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Abby Levine serves as Legal Director of Advocacy Programs at Alliance for Justice. She provides legal guidance that encourages grantmakers to support advocacy and other nonprofit organizations to participate in policymaking decisions through an understanding of federal tax and election law. Abby’s work includes creating curriculum, teaching workshops, providing technical assistance, writing plain-language legal guides, and describing federal legislative and… Read More

Adam C. Gibbons has served on the Board of Directors of the Rasmuson Foundation since 2005. He is an investment professional with Latash Inc., an Anchorage, Alaska-based family office that provides investment advisory and consulting services to the Rasmuson Foundation and the Rasmuson family. Prior to joining Latash, Mr. Gibbons was an associate in JPMorgan’s real estate investment banking group… Read More

Adam Simon is the founding Executive Director of the Aviv Foundation, an emerging family foundation dedicated to empowering disadvantaged children to break the cycle of poverty and to promoting deep engagement with Jewish learning, texts, values, and tradition, all within an open and inclusive framework. Aviv prioritizes an evidence-based investment strategy, and seeks to create relationships with organizations and partners based… Read More

Abbe Temkin is a Senior Philanthropic Advisor at The Chicago Community Trust, In this role, she is responsible for building and fostering relationships with current and prospective donors. She works with families and individuals to develop philanthropic strategies and helps connect philanthropy to opportunity by leveraging the knowledge of the Trust’s Community Impact staff for the benefit of donor advisors. Temkin… Read More

Aaron Dorfman is executive director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, a research and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. NCRP works to ensure America’s grantmakers are responsive to the needs of those with the least wealth, opportunity and power. Before joining NCRP in 2007, Dorfman served for 15 years as a community organizer with two national organizing networks,… Read More

Ann Engelhard is Vice President of Donor Services and Gift Planning at the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region in Appleton, WI. Ann provides guidance to individuals, families and supporting organizations to develop their personal philanthropy, ensuring that it aligns with their interests and values.  Equipped with a broad knowledge of the region’s philanthropic landscape, she helps donors to… Read More