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Dorothy Gardner is the Managing Trustee of The Longbrake Family Foundation (TLFF). Her journey in philanthropy started at age four when she asked for an additional quarter in allowance each week to put in the children’s offering at church. From there it evolved to helping with the family’s annual December donations and eventually a startup of a family foundation. After… Read More

Regan Pritzker is the co-founder of the Kataly Foundation and is currently serving as a board member, as well as a collaborator with the Restorative Economies Fund. Regan has a background in education and began working in philanthropy when she took a larger role at her family’s foundation, The Libra Foundation, in 2015, and where she is now board co-president… Read More

Jessyca Dudley has more than two decades of experience working to transform and democratize philanthropy. Beginning as a volunteer at her church’s food bank, and later as the founder of the American Cancer Society’s youth board in Chicago, Jessyca officially began her career in philanthropy in 2013 as the Gun Violence Prevention program officer for the Joyce Foundation. In this… Read More

As the communications director at the McKnight Foundation, Na Eng oversees all foundation-wide external communications. She is a member of McKnight’s senior leadership team and provides counsel to the president and the board. Since joining McKnight in 2015, Eng has spearheaded several organizational change efforts, including the facilitation of a revised mission statement and Strategic Framework, as well as the Foundation’s first statement on… Read More

Mr. Barry is Principal and Senior Fiduciary Tax Consultant at Bessemer Trust. In this role, he is responsible for strategic tax consulting and tax management services for fiduciary and individual clients, and related entities. Prior to joining Bessemer, Kevin was Senior Tax Associate at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in New York. Before that, he was an assistant vice president at U.S. Trust Company… Read More

Kat Athanasiades (she/hers) is Senior Associate at the Center for Evaluation Innovation. She brings expertise in advocacy evaluation, network and systems evaluation, and evaluation capacity building. Prior to joining CEI, Kat was a senior team member at Innovation Network, a nonprofit evaluation consulting firm that supports the evaluation needs of foundations and nonprofits. For five years, she led, wrote, and presented on evaluation and research engagements such as coalition… Read More

Dr. Eboo Patel is the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a non-profit organization working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm in America. He is a respected leader on national issues of religious diversity, civic engagement, and the intersection of racial equity and interfaith cooperation. He is the author of four books and dozens of articles, and… Read More

Katherine is earning a dual degree, MBA/MS, from the Heller School at Brandeis University. Her studies focus on global health policy and management and creative solutions to strengthen health systems. After spending two years in sales and marketing, Katherine pivoted to pursue a passion for development. Katherine earned multiple fellowships, both internationally and domestically, including her most recent role as… Read More

Erinn Andrews is the Director of Philanthropy Research and Education at Stanford’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS). In this capacity, she leads the Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative (EPLI) as well as drives all philanthropy education programs at Stanford PACS. At EPLI, she oversees multiple research initiatives studying donor trends, published two unique resources to support donors (the Guide… Read More

Aiko is a builder, learner, and thought partner. She thrives while working in new spaces, creating novel frameworks. As a thought partner and learner, she enjoys working in partnership alongside her collaborators on a journey towards creating new understandings, learnings, and creative processes. Justice and loyalty are values that have been core drivers in Aiko’s life and career. Working in… Read More