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Isabel Nogueira is the Program Manager of External Relations at Stanford PACS, where she focuses on cultivating donor communities, fundraising, and supporting public events. She joined PACS after receiving her Master’s in Development Practice from UC Berkeley, during which she conducted research at CARE International and completed an internship at the Hewlett Foundation’s Gender Equity and Governance program. Previously, Isabel… Read More

Jennifer Risher is on a mission to move money out of the taboo category and help us have much-needed conversations. Her book, “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth” tells her story and explores the impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and sense of place in the world. Jennifer was born in Seattle, Washington, grew up in Oregon, and… Read More

Chicago Beyond was created to continue this fight against the inequities pervasive in Chicago’s communities. Today, we’ve invested more than $30 million in community-led initiatives and individuals who are fighting for all youth to achieve their fullest human potential, in Chicago and beyond… Read More

Ms. Wise is Vice President and Philanthropy Advisor at Bessemer Trust. In this role, she provides guidance on negotiating major gifts, selecting charitable vehicles, developing grantmaking strategies and guidelines, governance best practices, succession planning, and engaging the next generation in philanthropy. She also helps to design and facilitate foundation board and multigenerational family meetings. Prior to joining Bessemer, Alyson served… Read More

Ms. Falusi is Senior Vice President and Philanthropy Advisor at Bessemer Trust. In this role, she advises individuals and families on a range of philanthropy topics including strategic grantmaking, governance best practices, establishing charitable entities, and engaging the next generation. She also designs and facilitates in-depth family philanthropy learning sessions. Prior to joining Bessemer, Jumi was a private wealth advisor… Read More

Ernest Tollerson is a seasoned environmental policy maker, sustainability expert, non-profit executive and journalist with a distinguished record of volunteer leadership. Mr. Tollerson served as a trustee of the Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) from 2004 to 2013 including a three year term as board chair; he also served as NCF’s Interim president and CEO from July 2014 until November 2015… Read More

Eric Jones is Senior Project Manager at GivingData, where he leads client implementations. Prior to GivingData, Eric worked in philanthropy as a program officer focused on environmental issues and in grants management… Read More

David Goldsmith is Senior Vice President of Strategy at GivingData and is the founder of New Philanthropy Media, a consultancy focused on digital strategy for foundations and nonprofits… Read More

Lymari Benitez, Ph.D. joined Pace Center for Girls in June 2015.  As the Senior Director of Program Information and Impact, she uses information to support 22 communities in Florida and Georgia to help girls at high risk of involvement with the juvenile justice system to change their life trajectory.  Prior to joining PACE, she worked in evaluation at Tennessee’s Statewide System… Read More

Yessica Cancel, chief operating officer of Pace Center for Girls, has been involved in expanding Pace’s reach throughout Florida, adding four centers over the past two years and working to expand Pace beyond the state of Florida. She has been instrumental in launching an update to Pace’s organization-wide research-based behavior modification system creating a consistent approach that is able to… Read More