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Nancy Reid designs strategies for families to align their investments with what matters most to them. Since 2007, she has advised investors who seek coherence in their resource allocation decisions. Her advisory career began on Wall Street and has since expanded to include a specialization in values-aligned investing, with leadership roles at Canopy, EnVest, and Seattle Impact Investing Group (SIIG)… Read More

Alexandria Featherston-Gomez is the Grants Officer at the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. She supports the operational success, program delivery, grantmaking strategies and evaluation of Grants Management. Prior to joining the Foundation, Alexandria interned at Featherston & Associates, assisting with operations, logistics and research. A music aficionado and clarinet player, Alexandria provided office support to the Walden School, an acclaimed summer music… Read More

As Chief Executive Officer, Flozell Daniels, Jr. leads the overall operations of the Foundation, from grantmaking to investing, communications and strategy, providing both organizational and field leadership. Flozell represents MRBF’s programs and vision for change to our grantee and philanthropic partners, as well as the general public. He partners closely with the board of directors to ensure the Foundation remains on the… Read More

Jeremy Smith is the President of the Rainwater Charitable Foundation (RCF). Smith joined the Rainwater Charitable Foundation in April of 2009. RCF funds $50M to $60M annually in the areas of children’s well-being, neurodegenerative disease research (including the Tau Consortium and the Rainwater Prize Program) and education-related gifts in East Africa. Prior to joining the Rainwater team, Smith worked at… Read More

Nicholas Banovetz serves as the Executive Director of the Better Way Foundation. His career has encompassed leading complex strategies and building relationships to advance the mission of an organization, including 15 years across the business, philanthropy, and nonprofit sectors. Prior to the Better Way Foundation, Nicholas served as Chief of Staff for Great MN Schools—a venture philanthropy network of foundations… Read More

Angelique Power is the President & CEO of The Skillman Foundation, a Detroit-based foundation that partners with people to transform education systems, nurturing the brilliance of Detroit youth. With assets over $550 million, The Skillman Foundation provides approximately $23 million in grants annually. Under Power’s tenure, The Skillman Foundation has led a community-rooted strategic planning process to rethink its grantmaking… Read More

Borealis is a social justice philanthropic intermediary working to resource grassroots movements for transformative change. We build bridges between funders and organizers to support movements working to make a future that serves all of us.Founded in 2015, Borealis has grown to include nine collaborative funds working to enhance our collective impact within and between movements across the country. From Black-led… Read More

Kate Ray joined the Rogers Family Foundation team in July of 2019. As the Foundation’s Program Associate, Kate supports the Foundation’s program operations, strategic communications, grants management, and facility functions. Prior to joining the Foundation, Kate spent two years as a middle-school science teacher, first in Fort Worth, Texas, and most recently in Oakland with Aspire Public Schools. Kate earned… Read More

As CEO, Sergio Rodríguez oversees the entire scope of The Foundation to include ranch and oil and gas management as well as grant-making.  A nephew of the founders, Sergio led the GALO Land and Cattle operation for seven years.  Prior to these roles, Sergio spent 20 years as Vice President with the information technology and services consulting firm, CGI and worked … Read More

Chloe Cockburn is a field strategist, thought leader, and philanthropic donor advisor working to end mass incarceration. She is the founder and CEO of Just Impact Advisors, which provides cost-free advising to donors and oversees the Just Impact Fund, which launched in 2022 with $50 million in capital from Open Philanthropy… Read More