1659 Results for “community”

Leonor Alfonso is senior program specialist at Grantmakers for Effective Organizations. GEO is a diverse community of more than 450 grantmakers working to reshape the way philanthropy operates. We are committed to advancing smarter grantmaking practices that enable nonprofits to grow stronger and achieve better results. Leonor plays a key role in GEO’s publishing and peer learning work, and leads other Read More

Leslie Pine has been the principal architect of TPI’s creative approach to program design and strategy, managing TPI’s program staff in the research, design, implementation, and evaluation of a wide range of innovative philanthropic strategies and initiatives. This work has transformed the concept of strategic philanthropy into high-impact philanthropic action, helping funders and corporations develop new and more effective approaches Read More

Laura Fink is the Director of Development & Professional Advisor Relations at the Akron Community Foundation. Laura meets with potential fundholders to discover their philanthropic passions and show them how they can do great things through the community foundation. She also leads the Professional Advisor Council made up of wealth managers, trust officers, attorneys and accountants to create giving opportunities that are simple and Read More

Laura McCargar was appointed as President of the Perrin Family Foundation (PFF) in June of 2016. Laura joined the foundation in 2011 as a Program Officer, where she played a central role in designing the foundation’s youth-led social change grantmaking and the oversaw the development and implementation of capacity building initiatives designed to strengthen, promote and expand youth organizing across Read More

Laura Winter previously served as Vice President for Donor Relations at The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF), and brings 27 years of nonprofit leadership and donor relationship experience to her current role of Donor Relations Consultant at OCF. She has deep knowledge of working across generations and with families to create and celebrate legacies in philanthropy. Laura enjoys working alongside her Read More

Lauren A. Amos is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and passionate art collector. Lauren is the founder of Wish, a Little Five Points retail experience providing fashion offerings of street culture to high fashion for Atlanta’s clientele.   Since 2003, Wish has emerged as “a sophisticated purveyor of the world’s most cutting-edge labels” and has been featured regularly in the national media. Originally Read More

Laily Pirbhai is a trusted philanthropic advisor. Prior to starting her consulting practice, Laily spent more than a decade working at the Calgary Foundation, likening her role to a “philanthropic advisor” in the community. Under Laily’s leadership, effective donor engagement at the Foundation means starting a philanthropic conversation with the family’s “why”. Understanding a donor’s charitable motivations and objectives through Read More

Lana Volftsun is the Executive Director of the One Percent Foundation, an organization that makes philanthropy accessible to Millennials and empowers them to change the world together. She serves on the Board of Slingshot, sits on the Issues Committee for the National Center for Family Philanthropy, and is member of the Impact Grants Initiative and Innovation Fund committees for the SF Jewish Read More