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Lori J. Bertman is president and CEO of the Baton Rouge-based Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation, Louisiana’s largest private family foundation. Bertman is widely recognized as a noted expert and innovative thinker in the field of disaster philanthropy, and serves as the Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s inaugural board chair. Bertman was she honored by City Year Louisiana in 2011… Read More

A former ballet dancer, Lisa knows how to bring a blend of flexibility and discipline to all her work. Her career in office dynamics management and human resources began at a start-up production company in Manhattan, where she worked with several artists who needed someone grounded to handle the un-artsy side of business. She then worked at an education nonprofit… Read More

Lisa Hagerman is the Direc­tor of Pro­grams at DBL Part­ners. Pre­vi­ously Lisa was Direc­tor of Pro­grams at DBL Investors, which she joined in 2011. Lisa is lead­ing the strat­egy and imple­men­ta­tion of dou­ble bot­tom line prac­tices work­ing with DBL’s port­fo­lio com­pa­nies across work­force devel­op­ment, envi­ron­men­tal stew­ard­ship, com­mu­nity engage­ment, and sit­ing initiatives. Lisa was pre­vi­ously the Direc­tor of More for Mis­sion… Read More

Lisa Jaguzny is Executive Director of the Campion Foundation, based in Seattle. Lisa has extensive experience leading nonprofit advocacy organizations, including 11 years at People for Puget Sound, where she was Deputy Director. During this time, she directed the organization’s successful strategic growth through long-range planning, program development, financial management and fund development. She was also responsible for leading a… Read More

Lesly Bosch Annen, Vice President, Development and External Affairs, Dallas Women’s Foundation, has 20 years of broad-based development and communications experience. She successfully planned and implemented the Dallas Women’s Foundation $30 million comprehensive campaign (2007-2011), which raised $35 million and an additional $30 million in planned gifts. Lesly has significant experience in major gifts, philanthropy education, strategic planning, volunteer coordination,… Read More

Lester A. Picker is a professional writer with more than 600 writing credits in Forbes, Better Homes & Gardens, Time, Inc. Publications, Money, Fortune Small Business, Bloomberg Personal Finance, National Parks, and dozens of other publications… Read More

Leticia Peguero brings over 20 years of experience in social justice programming and philanthropy to her role at the Andrus Family Fund. She has dedicated her career to issues related to equity and justice for young people and women with the goal of building capacity in underserved and oppressed communities and the organizations that serve them. Leticia has worked at organizations… Read More

Lila C. Hunt has been a trustee of the Roy A. Hunt Foundation for the past five years. She is currently Chair of the Next Generation group. As Chair, Lila directs the meetings and serves as a mentor to trustees new to the foundation. Lila has always had a passion for philanthropy and frequently volunteers her time at museums and other non-profit organizations. Her… Read More

Linda Baker joined the Foundation in 1994, and currently serves as the Director of Organizational Effectiveness. In this role, she leads the Organizational Effectiveness (OE) team as they invest in grantees to build their core strengths and maximize their impact. Through these investments, the OE team aims to build healthier, better connected organizations and networks ready to bring about greater… Read More