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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

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

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