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1 04/14/2011
International Fellows Program
Speakers: Past, Present and Future
Biographical and Contact Information
*Alphabetical by last name
*Dates indicate when a speaker presented to an IFP seminar
Omotade Akin Aina (4/22/10; 11/05/10)
Omotade “Tade” Akin Aina is Program Director, Higher Education and Libraries in Africa,
International Program, Carnegie Corporation of New York. As Program Director, Aina
develops and implements the Corporation‟s strategy to accelerate economic and social
development in Africa by strengthening teaching, research, scholarship and leadership.
Working in South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana and Nigeria, Carnegie Corporation is
investing in initiatives including regional networks of scholars, fellowships to cultivate and
harness individual skills in the sciences and humanities, while also building on the
Corporation‟s decade-long institutional support for universities and libraries.
Aina is an experienced foundation executive, whose decade-long tenure in the Ford
Foundation‟s Nairobi office, most recently as Regional Representative for East Africa, has
been marked by innovation and visionary leadership.
Aina studied sociology at the University of Lagos and the London School of Economics and
obtained his doctorate from the University of Sussex. Aina was a professor at the University
of Lagos, lecturing on urban poverty, governance and development. At Lagos, where he
combined research with activism, Aina was one of the founders of the Nigerian
Environmental Study Team and the Lagos Group for the Study of Human Settlements,
publishing widely on these and related issues.
Aina joined Ford Foundation in 1998, coming from the Dakar-based Council for
Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), where he was the Deputy
Executive Secretary. In Ford‟s Nairobi office, Aina developed a portfolio in Governance and
Civil Society that has focused on the strengthening of the values and institutions of
participatory democratic governance. [http://carnegie.org/about-us/staff/view/single/person/taa/; visited 12/25/10]
Contact Information:
Omotade Akin Aina
Program Director
Higher Education and Libraries in Africa, International Program
Carnegie Corporation of New York
437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 371-3200
Fax: (212) 754-4073
Email: [email protected]
2 04/14/2011
Sol Marie Alfonso-Jones (04/16/10; 11/09/10; 4/12/11)
Sol Marie Alfonso-Jones has long worked on issues related to the cause(s), not just the
syptoms of community depression, and her career can be measured one community issue at a
time.
Her first job was community relations liaison for Governor Mario Cuomo's Office of Hispanic
affairs, and later she worked to create the New York State Mentoring Partnership. She also
worked as director of the Fight for Families Coalition.
Alfonso-Jones then took on community issues in a more comprehensive context, joining
Sustainable Long Island as Director of Programs, where she spearheaded the organization's
Long Island neighborhood revitalization and brownfields redevelopment programs.
In April 2009 she joined the team Long Island Community Foundation as a Program Offer,
where she currently works with Vanessa Greene and David Okorn.
[source = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-2149502.html, visited 2/14, 11; et al.]
Contact Information:
Ms. Sol Marie Alfonso-Jones Program Officer
Long Island Community Foundation
A Division of The New York Community Trust
Nassau Hall
1864 Muttontown Road
Syosset, New York 11791
Tel: 516-348-0575
Email: [email protected]
3 04/14/2011
Şenay Ataselim (4/3/09; 03/25/10; 4/11/11)
Şenay Ataselim is the Chief Operating Officer of the Turkish Philanthropy Funds (TPF), a
New York-based diaspora organization that was established to promote philanthropy among
Turkish-Americans. TPF aims to connect donors in the United States with high impact social
projects in Turkey or in the United States. Donors do not give to TPF, rather give through
TPF. Individuals may contribute to specific issue areas or organizations through TPF‟s pooled
funds in the areas of education, women empowerment, livelihoods, environmental
sustainability, arts and culture, health and civil society empowerment. Also by opening a
named fund at TPF, Turkish-Americans can channel their philanthropic dollars to their
favorite NGOs in Turkey or to their local causes in the United States.
Şenay Ataselim is an alumna of the 2005 Emerging Leaders International Fellows Program at
the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. She has been working collaboratively with
another former Fellow, Filiz Bikmen (Turkey, ELIFP 2006, [email protected]) in
helping to support the creation (in 2007) and development of the Bosu Community
Foundation in Turkey.
Contact Information:
Ms. Senay Ataselim
Chief Operating Officer
Turkish Philanthropy Funds
1036 Park Avenue, Suite 15
New York, NY 10028
Tel: 212.599.3063
Website: www.tpfund.org
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
t: +1.646.530.8978-88
m: +1.347.754.0630
f: +1.212.661.9350
Skype account: senay-tpf
4 04/14/2011
Rebecca Bardach (4/2/09)
Rebecca Bardach is the United States Representative of The Center for International
Migration and Integration (CIMI) and the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
Director of Employment and Microfinance Initiatives.
Her fields of expertise include refugee aid, resettlement, asylum claim determination, return
and reintegration, diaspora-homeland partnerships and models, developing and implementing
trainings on international migration and development.
She has directed refugee aid, resettlement and return programs, as well as humanitarian relief
for displaced populations. She has also determined asylum claims and worked with the
Government of Israel to develop an asylum system. Bardach is the former Director of Center
for International Migration and Integration.
Contact Information:
Ms. Rebecca Bardach
Director
Employment and Microfinance Initiatives
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
215 East 68th Street
New York, NY 10065-5718
Tel: 212-288-0378
Website: www.cimi.org.il ; www.jdc.org
Email: [email protected]
5 04/14/2011
Diane L. Bell-McKoy
Diane L. Bell-McKoy is President of Associated Black Charities (ABC), a Maryland-based
nonprofit founded in 1985 that represents and responds to issues of importance to Maryland‟s
black community. ABC works to strengthen and create competitive and economically viable
communities through its funding and grant making initiatives in the areas of education,
healthcare, leadership development and community empowerment. ABC serves as a funding
catalyst and fiscal agent for nonprofit and community-based organizations across the state of
Maryland.
After almost 20 years of working with drug treatment programs, poverty issues, and as an
advocate for children, Bell-McKoy took the reins as President and CEO of the Empower
Baltimore Management Corporation in 1994. She faced the challenge of bringing together
people from different backgrounds with varying experiences and beliefs to put together and
carry out a collective vision.
Under her leadership, Baltimore‟s Empowerment Zone has had unparalleled success and has
become a national and international model. Bell-McKoy and her staff, in partnership with
others in the business community, have seen the creation of 5,000 new jobs and helped 8,000
unemployed city residents find work. Empower Baltimore has also created new initiatives,
such as a Hospital Hopkins and University Hospital program, which has trained hospital
workers and upgraded them to work as surgical technicians.
In her previous position as deputy chief of staff to the Honorable Kurt L. Schmoke, former
mayor of Baltimore, Bell-McKoy spearheaded the development of an agency dedicated to the
delivery of both human services and community capacity building assistance; designed and
implemented a new policy structure to guide the mayor in matters related to social capital
(The Mayor‟s Human Services Sub-Cabinet); designed the City‟s rebuilding policies
committee; served as the chair of the Sandtown-Winchester Initiative in partnership with the
Jim Rouse Enterprise Foundation; and designed the City‟s first Youth Leadership Program.
Bell-McKoy graduated from UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) in 1973
with a B.A. in Sociology/Social Work, and was named UMBC‟s Distinguished Alumna for
2003.
Contact Information:
Ms. Diane L. Bell-McKoy
President
Associated Black Charities
1114 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-5515
Tel: (410) 659-0000
Fax: (410) 659-0755
Website: www.associatedblackcharities.org/home.shtml ; www.abc-md.org
Email: [email protected]
6 04/14/2011
Laura Berry (4/22/09)
Laura Berry is the Executive Director of Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
(ICCR).
