Carver Murphy

February 15, 2019
Carver Murphy was born and raised outside of Reading, PA, where he began his work in philanthropy by serving on Berk’s County Community Foundation’s (BCCF) Youth Advisory Committee. When he arrived in State College to attend Penn State, Carver helped to establish and advise the Centre PACT (Philanthropic Actions Created by Teens) program at the Centre Foundation in State College, Read More

Berit Ashla

February 15, 2019
Berit Ashla serves as Vice President at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.  Based in San Francisco, Berit leads RPA’s West Coast advisory work, manages client engagements and works with a range of individual, family and corporate donors. She brings a wealth of experience in grantmaking, foundation governance, education, social justice, arts and sustainability.  She is a frequent contributor to national and regional Read More

Avi Khullar

February 15, 2019
Avi Khullar serves as a Senior Program Manager at the Stuart Foundation. Stuart Foundation is committed to transforming the public education systems in California and Washington so that all youth can learn and achieve in school and life. In her current role, Avi is actively working with her partners to document and share their learning broadly with the field. Avi Read More

Ashley Rodriguez

February 15, 2019
Ashley Naomi Rodriguez found her love for helping and improving her community when she joined Youth Funding Youth Ideas – a philanthropy program located in San Francisco – at the age of 16. She started as a Program Officer and is now a Senior Peer Supervisor. She is 20 years old and is currently a junior at San Francisco State Read More

Ann Goggins Gregory

February 15, 2019
Ann Goggins Gregory joined Bridgespan in 2005. She has been an active contributor to knowledge projects since she joined the firm, co-authoring “The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle” in the Fall 2009 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review and “How Governments Can Spur High Charity Performance,” published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Ann has helped lead Bridgespan’s national research on how nonprofits are Read More

Andrea Zucker

February 14, 2019
Andrea Zucker previously served as Outreach Coordinator of Nexus Global Youth Summit.  She has also been a writer, activist, and social impact investor who believes that each of us should harness our personal gifts to find our best ways to give.  A native of Charleston, South Carolina, her parents modeled the importance of community involvement from her earliest days and Read More

A. Sparks

February 14, 2019
Sparks (she/they) values and is deeply committed to promoting equity based on her experience as a queer, multi-racial, next-generation, woman in the field of philanthropy. She is Executive Director of Masto Foundation, a US-based family foundation rooted in the Japanese-American community. Before taking on leadership at her family’s foundation, Sparks worked as a Program Officer for 12 years and founded Queer Read More

Alexis Marion

February 14, 2019
Alexis Marion, in addition to being a trustee, is the Program Officer and Junior Board Advisor for the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation. In her role, she oversees the day-to-day grant administration and guides the Junior Board members (ages 8-21) in their grantmaking. Alexis considers her journey in philanthropy much like that of the delta symbol Δ: 3-sided and focused Read More

David Perrin

January 24, 2019
David Perrin is a Trustee at the Perrin Family Foundation in Connecticut. He served as Program Officer for the Foundation from 2004-06. David has been actively involved in transitioning the Foundation from a social service focus to youth social justice. He served on the Resource Generation Board of Directors, Council on Foundations Family Philanthropy Committee, and as an intern at Read More

Gary Butterworth

January 18, 2019
Gary Butterworth is the CEO of Pikes Peak Community Foundation. Gary was hired in 2016 to lead the Foundation after an 18-year tenure at El Pomar Foundation, a $550 million private foundation. With extensive knowledge and experience in the field of philanthropy and the local community, Gary brings a passion for leadership and impact to PPCF. Gary is also involved with Read More