and management skills, she has taken the historic foundation into the 21st century through strategic planning and dynamic community engagement. Aronson’s passion for exploring different points of view and her… Read More

Amy Goldman directs the work of Minneapolis-based GHR Foundation, where she oversees grant making focused on health, education and global development. She deploys her experience in diplomacy, political economy, social investment and organizational governance to fund scalable solutions locally and globally.  Previously, Amy served as a lead consultant for Washington D.C.-based International Trade Services, where she focused on trade negotiations… Read More

Alison D. Goldberg is the author of a book on social change philanthropy for young adults, Creating Change Through Family Philanthropy: The Next Generation. In addition to her work as a writer, Goldberg has served as a program coordinator, policy analyst, and organizer for a variety of social justice organizations. Through her work, she lived in a number of communities, including the Northern Cheyenne Reservation… Read More

Alison Powell is senior director of the philanthropy practice at The Bridgespan Group… Read More

Alliance Magazine provides news and analysis of what’s happening in the philanthropy and social investment sectors across the world. It also acts as a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences among practitioners. As well as news and conference reports, articles, book reviews and opinion columns, each issue has a special in-depth feature on some key aspect of philanthropy and social investment, with contributors from around the world… Read More