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Sam Davis III is the principal of the Davis Group. Prior to forming the Davis Group, Sam was a partner in Relative Solutions, a family enterprise consulting practice, and Signature Financial Management, a multi-family office located in Norfolk, Virginia. Earlier, he enjoyed a successful business career as a senior executive in the real estate, development, and manufacturing industries. Sam served… Read More

In her time with Foundant (since 2011), Sammie Holzwarth has taken on many roles in her path to becoming the Product Manager of Grants & Scholarships. Her breadth of knowledge and extensive experience working with a plethora of clients and in varying roles at Foundant fuels her passion and excitement to continually improve GLM/SLM, and herself which she now brings… Read More

Sandra Hughes is a foundation governance expert who served as executive consultant for BoardSource. She has held various management positions at the United States Rowing Association, American Bar Association, George Williams College, Levi Strauss & Company, the Levi Strauss Foundation, the University of Tennessee, and The Christian Science Monitor… Read More

Sandra Swirski serves as Executive Director for the Alliance for Charitable Reform. Sandra is a co-founder of Urban Swirski & Associates, a public policy and government affairs firm in Washington, D.C. Ms. Swirski’s practice focuses on advising Fortune 500 executives and leaders of nonprofit organizations about public policy and government affairs issues. On Capitol Hill, Ms. Swirski served as a senior… Read More

Ruben Orduna is the vice president of philanthropic services at the San Francisco Foundation. Previously, he was at the vice president at the Boston Foundation and the director at the Crossroads Community Foundation… Read More

Widely known as a provocative speaker and stimulating author, Rushworth Kidder brings more than 30 years of insights to his discussions of corporate and global ethics. Dr. Kidder’s latest book, Moral Courage (HarperCollins, 2005), uses real-life stories from business, education, government, sports, and other areas to explain what moral courage is, what it does, and how we can develop it. Dr… Read More

Ruth Ann Harnisch is president of the Harnisch Foundation, which has given grants to hundreds of nonprofit organizations since its founding in 1998. She is a proponent of creative philanthropy whose unusual charitable investments have landed her on Oprah and the Today show… Read More

Ronald A. Heifetz is the co-founder of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and co-founder of Cambridge Leadership Associates… Read More