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Steve Kirsch is the founder of the Kirsch Foundation, which invests in causes where high-impact, leverageable activities can result in a safer and healthier world. Kirsch is also founder and chairman of Propel Software and CEO of Abaca, both Silicon Valley start-ups. He is founder and chairman of Infoseek Corporation, an Internet navigation service that was acquired by the Walt… Read More

Shelley Whelpton is a managing director in Arabella’s Washington, DC office. Shelley partners with foundations, social entrepreneurs, corporations, families, and high-net-worth individuals to catalyze change on a range of social and environmental issues. She has helped philanthropists develop advocacy and impact investing strategies, launch and incubate new social change initiatives, convene marginalized and influential voices, and collaborate with partners across sectors… Read More

Sheryl Seller Sillerman’s Assistant Director, with responsibilities including directing Sillerman’s youth philanthropy project, management of Sillerman Center Fellowships, and coordination of Sillerman events and communications. She also sits on the Steering Committee of the Social Justice Funders Network, where she collaborates with other social justice funders to execute informative events and learnings particularly around racial justice funding. She has a strong… Read More

Shirish I. Dayal is the Executive Vice President of Tarsadia Foundation, a multi-generational family foundation which works to improve lives in the areas of health, education, and economic empowerment. Prior to joining Tarsadia Foundation as its first Executive Director in 2009, Shirish led sales and marketing for a wholesale tour operator, Distinguished Resorts. Shirish has had a diverse career including… Read More

Shirley Fredricks is a trustee and former executive director of the Lawrence Welk Family Foundation in Los Angeles. Over the past 25 years, Shirley has been deeply engaged in virtually every important movement in the country to educate and inspire family foundation trustees and next generation family members. Among many other honors, Shirley was a founding board member of the… Read More

Signe-Mary McKernan is a senior fellow at the Urban Institute. She is a national asset-building and poverty expert with over 17 years of experience researching access to assets and credit for the poor, and the impact of welfare programs on the poor. She recently published the book Asset Building and Low-Income Families with Michael Sherraden, and is leading the Urban… Read More

Simon Greer has been involved in social change work for the past 25 years. Considered to be a serial entrepreneur in the non-profit world, he has three times served in a CEO role in “turnaround” undertakings where the organizations’ missions were as noble as ever but their impact and approach needed an overhaul. Today, as the founder of Cambridge Heath… Read More

Simone Friedman serves as the Head of Philanthropy and Impact Investment for EJF Philanthropies. Learn more here… Read More

Sindhu is passionate about promoting more collaborative, equitable and community-centered philanthropy through her consulting. She brings nearly 20 years of experience leading facilitation, strategy, business planning and assessment projects for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. In her role, Sindhu also co-leads strategy and business planning for The Giving Practice (TGP). She has launched special initiatives for TGP and Philanthropy Northwest including… Read More