*[See also K.C. Burton, Deputy Director, ICCR]
Berry became ICCR's Executive Director in June of 2007. Prior to joining ICCR, she was the
Senior Vice President for Philanthropic Service for the Community Foundation for Greater
New Haven. Before joining the Community Foundation, Berry served as Community
Development Initiative Director for the New London Development Corporation. Prior to that,
she managed a $250 million portfolio as vice president at SSB Citi Asset Management,
relying on the synergy between faith and socially responsible investing guidelines.
Berry, a native of Detroit, Michigan, lives in New Haven, Connecticut. She received her
Certified Financial Planner designation from Quinnipiac University and holds an M.S. from
the University of Michigan and a B.S. from Michigan Technology University.
Contact Information:
Ms. Laura Berry
Executive Director
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
475 Riverside Dr. Suite 1842
New York, NY 10115
Tel: 212-870-2294 (direct)
Tel: 212-870-2936 (Linda Williams)
Website: www.iccr.org
Email: [email protected]
7 04/14/2011
Matthew Bishop (05/19/10)
Matthew Bishop is the US Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief of The Economist.
Bishop was previously the magazine‟s London-based Business Editor. His new book, The
Road from Ruin: How to Renew Capitalism and Put America Back on Top, with Michael
Green, will be published by Crown in February 2010.
Philanthrocapitalism, his previous book (also with Green) on the global revolution under way
in philanthropy, has been described as “terrific” by New York Times columnist Nicholas
Kristof, and as the “definitive guide to a new generation of philanthropists who understand
innovation and risk-taking, and who will play a crucial part in solving the biggest problems
facing the world” by New York‟s Mayor and leading philanthropist Michael Bloomberg.
According to former U.S President Bill Clinton, “This is an important book. Our
interdependent world is too unequal, unstable, and, because of climate change, unsustainable.
We have to transform it into one of shared responsibilities, shared opportunities, and a shared
sense of community. Bishop and Green show us how to do it.” Bishop is also the author of
Essential Economics, the official Economist layperson‟s guide to economics.
Bishop is the author of several of The Economist‟s special report supplements, including most
recently “A Bigger World,” which examines the opportunities and challenges of the rise of
emerging economies and firms; “The Business of Giving,” which looks at the industrial
revolution taking place in philanthropy; “Kings of Capitalism,” which anticipated and
analyzed the recent boom in private equity; and “Capitalism and its Troubles,” an
examination of the impact of problems such as the collapse of Enron. In 1994, he wrote an
acclaimed special report on corporate governance, “Watching the Boss.”
Before joining The Economist, Bishop was on the faculty of London Business School, where
he co-authored three books for the Oxford University Press on subjects ranging from
privatization and regulation to corporate mergers. Prior to that, Bishop was educated at
Oxford University. He has served as a member of the Sykes Commission on the investment
system in the 21st century. Bishop was also on the Advisors Group of the United Nations
International Year of Microcredit 2005. Bishop has been honored as a Young Global Leader
by the World Economic Forum. He has been interviewed on numerous media outlets,
including NPR, BBC, CNBC, and the Charlie Rose show.
Contact Information:
Mr. Matthew Bishop
New York Bureau Chief
The Economist
The Economist Building
111 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
Tel: 212-541-0500
Fax: 212-245-3820
8 04/14/2011
Joyce Bove (4/7/09; 03/09/10)
Joyce Bove is the Senior Vice President, Grants and Special Projects, at New York
Community Trust.
*[See also Robert Edgar, Vice President, Donor Relations, The New York Community Trust]
Bove joined The Trust in 1978 and now administers a wide range of grant programs and
special projects. Before joining The Trust she held administrative and planning positions in
health, mental health, and substance abuse agencies.
Bove chairs the New York Academy of Medicine's School Health Programs Advisory
Committee and serves on New York City's Workforce Investment Board Youth Council, and
is a visiting lecturer at New York Medical College's School of Public Health. In 1989, Bove
received the Council on Foundations' Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking
for her leadership in shaping the local and national philanthropic response to the AIDS
epidemic.
Bove is a graduate of Wellesley College, holds a masters degree in Public Administration
from Indiana University, and is a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine.
Contact Information:
Ms. Joyce Bove
Senior Vice President
Grants and Special Projects
New York Community Trust
909 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Tel: (212) 686-0010
Website: http://nycommunitytrust.org
Email: [email protected]
9 04/14/2011
K.C. Burton
K.C. Burton is the Deputy Director of Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR).
*[See also Laura Berry, Executive Director, ICCR]
Prior to joining ICCR, Burton worked as a senior associate with the Annie E. Casey
Foundation. His responsibilities included directing a Baltimore initiative that supported and
encouraged philanthropies to set aside larger investments to faith-based groups and non-
profits assisting economically disadvantaged children and families. He also served for served
seven months as interim CEO of the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation.
Burton's prior work experience includes in public relations and as a business owner. He
worked as public affairs and corporate responsibility manager for the Baltimore Sun and in
community relations for the Baltimore Mayor's Office and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Burton earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Shaw University in Raleigh,
N.C. in 1971, and studied towards a Masters Degree in urban planning and public policy at
Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. He was awarded an honorary PhD from
Sojourner-Douglass College in Baltimore, MD in 2001.
Burton has served on more than 50 local community boards, committees and projects during
three decades including, the House of Ruth, Advocates for Children and Youth, The
Baltimore Radio Reading Network, the National Community Builders Network; the Family
League of Baltimore City, the Maryland Center for Arts and Technology, and the Baltimore
Mental Health Systems. He has recently been active with the Maryland Juvenile Justice
Advisory Council, the Vision Impact Council of the United Way of Central Md., the Md.
Dept. of Education Visionary Panel for Better Schools, the Baltimore Neighborhood
Collaborative, the Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism, H.E.A.L. Inc.,
Foundations Inc., Fusion Inc., Baltimore Times Community Services, and Madison Avenue
Presbyterian Church USA.
Burton's philanthropy involvement includes the Sojourner-Douglass College Foundation board, the
Association of Black Foundation Executives board (vice-president), the National Center for Black
Philanthropy, the Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) Funders Collaborative and the Association of
Baltimore Area Grantmakers. He is a native of Elizabeth City, NC and grew up in Baltimore, MD.
Contact Information:
Mr. K.C. Burton
Deputy Director
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
475 Riverside Drive
Suite 1842
New York, NY 10115
Tel: 212-870-2295
Fax: 212-870-2023
Website: www.iccr.org
Email: [email protected]
10 04/14/2011
Emmett D. Carson
Emmett Carson has been an internationally recognized philanthropic leader for more than two
decades as the founding CEO and president of Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Hired in 2006 to establish a new, regional community foundation from the merger of
Peninsula Community Foundation and Community Foundation Silicon Valley, Carson is
responsible for providing the vision for one of the largest community foundations in the
United States with assets of $1.5 billion.
Before coming to Silicon Valley, Carson served as president and CEO of The Minneapolis
Foundation for 12 years. During his tenure, the foundation received national recognition for
its grantmaking in the areas of housing, immigration and education.
An inspiring public speaker, Carson has devoted his career to being a catalyst for positive
social change and has authored more than 85 works on philanthropy and social justice. He
served as the first manager of the Ford Foundation‟s worldwide grantmaking program on
philanthropy and the nonprofit sector and his seminal work on African American giving and
volunteering at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is widely seen as helping
to spark broad public interest in ethnic philanthropy studies.
