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Dennis Quirin joined the Raikes Foundation as executive director in September 2019. Prior to joining the foundation, Dennis was the president of the Neighborhood Funders Group where he provided overall vision and leadership on strategy, partnership development, management and organizational direction for the organization. Dennis has spent more than two decades supporting social and racial equity as a funder, campaigner, fundraiser and… Read More

Echoing Green identifies tomorrow’s transformational leaders today. Through Fellowships and other innovative leadership initiatives, Echoing Green spots emerging leaders and invests deeply in their success to accelerate their impact. We provide seed-funding and leadership development to a new class of Fellows every year and welcome them into a lifelong community of leaders. Learn more… Read More

Danielle Oristian York is a speaker, consultant and trainer working with those who seek to change the future through a strategic and operational exploration of values and identity. She is an internationally recognized expert on multigenerational and next generation philanthropy and family decision making and works with individuals, families and organizations in this capacity. As executive director of 21/64, a nonprofit… Read More

The Castellano Family Foundation (CFF) was founded in 2002 by Carmen and Al Castellano to fill a void in funding for Latinx nonprofits in Silicon Valley and to raise awareness about their importance to communities, philanthropy, and social change. Since then, the Foundation has invested $6.5 million to support Latinx arts and culture, education, and leadership development programs, along with… Read More

Valerie Rockefeller chairs the board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a private foundation advancing social change that contributes to a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. Her professional background is as a middle school special education teacher for adolescents with learning differences and emotional disabilities. She began her teaching career at Central Park East Secondary School in East Harlem, New… Read More

Brenda Chumley is responsible for managing business development at Greater Horizons and the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, working to connect with new and existing donors and helping them accomplish their charitable goals. Brenda played an integral role in developing many community foundation “firsts.” She developed the Community Foundation’s first online grantmaking system before any such product was available to… Read More

As a consultant at Wider Sense, Julia Oestreich supports foundations, companies and private individuals in identifying suitable financing instruments in order to solve a specific social challenge. Her focus areas include impact investing, pay-for-success schemes (e.g. social impact bonds) and strategic donations. Julia accompanies customers along the entire financing process – from the identification and due diligence of suitable projects or… Read More

Dr. Sharilyn Hale helps those who give, give well. She enables philanthropists and their families to unearth and achieve their philanthropic goals, and supports social purpose organizations to deepen their performance. With a 20+ year career in philanthropy, she draws on expertise in philanthropic strategy, family engagement, organizational development, and board governance. Sharilyn is an advisor with the NYC-based 21/64… Read More

Juliette Cho reminds herself daily that she has the same amount of hours in a day as Beyonce. A lifelong public servant, Juliette has helped raise over $50 million for nonprofits including UNICEF, Pencils of Promise, Make A Wish Foundation, PBS and the American Red Cross. She joined Catchafire because her firsthand experience that few things are more powerful than… Read More

Eesha Vettical is a youth leader at the Greater Houston Community Foundation. Eesha is finishing up her sophomore year at Lamar High School… Read More