Susan Taylor Batten

February 15, 2019
Susan Taylor Batten has more than twenty years of experience in directing, evaluating and advising both public and foundation-related efforts to improve outcomes for children, youth and families. Ms. Batten joined the Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) as President and CEO in January 2009. ABFE’s mission is to promote effective and responsive philanthropy in Black Communities and counts among Read More

Robert Dortch

February 15, 2019
Robert Dortch is the VP of Program and Community Innovation for Robins Foundation. His focus is in the areas of innovation, grantmaking and community collaboration. He formerly served as the Director, Community Innovation. Before joining the Robins Foundation, Robert ran his own consulting and leadership coaching business for individuals and organizations where he served local, national and international clients. He has also served Read More

Rebecca Stone

February 15, 2019
Rebecca Stone is a consultant in program planning and analysis for nonprofits, philanthropy, and government, with subject expertise in public education, as well as child, youth, and community development. Her recent work has placed particular emphasis on how these interconnected sectors define and meet the demand for assessment and accountability. Ms. Stone has worked in washington, DC in both consumer Read More

Phil Buchanan

February 15, 2019
Phil Buchanan, president of CEP, is a passionate advocate for the importance of philanthropy and the nonprofit sector and deeply committed to the cause of helping foundations and individual donors to maximize their impact. Hired in 2001 as the organization’s first chief executive, Phil has led the growth of CEP into the leading provider of data and insight on philanthropic Read More

Nini Meyer

February 15, 2019
Nini Meyer is the Founder/Director of PositiveTracks, a national, youth-centric non-profit that incentivizes young people to be active and philanthropic using the global platform of sport. Nini is a Trustee of the Jane B. Cook Charitable Trusts; member of Friends of CHaD Board; Overseer of Hopkins Center For The Arts At Dartmouth; Community Engagement Director of the CHaD HERO Half Read More

Maggi Alexander

February 15, 2019
Maggi Alexander is a Partner at TPI and directs TPI’s Center for Global Philanthropy. In this role she supports individuals and families, foundations, and corporations in aligning their philanthropy with their values in ways that are more strategic. An entrepreneurial leader, Maggi has spent over 30 years focused on philanthropy to improve the quality of life for low-income children, families, and Read More

Manuela Arciniegas

February 15, 2019
Manuela Arciniegas is the Senior Program Associate for the Andrus Family Fund and brings over 14 years of experience in youth organizing, community outreach, and cultural arts education.  She is currently a Next Generation Fellow with Hispanics in Philanthropy, a member of the Steering Committee of the New York City Chapter of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, a Public Humanities Fellow at Read More

Leslie Pine

February 15, 2019
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

Katie Donnelly

February 15, 2019
Katie Donnelly has been with the Seattle Foundation since 2012, supporting our family philanthropic advising work, Youth Grantmaking Board and Scholarship program. She recently completed a Master’s Degree in Public Administration at the University of Washington Evan’s School of Public Affairs. Katie’s research focused on helping donors communicate the impact they hope to make in their philanthropy. Her former professional Read More

Kathryn Agard

February 15, 2019
Dr. Kathy Agard is the Executive Director of the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Kathy joined the Johnson Center in 2006. Before joining the Johnson Center, Kathy served as founding executive director of the Learning to Give (LTG) initiative for the Council of Michigan Foundations. A unique Read More