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Chris Steed is Executive Director of the Fullerton Foundation, a private family foundation based in Gaffney, SC. He works with a board of dedicated directors to foster healthcare innovation throughout the Upstate of South Carolina and Western North Carolina.  Prior to that he served United Way of the Piedmont for 10 years–first as Vice President of Community Impact and then… Read More

Nancy Bacon is a teacher, instructional designer, and learning strategist who has worked for over 25 years in the nonprofit sector. She is CEO of Nancy Bacon Consulting LLC, an educational production company that works with nonprofits, associations, public agencies, and philanthropic partners to design and deliver learning experiences that help people take action. Nancy regularly writes and speaks on topics… Read More

Charlotte Cottier leads communications strategy and serves as a philanthropic advisor at Crown Family Philanthropies, a foundation based in Chicago. She brings a decade of experience at the intersection of the private and nonprofit sectors to her work, helping individuals, organizations, and communities move from ideas to impact. Charlotte received her BA in Sociology from Wesleyan University, her MA in… Read More

As CEO of The Gibney Family Foundation, Tracy oversees the operations of a narrowly focused mission. She intuitively sees opportunity to grow the Foundation in perpetuity, engages the next generation as future leaders, and brings the family together grounded in values. Tracy strives to give the Foundation a credible voice with partners in the field and leads a team who… Read More

Annie serves as Director of Donor Engagement and Learning at the Greater Houston Community Foundation. In this role, she leads the Foundation’s fundholder and client programming strategy, working cross-functionally to deliver impactful philanthropic experiences. Annie advises individuals and families on their giving and oversees Next Gen leadership initiatives through the Foundation’s Center for Family Philanthropy. Annie is a trained specialist… Read More

Anne Marie Burgoyne is the Managing Director, Philanthropy at Emerson Collective (EC) where she leads the organization’s philanthropic investments across a wide array of sectors, including education, immigration, environmental justice, and health equity. She also works with the diverse team across the Collective to assure that partner organizations access EC’s capacity building, communications, convening, technology and advocacy supports. Anne Marie… Read More

As Vice President, Partnerships, Jennifer Cho leads Panorama’s collaboration with philanthropists, philanthropic organizations, and strategic partners on diverse opportunities for impact. Jennifer has more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit development with dynamic, high-impact organizations. Prior to joining Panorama, she served as director of development for two successive startup divisions of New York University, where over 9 years, she… Read More

Gillian Howell is responsible for overseeing and enhancing the Client Services and Philanthropy Advisory Services functions at Foundation Source. She leads teams of seasoned client management and philanthropic advisory specialists as they help individual, family and corporate foundations achieve their charitable objectives with greater efficiency and effectiveness. Ms. Howell brings more than 30 years of executive and philanthropic management experience… Read More

Sarah Vaill is Vice President, Programs for Panorama Global. In this role, she develops equity-minded strategies to amplify the impact of collaboratives and networks powered by Panorama, oversees issue-catalyst initiatives, and captures leadership and knowledge-sharing for the social change sector. Sarah has spent more than 25 years working at inflection points of gender, justice, human rights, and philanthropy in the US… Read More