In addition to serving on numerous nonprofit boards, Carson has conducted workshops on
endowment building for nongovernmental organizations in southern Africa and participated in
international efforts to develop best practices within the field of philanthropy. He has received
numerous awards, including honorary degrees from Indiana University, Morehouse College
and The National Hispanic University.
A native of Chicago, Carson received both his master‟s and Ph.D. degrees in public and
international affairs from Princeton University and his bachelor‟s degree in economics, Phi
Beta Kappa, from Morehouse College.
Contact Information:
Mr. Emmett Carson
President
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
2440 West El Camino Real
Suite 300
Mountain View, CA 94040
Tel: 650-450-5400
Fax: 650-450-5401
Website: www.siliconvalleycf.org/index.html
Email: [email protected]
11 04/14/2011
John Casey (4/20/09)
Since 2008 John Casey has been Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs at Baruch
College, City University of New York.
Previously he was a Senior Lecturer in management, leadership and governance at the
Australian Graduate School of Policing, Charles Sturt University, Sydney. He was also a
visiting lecturer in criminal justice at the University of Maine at Augusta, USA and the
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and an adjunct lecturer in community management at the
University of Technology, Sydney.
Prior to his academic career, Casey worked as a public sector and nonprofit manager. From
1992 to 1998, he was the Executive Officer of the Masters in Public Management program at
a three university consortium in Barcelona, Spain and a consultant to the European Union
working on public sector development in Eastern Europe. Previously, he had been the
Director of the Mayor's Office of Adult Literacy for the City of New York, USA and a social
services manager in Sydney, Australia.
Casey has published extensively and given numerous presentations in the fields of
government-nongovernment relations, including compacts*, immigration policy, policing, and
university teaching.
*In recent years, governments around the world have developed written agreements,
commonly known as “compacts” with community and voluntary sector organizations that
Contact Information:
John Casey, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Public Affairs
Baruch College
City University of New York (CUNY)
One Bernard Baruch Way
(55 Lexington Ave at 24th St)
New York, NY 10010
Tel: 646 660-6858
Website: www.baruch.cuny.edu/spa/home.php
Faculty profile page (Bio/CV and full-text of publications):
www.baruch.cuny.edu/spa/facultystaff/facultydirectory/bio_john_casey.php
Email: [email protected]
12 04/14/2011
Elizabeth Cham (5/20/2009)
Elizabeth Cham is the Chair of the Advisory Council of the National Nonprofit Roundtable,
and former Senior Research Fellow in Philanthropy at University of Melbourne researching
the history of charitable law in Australia.
Cham was the National Director of Philanthropy Australia for ten years, during which time
there was historically unprecedented growth in philanthropy. Cham was a founding member
of the Prime Minister‟s Business Community Partnership and of WINGS (International
Association of Grantmakers).
Cham has worked as an academic at the ANU and University of Canberra. She has been a
researcher in history, has worked for Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, and was the speech
writer for Premier John Cain. She was Manager of Research at ANZ Trustees where she
worked for a number of prominent Australian Foundations.
Contact Information:
Ms. Elizabeth Cham
Chair of the Advisory Council
National Roundtable of Nonprofit Organisations
708 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
PO Box 299 Carlton South, Victoria, 3053
Tel: +61 3 9349 3699
Fax: +61 3 9349 3655
Website: www.nonprofitroundtable.org.au
Email: [email protected]
13 04/14/2011
Jessica Chao (3/17/09)
Jessica Chao is a Consultant, formerly Vice President at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
Chao is a noted expert in foundation and program management, and has launched numerous
major multi-million-dollar grant programs in various fields. Among other responsibilities at
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, she leads the American Red Cross Recovery Grants
program and The New York State Music Fund, two grantmaking initiatives of $90 million and
$30 million respectively.
Prior to joining Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Chao launched the Coalition for New
Philanthropy, an initiative to strengthen philanthropy in emerging donor communities,
including African American, Asian and Latino. Prior to that, she was vice president of the
Wallace Funds, where she designed and developed one of the largest national arts programs in
the country, which received the Presidents Medal of Arts.
Chao frequently writes and addresses conference audiences on numerous philanthropy-related
topics, notably on the traditions and preferences of the multi-cultural donor. She has advised
many leading foundations, including the Ford, Kellogg, Packard, Rockefeller, Twenty-First
Century, Asia and Gill Foundations. She has been a member of the Advisory Committees of
the National Center for Family Philanthropy, the Ford Foundation‟s Social Justice Initiative,
the Smithsonian‟s Asian American Initiative, and on the Board of the New York Regional
Association of Grantmakers. Chao holds a B.A. and M.A. from Columbia University.
Contact Information:
Ms. Jessica Chao
Lotus & Grain LLC
Tel: (201) 857-3842
Email: [email protected]
14 04/14/2011
Alma Cota de Yanez
Alma Cota de Yanez is Executive Director of Fundacion del Empresariado Sonorense AC
(FESAC), a community foundation that links corporate and individual donors to social
organizations in Nogales, Mexico, a city of close to 250,000 just across from
Nogales, Arizona.
FESAC works towards improving life on both sides of the border and is sister organization to
Santa Cruz Community Foundation (SCCF) in Nogales, Arizona (www.sccfaz.org). FESAC
generates and coordinates donations of money and time for almost 30 NGOs, reaching 40,000
people, in the fields of health, education, social problems, environment, and violence against
women. A recent project that FESAC became involved in is helping youths to become
more aware of philanthropy and to help curb underage drinking problems. Last year, FESAC,
under Alma‟s leadership, mobilized $600,000.
Cota de Yanez joined Women Leaders for the World (WLW) in 2005, where she engaged in
exercises such as Top of the Mountain. As a result of being in WLW, Cota de Yanez turned
her project of supplying her NGOs with shared computer access into an NGO computer
network in which every organization acquired its own hardware and software.
Cota de Yanez was a featured speaker at the Global Women's Leadership Network Spring
event on May 21, 2007 and a 2007 Senior Fellow at the Center on Philanthropy and Civil
Society.
Contact Information:
Ms. Alma Cota de Yanez
Executive Director
Fundacion del Empresariado Sonorense AC
Guerrero 1008 Local 1
entre Jalisco y Miguel Alemán
Col. Centro, C.P. 85000, Cd. Obregón, Son.
Tel: (644) 415 8871
Website: http://fesac.org
Email: [email protected]
15 04/14/2011
Nick Deychakiwsky (3/12/09; 5/21/10; 10/28/10)
Nick Deychakiwsky is Program Officer at the Mott Foundation, focusing on Civil Society in
the United States. The goal of this program is to support a strong enabling environment for
philanthropy and the nonprofit sector in the U.S., emphasizing accountability, effectiveness
and inclusiveness.
Contact Information:
Mr. Nick Deychakiwsky
Program Officer
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Mott Foundation Building
503 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 1200
Flint, Michigan 48502-1851
Tel: +1-810-238-5651
Fax: +1-810-766-1753
Website: www.mott.org
Email: [email protected]
16 04/14/2011
Robert V. Edgar (3/19/09; 10/21/09; 03/08/10; 10/21/10; 3/08/11)
Robert Edgar is Vice President of Donor Relations at The New York Community Trust.
*[See also Joyce Bove, Senior Vice President, Grants and Special Projects, New York
Community Trust]
With The Trust for twenty four years, Bob is the principal contact for donors, helping them to
identify and achieve their charitable objectives. He is also involved in The Trust's new
business initiatives.
Prior to The Trust, Edgar was the director of development for an international eye-care
nonprofit, and before that was a development officer for a performing arts center. Edgar
currently is a board member of the Memton Fund, the Clinton Hall Association, King Manor
Museum, and the Kingsborough Community College Foundation, and is a trustee of the
Board of Foreign Parishes, an Episcopal foundation that supports three churches in Europe.
