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Lori Kuhn is the first executive director of the Morgan Family Foundation in Yellow Springs, Ohio, a position she has held since 2004. She oversees all activities of this private foundation including grantmaking, investments, communication and administration and works closely with the board members to achieve their philanthropic goals. Previously she served for seven years as the director of statewide… Read More

Lisa Pilar Cowan is the Vice President of Programs at the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and in this capacity she helps with strategy, development and oversight of foundation programs and grantmaking. Lisa has been working with community-based organizations for the last 25 years, first as a community health educator and program director at several youth-serving agencies, then as a Senior… Read More

Lisa Ranghelli is NCRP’s senior director of evaluation and learning, and primary author of Power Moves: Your essential philanthropy assessment guide for equity and justice. She developed Power Moves from Philamplify, an innovative initiative that assessed a dozen major foundations with a social justice and equity lens. She also oversees NCRP’s internal learning and evaluation. Previously, Lisa directed NCRP’s Grantmaking for Community Impact… Read More

Lissa Widoff has been the executive director at the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation since 1999. She was project director of the Maine Community Foundation from 1998-2002, and program director of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation from 1993-1998… Read More

Lois Mitchell has extensive experience directing philanthropic initiatives, navigating strategic plans, and building key partnerships with cross-sector leadership. She guides multi-generational family, community, corporate, private, and operating foundations to build governance, processes, organizational culture, legacy, branded programs and facilitated retreats, forums and board sessions. As President of the Orfalea Foundations from 2000-2015, Mitchell led a 20+ member team through innovative collaborations,… Read More

Lora Smith serves as Communications Officer for Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Lora oversees all strategic communications for the Foundation and serves as a member of the Program Team with a focus on grantee communications capacity. Before coming to Babcock, Lora held several positions in the non-profit sector including working for the grassroots organization, Kentuckians for the… Read More

As senior director of knowledge and content, Lori oversees the firm’s content and communications activities. She works with clients and the team to identify top-of-mind questions and issues, design original research and learning experiences to address them, and create and disseminate content that helps nonprofits and foundations in their work. While at Community Wealth Partners, Lori’s work has focused primarily… Read More