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Prentice Zinn chairs GMA’s board of directors, is a senior member of our consulting team, and staffs several local, regional, and international foundations. He is best known to his clients and colleagues as an advisor, educator, and facilitator. Prentice specializes in start-up work with new donors, planning for multi-generational philanthropy, guiding boards in rethinking mission and focus, and identifying high… Read More

Tammy Sims Johnson is the Senior Donor Relations Officer at the California Community Foundation and leads the team responsible for stewarding relationships with individuals, families, and corporations that partner with the community foundation to achieve their vision for meaningful giving. Before joining CCF in 2012, Johnson worked as a communications professional for the Los Angeles Unified School District and the… Read More

Cyrus Kharas helps to lead Arabella’s impact investing team and was the lead researcher on An Economy for All. Cyrus works across a broad range of Arabella’s individual, institutional, and corporate clients, and contributes to the firm’s analysis of trends and opportunities in the impact investing field. He has substantial experience in economics, international development, capital markets, and social impact, and brings this expertise to support projects… Read More

Kate McAdams is an Arabella Advisors managing director based in Chicago. She works with a wide range of families and individuals, foundations, and corporations to conceive, design, and deliver the solutions they need to achieve their philanthropic and impact investing goals. She often works closely with family foundation partners who are looking to add innovative approaches or additional capacity to… Read More

As the world’s population continues to grow, so does the need for finding innovative entrepreneurial and financial solutions to address our most pressing social challenges. NYU Wagner’s Social Innovation & Investment Initiative provides the tools, research, training, and thought leadership to address these issues across the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. The Social Innovation & Investment Initiative serves as the… Read More

Jenny Abramson is the Founder & Managing Partner of Rethink Impact, sitting on the boards of Ellevest, FutureFuel.io, Sempre Health and as a board observer for Neurotrack and Werk. Previously Jenny served as CEO of LiveSafe, a tech security company focused on preventing school shootings and sexual assaults. She also held leadership roles at The Washington Post, Personal (a data tech company), The… Read More

Bernadette Wright is founder of Meaningful Evidence, where she helps nonprofit organizations to use research and program evaluation to plan effective strategies and demonstrate their impact. For two decades, Bernadette has managed and conducted research for nonprofit, government, and business organizations in health care, human services, interracial dialogue, and education. She is currently coauthoring a book on research techniques for solving… Read More

Ginni Galicinao is a Family Dynamics Consultant for Wells Fargo Private Bank.  Ms. Galicinao plays a leadership role in developing the Family Dynamics program, and is responsible for helping high net worth clients successfully address their concerns at the intersection of the financial and non-financial issues families of wealth face. The Family Dynamics team helps families sustain their wealth across… Read More

Fuller Callaway serves as a trustee on the Morning Star Foundation, Callaway Foundation Inc., and the Fuller E. Callaway Foundation. Previously, he worked in the Georgia Land Conservation Program (GLCP) program and was a portfolio manager at the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA). In this role, he managed the $55 million revolving loan fund to provide financing to local governments,… Read More

Lauren Embrey is the Philanthropic Vision of the Embrey Family Foundation and CEO of Embrey Interests, Ltd. She also serves as a Board Member of The AT&T Performing Arts Center, The Dallas Film Society, The Dallas Theater Center, The Letot Center Foundation Board, and TACA in Dallas, The MS Foundation for Women, The Women’s Media Center, and Women Moving Millions… Read More