Edgar was also a founding trustee of the Berkshire-Taconic Community Foundation.
Contact Information:
Mr. Robert V. Edgar
Vice President of Donor Relations
New York Community Trust
909 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10022
Tel: (212) 686-0010
Fax: (212) 532-8528
Website: http://nycommunitytrust.org
Email: [email protected]
17 04/14/2011
Michael Edwards (05/19/10)
Michael Edwards is an independent writer and activist based in upstate New York. He is
affiliated with the New York-based think-tank Demos, the Wagner School of Public Service
at New York University, and the Brooks World Poverty Institute at Manchester University in
the UK.
From 1999 to 2008 Edwards was the Director of the Ford Foundation's Governance and Civil
Society Program in New York, having previously worked for the World Bank, Oxfam-GB,
Save the Children-UK and other NGOs in Washington DC, London, Colombia, Zambia,
Malawi, and India.
Edwards‟ writings have helped to shape a more critical appreciation of the global role of
philanthropy and civil society, and to break down barriers between researchers and activists
across the world. They include, Small Change: Why Business Won't Save the World (2010),
Civil Society (2004, revised 2009), The Love That Does Justice (2003), The Earthscan Reader
on NGO Management (2003, with A. Fowler), Global Citizen action: Perspectives and
Challenges (2001, edited with J. Gaventa), NGO Rights and Responsibilities: A New Deal for
Global Governance (2000), and Future Positive: International Cooperation in the 21st
Century (1999), among others.
Michael was educated in England at the universities of Oxford and London, and now lives
with his wife Cora in the farmhouse they renovated together in the foothills of the Catskill
mountains.
Contact Information:
Mr. Michael Edwards
Demos
220 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Tel: 212-633-1405
Website: www.futurepositive.org
Email: [email protected]
18 04/14/2011
Morad Fareed (05/13/11)
Morad Fareed is Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Delos Living, to which he brings a wealth
of real estate and entrepreneurial experience.
He began his career as a Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs where he worked in the Equities
division and the Fixed Income division. He went on to join First Manhattan Consulting Group
as a Senior Analyst, a leading management consulting firm to the financial services industry.
He also co-founded ICS Inc., which quickly became a successful telecommunications startup
focusing on the emerging Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.
Morad‟s main focus in recent years has been on innovative, progressive real estate. He started
with industry leader Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide where throughout his tenure, he
worked on over 40 real estate development deals throughout North America valued at over $2
Billion. These included St. Regis, W, Le Meridien, Westin, and Sheraton hotel and residential
deals. He also helped initiate and develop the strategic blueprint for forming the industry‟s
first green hotel brand, Element by Westin.
To go one step farther than green real estate, Morad co-founded Delos Living. Working
alongside world-class institutions and experts, Delos has created Wellness Real Estate™,
which is being recognized as a paradigm shift not just within real estate and sustainability, but
health and wellness.
Morad is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative and the U.S. Conference of Mayors‟s
Business Council, and serves on the Board of Soccer for Peace. He took time off from his
career to play for the Palestinian National Soccer Team in its quest to qualify for FIFA‟s 2006
World Cup, which was captured in the acclaimed documentary, Goal Dreams.
Morad is a native of New York and currently lives in Manhattan. He graduated with a B.A. in
Economics from New York University.
[source = http://www.delosliving.com/the-team; visited 4/08/11]
Contact Information:
Delos Living
54 Thomspon Street
New York, NY 10012
Tel: 646.308.1565
Website: www.delosliving.com
Email: [email protected]
19 04/14/2011
Leona Forman (3/24/09; 11/2/09; 03/30/10; 3/16/11)
Leona Forman is the founding President and former CEO of the Brazil Foundation, an
organization that generates resources for programs that promote social change in Brazil. It
mobilizes donations from individuals and socially responsible corporations in the United
States and directs them to projects in the fields of education, health, human rights, citizenship
and culture.
Forman established the Brazil Foundation in June 2000 after retiring from a twenty-year
career at the United Nations. As chief of Information Centers Services at the UN, Forman
managed a network of seventy public information centers around the world. Prior to that, she
headed the Department of Public Information‟s section for non-governmental organizations,
working closely with more than 1,600 associated NGOs in all regions of the world.
Before joining the UN, Forman was cultural correspondent for the Brazilian newspaper O
Globo in France and a writer for the magazine Realidade, from Chicago and East Timor.
Forman studied at the University of Paris, graduate studies towards Illème cycle, Institut
Français de Presse. She received her master‟s degree from Columbia University School of
Journalism and bachelor‟s degree from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (then
called Universidade do Brasil).
Contact Information:
Ms. Leona Forman
Founding President
BrazilFoundation
345 Seventh Ave. #1401
New York, NY 10001
Tel: (212) 244-3663
Fax: (212) 244-4334
Website: www.brazilfoundation.org
Email: [email protected]
20 04/14/2011
Brennan Gang (11/02/09)
Brennan Gang is the Program Officer at the Korean American Community Foundation
(KACF).
*[See also Kyung Yoon, Executive Director, KACF]
Gang oversees KACF's grantmaking and other program-related initiatives. Most recently, she
served as Program Officer for the New York Women's Foundation where she helped to
manage an over $2 million grantmaking budget, including strategic review and analysis of
grant applications, and develop short- and long-term strategies in three areas of work:
grantmaking, capacity building, and public education and advocacy.
Before joining the New York Women's Foundation, Gang spent two years in Seoul, South
Korea, teaching English as Second Language and exploring her heritage. Prior to this journey,
she spent three years in the hospitality industry as a Catering Manager in Denver, Colorado.
Following her interest in volunteerism, she served a year in the AmeriCorps National Civilian
Community Corps after college. Gang is a graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman's College
with a B.A in English.
Contact Information:
Ms. Brennan Gang
Program Officer
Korean American Community Foundation
501 Fifth Ave, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 300-2145
Website: www.kacfny.org
Email: [email protected]
21 04/14/2011
Peter F. Geithner
Peter Geithner is an advisor to the Asia Center at Harvard University and a consultant to the
Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium, Rockefeller Foundation, Sasakawa Peace Foundation,
and other organizations. He serves on the boards of the National Committee on United States-
China Relations, the China Center for Economic Research (Peking University), the Center for
the Advanced Study of India (University of Pennsylvania), Clemente (Holdings) Asia, Inc.,
and the Institute of Current World Affairs.
Geithner was with The Ford Foundation for 28 years, where he held program management
positions mainly concerned with Asia. He was Director of Asia Programs from 1990 to 1996.
Prior to assuming that position, he served for two and a half years as the Foundation‟s first
representative in Beijing, China. His earlier assignments with the Foundation included
Program Officer in Charge, Developing Country Programs (New York), Representative for
Southeast Asia (Bangkok), Deputy Head, Asia Pacific (New York), and Deputy
Representative for India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka (New Delhi).
Prior to joining The Ford Foundation, Geithner served with the U.S. Agency for International
Development in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Washington, D.C. He was also Assistant to the
President of a private international company, and served for four years as a Naval Aviator.
Geithner is a graduate of Dartmouth College (BA) and the Johns Hopkins University School
of Advanced International Studies (MA). He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a recipient of
the State Department Distinguished Service Award, and the Royal Thai Government Order of
the White Elephant.
