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Tracey A. Rutnik is Deputy Director for Research and Policy in the Aspen Institute’s Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation. In this capacity, she works with the PSI program director on the overall management of the program, and on tracking policy developments, undertaking research and planning meetings and workshops that engage philanthropists, policy-makers and civil society leaders on current issues… Read More

The Vaid Group LLC is a social innovation firm focused on strategic action to advance social, racial and gender justice.  We are a team of creative leaders with global and domestic experience in philanthropy, policy, advocacy, strategy, political action, organizing, network-building, program design, results-oriented research, organizational development, program evaluation and more… Read More

Tom Beech has held CEO leadership positions with The Minneapolis Foundation, the Burnett Foundation in Fort worth, Texas, and the Fetzer Institute in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He served on the national Boards of Directors of the Council on Foundations, Independent Sector, Funders Concerned About AIDS and the Institute for Community Peace. He has written and consulted extensively on non-profit governance and… Read More

Thomas E. Backer, PhD is President of the Human Interaction Research Institute, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit center for research and intervention on innovation and change founded in 1961. He also is Associate Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology at the UCLA School of Medicine. For 25 years he has worked closely with foundations in the U.S., Canada and Australia, consulting to… Read More

Tom Lambeth is senior fellow at the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, and founding board chair of the National Center for Family Philanthropy. Tom joined the Foundation in 1978 as Executive Director and now continues to serve the Foundation as senior fellow. Throughout his career, Tom has dedicated himself to the people of North Carolina and has worked in a variety… Read More

Threshold Group is an independent wealth management company serving individuals, multigenerational families, and foundations in Philadelphia, Seattle, and San Francisco. Today, Threshold Group is owned by three generations of the Russell family.We support the goals, issues, people, and communities our clients care about most to help them lead ever-more-fulfilling lives. In addition to a traditional goals-based-investing focus, we also believe… Read More

Tim Ober was elected President of the Board of the Mardag Foundation in 2000, after serving on the Board of Directors since the foundations’ incorporation in 1992. Mr. Ober is the grandson of the founder of the Mardag Foundation, Agnes E. Ober. He also serves on the Minnesota Council on Foundations Board of Directors, currently chair of the Government Relations/Public Policy Committee, and the… Read More