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The Tracy Family Foundation was incorporated in December 1997, by the Robert and Dorothy Tracy Family. The 60-plus members of the Tracy Family created the Foundation as a means to share their many blessings and to live out the values instilled in them by Robert and Dorothy Tracy… Read More

Tracy Gary is a philanthropist, nonprofit entrepreneur, and legacy mentor who has worked tirelessly to help others experience the joy of giving charitable dollars to causes they care about. Through her eighteenth start-up, a nonprofit called Inspired Legacies, she consults with a diverse range of individuals and organizations to improve and expand philanthropy and volunteerism. Tracy has worked with Social… Read More

Tracy A. Sawicki is the Executive Director of The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation, a family foundation with approximately $140 million in assets. The Foundation provides funding support to initiatives that ensure children, adolescents and young adults facing challenges brought about by mental illness, substance abuse, intellectual disabilities and learning disabilities achieve their full potential. Foundation support is given… Read More

Treat Harvey is the Senior Donor Engagement Officer at the Triangle Community Foundation. Treat works with the Foundation’s donors to help them realize their philanthropic goals and support critical needs in the Triangle. Treat came to the Foundation after more than twenty years of fundraising at various institutions, including Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc., the Emily Krzyzewski Center (Durham, NC), International… Read More

Dr. Una Osili, an internationally recognized expert on philanthropy, frequently speaks across the country on issues related to national and international trends in philanthropy and has been quoted by national news media outlets such as The New York Times, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, and Nonprofit Times. Dr. Osili previously served as the Interim Director of Research and has been the Director… Read More

Valerie Jacobs Hapke is a board member of the Jacobs Family Foundation and Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation. Valerie is the founder of Valerie Jacobs Consulting, dedicated to providing direct consultation support to individual philanthropists and family foundations. In addition, Valerie is a nationally-known speaker and has created a series of workshops for women of wealth and wealthy families dealing with… Read More

Valerie S. Lies was appointed President and CEO of Donors Forum, a membership association that promotes philanthropy and a strong nonprofit sector in Illinois, in 1987. Prior to that, she was Vice President for five years of the Public Education Fund, a national grantmaking foundation in Pittsburgh. She started her career in philanthropy at the Otto Bremer Foundation in St… Read More

Veeral Suthar discovered his passion for helping others his freshman year of high school, and it has been a major part of his life ever since. He is currently a member of the Youth Philanthropy Initiative’s Cohort VI and is the Student Council President of Union High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He will be attending the University of Oklahoma this… Read More

Victor De Luca has been the president of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation since 2000. Established in 1947, the Foundation supports grassroots organizations and movements in the United States working to change environmental, social, economic and political conditions to bring about a more just, equitable and sustainable world. Vic joined the Foundation in 1991 as a program officer. Vic is… Read More