Contact Information:
Mr. Peter F. Geithner
150 Tonset Road
P O Box 781
Orleans, MA 02653
22 04/14/2011
Marilyn Gelber (10/27/10; 3/24/11)
Marilyn Gelber is the President of the Brooklyn Community Foundation. She was the
founding Executive Director of the Independence Community Foundation, and established it
as Brooklyn‟s leading philanthropy; she then led its transformation into the Brooklyn
Community Foundation.
A lifelong New Yorker and current resident of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, Ms. Gelber served 28
years in NYC‟s public sector, including positions such as Commissioner of the NYC
Department of Environmental Protection, Executive Assistant to the Brooklyn Borough
President, and Director of Neighborhood Strategy Planning for the NYC Department of City
Planning.
Ms. Gelber serves on various public and private nonprofit boards and has received several
awards and honorary degrees from Brooklyn institutions.
Contact Information:
Ms. Marilyn Gelber
President
Brooklyn Community Foundation
45 Main Street, Suite 409
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel: 718-722-5938
Fax: 718-722-5757
Website: www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org
Email: [email protected]
23 04/14/2011
Dr. Michael Göring (4/13/10)
Since 1997 Dr. Michael Göring has been CEO and member of the board, chairman since
2005, of the Hamburg-based ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, one of the largest
foundations in Germany. Central to its mission is the commitment to invigorate civil society
in Germany and Europe and to promote innovative trans-Atlantic programs, exchanges, and
perspectives. In addition to promoting academic achievement, education programs, fine arts
and culture, the foundation established the first private law school in Germany, the Bucerius
Law School, in 2000, as well as an international art gallery, the Bucerius Kunst Forum, in
2002, both in Hamburg. Göring is chairman of the Board of Trustees of both institutions. He
is also a member of the Research Committee of the European Foundation Centre (EFC).
As one of Germany‟s philanthropic leaders, some of his other board and advisory board
memberships include: German Association of Foundations, German National Merit
Foundation, Stiftung zur Förderung der Hamburgischen Kunstsammlungen (foundation
supporting the purchase of fine art for museums in Hamburg), Hamburg Regional Advisory
Council of Deutsche Bank, and Hamburger Sparkasse (Hamburg City Bank).
From 1993 to 1997, Göring was head of the promotion department at the Essen-based Alfried
Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung. From 1988 to 1993, he was program director at
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (National German Academic Foundation), in charge of
international programs particularly to the United States, Japan, and China. He has been a
visiting lecturer at the Master in International Studies in Philanthropy and Social
Entrepreneurship program at the University of Bologna, Italy.
Göring studied at the Universities of Cologne, Swansea (UK), Munich and Wayne State
Detroit and holds a first German State Exam in Anglistics, geography, North American
studies and philosophy. He received his Ph.D. in English Literature. He is author of, among
other publications, Unternehmen Stiftung (Hanser Verlag, München, 2009).
Contact Information:
Dr. Michael Göring
President
ZEIT-Stiftung
Feldbrunnenstrasse 56
D-20148 Hamburg, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 40/41 336-850; Fax: +49 (0) 40/41 336-800
E-Mail: [email protected] ; Website: www.michael-goering.com/en
Also: C/O Dr. Nina Smidt
CEO, Bucerius Education GmbH at Bucerius Law School
Managing Director American Friends of Bucerius
440 Park Avenue South, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tel: +1 (212) 497-3569; Fax: +1 (212) 497-3535
E-Mail: [email protected]
24 04/14/2011
Vanessa Greene (04/16/10; 11/09/10; 4/12/11)
Vanessa Greene is a community development expert with a specialization in arts and
culture. She currently works as Program Officer for Long Island Community Foundation, a
division of the New York Community Trust.
For nearly three decades, Greene has been engaged in successfully building capacity,
expanding opportunities, and creating wealth in some of the most challenging urban and rural
environments. Early career associations with brilliant leaders in the development field not
only contributed to her strong analytical and managerial abilities, but also have given her a
holistic understanding of “community,” a “can do” attitude, high professional standards and a
strong work ethic.
Greene‟s professional experience has been rich and diverse. She has worked with community
development corporations, faith based institutions, cultural centers, government agencies,
private foundations and commercial enterprises. She has raised money, built housing,
incorporated towns, developed physical infrastructure, created jobs, and provided access to
high quality arts and cultural programming. Along the way, she has developed strengths in
creative problem solving, marketing, strategic planning, fiscal management, community
organizing, fundraising and grants management, technical writing and project evaluation.
Greene received an MBA from Queens College. She completed graduate studies in Political
Science at Atlanta University and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Boston
College. Her studies also have taken her abroad where she studied at the L‟Institut des Etudes
Européenes in Paris, France.
Contact Information:
Ms. Vanessa Greene
Program Officer
Long Island Community Foundation
A Division of The New York Community Trust
Nassau Hall
1864 Muttontown Road
Syosset, New York 11791
Tel: 516-348-0575
Email: [email protected]
25 04/14/2011
Peter deCourcy Hero
Peter deCourcy Hero is the former President of Community Foundation Silicon Valley (1988-
2006). His next role was as Senior Advisor to the CEO and board of directors of the Silicon
Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) in Mountain View, California. During the transition
period, he also served as senior fellow at the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford
University's Graduate School of Business and was appointed adjunct professor at the
Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, where he had served as a
visiting lecturer, as well as an advisor to its community foundation.
In spring 2009 Caltech named Hero as its new Vice President for Development and Alumni
Relations. In this position, Hero serves as the senior executive leading Caltech's institutional
advancement efforts, creating and implementing strategies to elevate the Institute's profile
with prospective donors and friends. He will lead Caltech's development and alumni activities
and support the Associates, the Institute's premier group of benefactors and friends.
Prior to his stint in Silicon Valley, Hero was president of Maine College of Art in Portland,
Maine, where he tripled the institution's endowment and created the region's first graduate
MFA degree program. From 1975 to 1984, he was director of the Oregon Arts Commission,
collaborating with state government and the private sector on a strategic plan to use art and
design to build stronger rural communities and to pass the first "Art in Public Places"
legislation in the U.S.
Hero holds a BA and an MA in Art History from Williams College and an MBA from the
Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He has served on a number of nonprofit
boards, including those of the Public Broadcasting Service Foundation, the eBay Corporate
Foundation, and the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford. In 1992 President George
H.W. Bush appointed him to the National Council on the Arts, and in 2002 Czech Republic
President Vaclav Havel chose him to serve on the Council of Advisors for the NATO Summit
in Prague.
Hero is the author of numerous publications, and most recently a contributing editor to "Local
Mission, Global Vision: Community Foundations in the 21st Century," Bertelsmann Stiftung,
2008) which has been translated into four languages.
Contact Information:
Mr. Peter deCourcy Hero
Vice President for Development and Institute Relations
California Institute of Technology
1200 E. California Blvd
M/C 202-31 Pasadena, CA 91125
Tel: 626-395-6307
Fax: 626-585-9488
Website: http://giving.caltech.edu/ways_giving_securities
Email: [email protected]
26 04/14/2011
Jan Jaffe (5/18/10)
Jan Jaffe is Founder and Project Leader for GrantCraft, a web-based resource for grantmakers
to share tools and skills for improving their practice. GrantCraft is supported by the Ford
Foundation with help from over 800 practitioners worldwide. Jaffe has led several grant and
loan programs and started the Ford Foundation‟s first internal organizational learning program.
In addition to an MBA and MCP from University of Pennsylvania, Jaffe is a life-long student
of reflective practice techniques to help practitioners stay open, creative, and innovative on-
the-job.
Since October 2001, Jaffe, along with a group of other consultants and writers, has
interviewed hundreds of grantmakers and grant users to dig for gems and set them in a
meaningful framework. They've organized the information into a variety of formats found
throughout the GrantCraft web site ... all aimed at helping grantmakers to work more
effectively.
