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Kathy Whelpley joined the National Center in May 2012 as Vice President. Kathy has spent the past 25 years working to build the assets and impact of philanthropic and nonprofit organizations. Most recently, she was with The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, where over 12 years she served in a variety of roles.  As Chief Operating Officer, Kathy… Read More

Kathleen Odne is a board member and former Executive Director of the Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation in Walnut Creek, California. The Lesher Foundation provides grants to non-profits in Contra Costa County, California to improve K-12 education, enhance the visual and performing arts and in support of programs benefiting children and families. Kathleen previously served as Chair of the Board… Read More

Kathy Wiseman is a family wealth/family business advisor whose work is based on Bowen family systems theory. Her 30-year professional experience is focused on being a strategic thought partner, educator to individuals, couples, family enterprises, family foundations, family offices, and families of wealth. She works with lawyers, wealth and philanthropic advisors, trust officers and financial professionals as they meet the… Read More

Kara Carlisle’s whole career has been place-based, with chapters in southern California, rural New Mexico, Minnesota, and now in Oregon and Siskiyou County, California. Starting out in nonprofits, she served in numerous roles—writing grants, leading communications, human resources, evaluation and more. Much of her work focused on nonprofit sustainability, the mediation of economic and cultural conflict, and on seeing and… Read More

Karen Green is a nonprofit governance and management consultant specializing in working with family foundations. In 2011, Green was named vice president of the National Center for Family Philanthropy. She also served as Managing Director of Family Foundation Services at the Council on Foundations as well as Director of their Governing Boards Program, which provided foundation board members and CEOs with resources on… Read More