Contact Information:
Ms. Jan Jaffe
Project Leader
GrantCraft
The Ford Foundation
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 573-4879
Email: [email protected]
27 04/14/2011
Peter J. Johnson (04/20/10 & 5/12/10; 4/14/11)
Peter Johnson is historian, author, and Rockefeller Family Associate. He serves as an advisor
to Mr. David Rockefeller and writes and speaks on philanthropy and foundations. He is also
the current Rockefeller family historian.
Johnson works out of the „Rockefeller Family and Associates‟ office, which oversees the
corporate, financial and personal affairs of the Rockefeller Family.
Johnson holds an advanced degree in American history and has a special interest in public
administration and the development of American philanthropy.
Johnson is co-author with John Ensor Harr of The Rockefeller Century: Three Generations of
America's Greatest Family (1988) and The Rockefeller Conscience: An American Family in
Public and in Private (1992), and he assisted with David Rockefeller's Memoirs, published in
2002.
Contact Information:
Peter J. Johnson
Rockefeller Family and Associates
30 Rockefeller Plaza
Room 5600
New York, New York 10112
Email: [email protected]
28 04/14/2011
Elizabeth Ladu (5/21/09)
Elizabeth (Libby) Ladu is founder and President, RightBrain Ventures, a consulting firm
featuring creative programs for small businesses. Ladu is Program Advisor (and former CFO)
of Count Me In for Women‟s Economic Independence, a NY-based non-profit organization
that makes loans and offers capacity building support to women entrepreneurs.
Ladu owned and managed the largest messaging center in New York City, and as an
investment banker with two large European banks, she assisted large and small, public and
private companies raise capital and execute mergers and acquisitions. She holds a Masters
Degree in Community Economic Development and an MBA in Finance.
Contact information:
Ms. Elizabeth Ladu
President
Right Brain Ventures, LLC
3 Garfield Place
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Tel: (973) 768.3277
Website: www.rightbrainventures.com
Email: [email protected]
29 04/14/2011
Patricia Lobaccaro (3/16/11)
Patricia Lobaccaro is the Chief Executive Officer of the Brazil Foundation, an organization
that generates resources for programs that promote social change in Brazil. It mobilizes
donations from individuals and socially responsible corporations in the United States and
directs them to projects in the fields of education, health, human rights, citizenship and culture.
In June 2000, Leona Forman teamed up with Marcello Hallake, a Brazilian-born lawyer based
in New York and Susane Worcman, an experienced Brazilian art curator and social researcher
to establish the foundation. Susane helped establish BrazilFoundation's office in Rio de
Janeiro, which she continues to run. Subsequently, Patricia Cavalcanti Lobaccaro joined the
team as a volunteer, working as director of events and outreach. In 2010, Patricia was hired
as the foundation‟s first paid CEO.
Contact Information:
Ms. Patricia Lobaccaro
CEO
BrazilFoundation
345 Seventh Ave. #1401
New York, NY 10001
Tel: (212) 244-3663
Fax: (212) 244-4334
Website: www.brazilfoundation.org
Email: [email protected]
30 04/14/2011
LuAnn Lovlin (3/27/09)
LuAnn Lovlin is the Director of Communications at the Winnipeg Foundation, which was
established in 1921 and today is the second-largest community foundation in Canada. The
Communications team oversees creation and distribution of all materials related to the
Foundation, including on-going multimedia initiatives and coordination of special events.
Contact information:
Ms. LuAnn Lovlin, CFRE
Director of Communications
The Winnipeg Foundation
1350 - One Lombard Place
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0X3
Canada
Tel: 204.944.9474 ext 232
Toll Free: 1.877.974.3631
Website: www.wpgfdn.org
Email: [email protected]
31 04/14/2011
Sarah MacAusland (04/08/10; 3/28/11)
Sarah MacAusland is Communication Officer and Youth Advisory Committee Advisor at the Berks
County Community Foundation.
MacAusland joined the foundation in July 2009. She assists with the Community Foundation's
communication function, including planning special events and working with the media. She also
serves at the advisor to the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC). She is responsible for overseeing the
grantmaking, fund raising and volunteer activities of the YAC members.
A native of Wyomissing, MacAusland graduated from Wyomissing High School in 2005. She went
on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Rhetoric from The University of
Pittsburgh in 2009.
Contact Information:
Ms. Sarah MacAusland
Communication Officer
Youth Advisory Committee Advisor
Berks County Community Foundation
237 Court Street
Reading, PA 19601
Tel: 610-685-2223
Fax: 610-685-2240
Website: http://bccf.org
Email: [email protected]
32 04/14/2011
Richard C. Mappin (04/08-09/10; 3/28/11)
Richard Mappin (Rick) is Vice President for Grantmaking at the Berks County Community
Foundation.
Mappin oversees all of the Community Foundation‟s grantmaking and community
involvement programs. He works with donors to fulfill their charitable objectives and
provides technical assistance for grant applicants when appropriate.
Prior to joining the Community Foundation, Mappin spent nearly 10 years in economic
development in Maryland. He most recently served as the President of the Dekko Foundation
in Indiana, where he helped nine community foundations begin.
Mappin holds a master‟s degree from Loyola College in Curriculum Development and a
bachelor‟s degree from Franciscan University of Steubenville in History. He earned an
Advanced Economic Development certificate from the University of Oklahoma, and has
earned many professional honors, including having the Dekko Foundation named Business of
the Year under his leadership.
Contact Information:
Mr. Richard Mappin
Vice President for Grantmaking
Berks County Community Foundation
237 Court Street
Reading, PA 19601
Tel: 610-685-2223
Fax: 610-685-2240
Website: http://bccf.org
Email: [email protected]
33 04/14/2011
Jason McGill (04/14/10)
Jason McGill, Vice President of Member Services, joined Philanthropy New York in August
2004. He is responsible for strengthening the organization‟s impact on the work of its more
than 280 member foundations. His core responsibilities include: developing and implementing
a range of collaborative projects and resources for program-level and senior foundation staff
members; strengthening and broadening the content and work of Philanthropy New York‟s
Professional Peer Networks; overseeing Philanthropy New York's website and membership;
responding to member requests for research assistance; and directing Philanthropy New
York‟s recruitment and retention strategies. He also has responsibilities to the Board‟s
Committee on Members.
Prior to joining Philanthropy New York, McGill served for over four years as the Director of
Alumni and Philanthropic Programs at Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO). He
completed his Ph.D. in U.S. history at the University of Michigan and his A.B. and B.S.
degrees at Cornell University.
Contact Information:
Jason McGill
Vice President, Member Services
Philanthropy New York
79 Fifth Avenue
Fourth Floor
New York, NY 10003
Tel: 212-714-0699 x 203
Fax: 212.239.2075
Website: www.philanthropynewyork.org
E-mail: [email protected]
34 04/14/2011
Julieta Mendez (3/9/09)
Julieta Mendez is Program Officer-Health and Human Services for the International
Community Foundation, in charge of due diligence and oversight of the Foundation's
grantmaking. Her responsibilities entail working closely with grantees and donors to ensure
the highest level of transparency and to help improve the grantmaking process. Mendez also
manages the Foundation's programs in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, and is working to
increase the Foundation's support of nonprofits in this region.
Mendez graduated with a Masters degree in international development with a focus on Latin
America from the Graduate School of International Relations/Pacific Studies (IR/PS), at the
University of California San Diego. In March of 2006 she was recognized as an Emerging
Leader fellow by the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society based at the City University of
New York; where she explored ways in which U.S. community foundations are partnering
with Mexican immigrant grassroots organizations to better serve the changing American
community.
Mendez is co-author of the study “Corporate Giving Trends in the U.S.-Mexico Border
Region”, an initiative led by the Border Philanthropy Partnership that explores maquiladora
philanthropic trends in the border region. She holds a B.A. in Business Economics and
Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Contact information:
Ms. Julieta Mendez
Program Officer-Health and Human Services
International Community Foundation
2505 N Avenue
National City, CA 91950
Tel (direct line): (619) 336-2254
Tel (main line): Main Line: (619) 336-2250
Fax: (619) 336-2249
Website: www.icfdn.org
Email: [email protected]
35 04/14/2011
Diane Miller (10/22/2010; 3/18/11)
Miller serves as the lead staff to the Community Foundations National Standards Board,
which includes oversight and administration of the National Standards accreditation program.
Her work includes developing and maintaining relationships with Regional Associations of
Grantmakers, funders, affinity groups, and affiliate organizations. Prior to joining the Council
in January 2008, she served in a variety of leadership, fundraising, and general support roles
in nonprofit community organizations. She serves as vice president of the board for the John
Duda Foundation in Florida. Miller has a bachelor‟s degree from Furman University and an
MBA from Washington University.
Contact information:
Ms. Diane Miller
Manager, National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations
Council on Foundations
36 04/14/2011
Kevin Murphy (4/8/09; 10/28/09; 04/08-09/10; 11/1/10; 3/28/11)
Kevin Murphy is the President of Berks County Community Foundation.
Murphy joined the Community Foundation as its first employee in 1994. During his time as
President, the Community Foundation has grown to manage more than $45 million in assets
and distribute more than $2 million in grants each year. As President, Murphy is Chief
Executive Officer of the Foundation, supervises its business and operations, and serves on the
Board of Directors.
In 2007, Murphy was named secretary of the board of The Funders Network for Smart
Growth and Livable Communities. Murphy also served two terms as president of Community
Foundations for Pennsylvania. Murphy serves on the board of directors of The Council on
Foundations, and on its community foundation leadership and public policy committees.
In 2001, Murphy was selected as a German Marshall Foundation Transcontinental Fellow to
serve as a consultant to the Togliatti Community Foundation in Togliatti, Russia. He worked
with philanthropic organizations in Russia, and has returned to Russia several times to
continue the exchange.
Murphy graduated from Penn State with a degree in Speech Communication and
Business. He holds a Master of Science degree in Community Leadership from Duquesne
University. In 1990, Murphy was named Special Assistant to the Pennsylvania Secretary of
Aging. After leaving the Department of Aging in late 1991, Murphy worked as a consultant
in the retirement and nursing home industries.
Contact information:
Mr. Kevin Murphy
President
Berks County Community Foundation
237 Court Street
Reading, PA 19601
Tel: 610-685-2223
Fax: 610-685-2240
Website: http://bccf.org
Email: [email protected]
37 04/14/2011
John Naughton (5/18/10)
John Naughton is Project Coordinator for GrantCraft, a web-based resource for grantmakers
to share tools and skills for improving their practice. GrantCraft is supported by the Ford
Foundation with help from over 800 practitioners worldwide.
Contact Information:
Mr. John Naughton
Project Coordinator
GrantCraft
The Ford Foundation
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 573-4879
Email: [email protected]
38 04/14/2011
David M. Okorn (04/16/10)
David Okorn is Executive Director, Long Island Community Foundation. Since 2008 he
served as the Foundation's Director of Advancement and Donor Relations and was appointed
Executive Director January 1, 2010 after the retirement of Suzy Sonenberg.
Mr. Okorn began his career at Grumman Aircraft. He worked at Keyspan (formerly LILCO)
for 14 years, starting as an analyst in the planning and control group, becoming Executive
Director of the Keyspan Foundation, and leaving as Director of Community Relations for the
company. He then went to Abilities, a nonprofit with a budget of $31 million, as Senior Vice
President for Development and External Relations.
Mr. Okorn holds a B.S. in Business Administration (magna cum laude) and a M.S. in Energy
Management (with distinction) from the New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury.
He serves on the boards of the Long Island Volunteer Center and the United Way of Long
Island. Mr. Okorn lives in Hauppauge with his wife and two children.
Contact Information:
Mr. David Okorn
Executive Director
Long Island Community Foundation
A Division of The New York Community Trust
Nassau Hall
1864 Muttontown Road
Syosset, New York 11791
Tel: 516-348-0575
Email: [email protected]
39 04/14/2011
Marcela Orvañanos de Rovzar (3/23/09; 10/26/09; 05/10/10)
Marcela Orvañanos de Rovzar is the Founder & Executive Director of FONDEA Asesorías
S.C. (México).
Orvañanos de Rovzar is a recognized and respected international leader. A Mexican
philanthropist, she has founded several successful nonprofit human service and community
development organizations in Mexico and New York City, and served as director of public
relations for the presidential campaign of Mexican President Felipe Calderón.
A distinguished expert on fundraising and developing resources for nonprofit organizations,
Orvañanos de Rovzar is improving philanthropy in Mexico and abroad. She founded Procura
A.C. in 1995, a training institute that gives fundraisers and other nonprofit professionals the
skills needed to increase their organizations‟ impact, efficiency and effectiveness. Located in
Mexico City, Procura has trained more than 12,000 people from approximately 3000
organizations and partners with the The Fund Raising School at the Center on Philanthropy.
Orvañanos de Rovzar founded the consulting firm Fondea Asesorías S.C., which focuses on
developing projects with social impact for various clients from public, private, national and
international entities. Her clients have included the Secretary of Social Development and the
Secretary of Public Education in Mexico.
A former Senior Fellow at Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Orvañanos de Rovzar is
also a member of The Philanthropy Workshop (TPW) of the Rockefeller Foundation. She
holds a Certificate in Fund Raising Management from The Fund Raising School at the Center
on Philanthropy and a Certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility from the University of
Navarra in Pamplona, Spain.
In October of 2008 Orvañanos de Rovzar was awarded the Henry A. Rosso Medal for Lifetime
Achievement in Ethical Fundraising by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.
Contact information:
Ms. Marcela Orvañanos de Rovzar
300 East 77th St., #26C
New York, NY 10075
Email: [email protected]
40 04/14/2011
Cristina Parnetti
Cristina Parnetti is Manager of Grantmaking Operations, US Programs Director‟s Office,
Open Society Institute and Soros Foundation, New York.
Previously, Parnetti served at Synergos from July 1998 to April 2009, holding a variety of
positions in the program departments, including Senior Manager for Networks Programs.
Parnetti studied at Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, from
1996 to 1998, receiving her MA in political and economic development. Since 1998 she has
focused on the promotion of private and community philanthropy in Latin America, designing
and implementing programs in Ecuador, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Argentina. Her
interests are in the sustainability, effectiveness and impact of community philanthropic
organizations.
Parnetti is co-author of Fortalecimiento de Fundaciones: Una Guía Práctica basada en
Experiencias de Africa, Asia y América Latina, having collaborated in the investigation of
community foundations and the philanthropic sector in Ecuador, Brazil and Mexico. She has
consulted for UNIFEM, UNICEF and Trickle Up regarding economic empowerment and
class and education equality initiatives. Parnetti has served as a Professor in the School of
International Relations at the University of Salvador.
Contact information:
Ms. Cristina Parnetti
Manager of Grantmaking Operations, U.S. Programs
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 548-0374
Website: www.soros.org
Email: [email protected]
41 04/14/2011
Monica Patten (05/11/10)
As President and Chief Executive Officer of Community Foundations of Canada, Monica
Patten has presided over a period of unprecedented growth in Canada's community foundation
movement.
When she took the helm of the fledging organization for Canada's community foundations in
1993, it had 28 members with assets of $500 million. Today, those numbers have exploded to
include more than 160 community foundations in cities, towns and rural areas all across the
country. In 2007, Canada's community foundations held $2.91 billion in combined assets and
contributed $176 million to a vast array of charities - making the network one of the country's
largest grantmakers. Under Patten's leadership, Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) has
earned a national and international reputation for innovation and generosity.
Patten is also a Synergos Senior Fellow and Council Chair of the Centre for Voluntary Sector
Research and Development, a joint initiative of the voluntary sector and Ottawa's two
universities. Monica has been involved in Canada's Voluntary Sector Initiative for several
years and is now Chair of the Voluntary Sector Forum - a body that coordinates the work of
the Voluntary Sector Initiative.
Patten firmly believes that 'growing the philanthropic pie' benefits everyone. As a result, CFC
honours the true spirit of philanthropy by widely sharing its expertise with other philanthropic
organizations. Patten has personally assisted in the development of community philanthropy
around the world, including in Brazil, Mexico, Central and Eastern Europe, Australia, the
Philippines, Thailand and Russia. She was a founder of WINGS (Worldwide Initiatives for
Grantmaker Support) and served as its chair through 2004 to 2007.
Patten is well known for her leadership in Canada‟s voluntary sector. In May 2005, she
received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Lawson Foundation in recognition of her
"extraordinary accomplishments and leadership." Patten was also honoured by the Public
Policy Forum in April 2002 for her contribution to public policy and Canada's voluntary
sector. In 2007 Patten was appointed a Mentor with the Trudeau Foundation and more
recently to the RioTintoAlcan Fund as a Director.
Contact information
Ms. Monica Patten
President and CEO
Community Foundations of Canada
301-75 Albert Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7
Tel: 613-236-2664 Ext.333
Fax: (613) 236-1621
Website: www.cfc-fcc.ca
Email: [email protected]
42 04/14/2011
Edward Pauly (4/27/09; 11/05/09; 04/28/10; 11/02/10; 4/29/11)
Edward Pauly has been Director of Research and Evaluation for the Wallace Foundation since
1996. He also serves on the Education Team.
Before coming to The Wallace Foundation, Pauly was the senior education researcher and
coordinator of education research for the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a
nonprofit organization in New York City. Previously, he was on the faculty of Yale
University‟s Institution for Social and Policy Studies and was a researcher at the Rand
Corporation, where he was a co-author of the Change Agent Study of educational innovations.
He has been an advisor to several national education studies and a consultant to the National
Research Council, and has testified before Congressional committees.
Pauly is the author of two books: The Classroom Crucible: What Really Works, What
Doesn’t, and Why (1991, Basic Books) and Homegrown Lessons: Innovative Programs
Linking School and Work (1995, Jossey-Bass). He also is the co-author, with Judith M.
Gueron, of From Welfare to Work (published by the Russell Sage Foundation), a book on
programs to help people on welfare become employed. He holds a bachelor‟s degree from
Princeton and a Ph.D. from Yale.
Contact information:
Mr. Edward Pauly
Director of Evaluation
The Wallace Foundation
5 Penn Plaza, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10001 USA
Tel: (212) 251 9700
Fax: (212) 679 6990
Website: www.wallacefoundation.org
Email: [email protected]
43 04/14/2011
M. Chiara Prele (10/30/09; 10/19/2010)
Chiara Prele is a Jurist and expert on Foundation Law (Italy). She is author of numerous
articles and books in Italian, including, La Fondazione: Evoluzione Giuridica di un Istituto
alla Ribalta (Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli, 2007). She participates in academic and
consultative activities regarding juridical-administrative matters. Recently, Prele has been
concerned with mixed public-private involvement and questions regarding the cultural sector.
Contact information:
Ms. Chiara Prele
Via Natale Palli 12
10095 Grugliasco (TO)
Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
44 04/14/2011
Allyson Reaves (4/5/10)
Allyson Reaves is Program Manager at the Transatlantic Community Foundation Network
(TCFN).
TCFN is a multinational network and programmatic initiative that is currently hosted by
Community Foundations of Canada. It provides a platform for the exchange of experience and
expertise among community foundations on both sides of the Atlantic. It seeks to identify
good practice and share it with emerging and existing community foundations. In addition, its
goal is to foster the development of this form of philanthropy in counties where the concept is
still new.
Reaves is also Consultant at ArC International Consultants, which she began in 2004 in order
to offer services in institutional development and business administration to arts institutions,
education and youth outreach organizations, and community-based entities that were
interested in becoming drivers of social change within their communities. ArC‟s areas of
focus include but are not limited to: Arts & Cultural Funding, Community Foundations,
Philanthropy within Universities, Programmatic Initiatives, and Venture Philanthropy.
Previously, Reaves was a Researcher at Fondazione CRT in Torino Italy, 2007-2008, a Senior
International Fellow at Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society in the spring of 2007, a
Program Associate at Community Foundation of the Lowcountry from 2006 to 2007, a Grants
Reviewer for the Case Foundation during the summer of 2007, from 2004 to 2006 Grants and
Endowment Administrator at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, and an Underwriting
Associate for Urban Underwriters, Inc., from 2002 until 2004.
Reaves received her MS in Arts Administration from Boston University in 2004, and her BA
in Spanish Language and International Trade from Clemson University in 2002.
Contact Information:
Ms. Allyson Reaves
Program Manager
Transatlantic Community Foundation Network
Community Foundations of Canada
75 Albert Street, Suite 301
Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5E7
Canada
Tel: 613-236-2664 x225
Website: www.tcfn-cfc.ca
Website: www.arcinternationalconsultants.com/index.html
Email: [email protected]
45 04/14/2011
Dorothy Reynolds (3/13/09; 10/23/09; 03/15/10; 10/26/10; 3/15/11)
Dorothy Reynolds is a long-time Consultant on Community Foundations for the Civil Society
Program at the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
Reynolds was the Interim Director and CEO for the Ruth Mott Foundation (late 2007-
February 2008). She served as President of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint
(Michigan) for 7 years (1991-1998) and was instrumental in building its assets. Reynolds
supported funding for women‟s and girl‟s programs, and the Flint Women‟s and Girl‟s Fund
(established at the CF of Greater Flint in 1985 to engage and advance the participation of Flint
area women and girls and to remove barriers to growth) is dedicated to Reynolds.
Reynolds also served as a Vice President for advancement at the Columbus Foundation
(Ohio).
Contact information:
Ms. Dorothy Reynolds
6118 Edith Blvd. NE #151
Albuquerque, NM 87107 USA
Website: www.mott.org/about/programs/civilsociety/programsataglance.aspx
Email: [email protected]
46 04/14/2011
Elihu Rose (10/30/08; 05/05/10)
Dr. Elihu Rose is a native New Yorker. He attended Yale University, where he received his
B.S., and then went on to receive his MA and PhD from New York University. Later he
served in the U.S. Air Force.
Rose is Vice Chair of Rose Associates, Inc. a real estate investment and management firm
which builds, owns and operates residential and commercial properties in metropolitan New
York, Boston (and Washington, DC).
Rose is also an adjunct associate professor in the Department of History at New York
University, and has been a visiting lecturer at other institutions including the U.S. Military
Academy, West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. He is Chairman of the Board
of American Historical Publications, which publishes MHQ: the Quarterly Journal of
Military History. He is a Director with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a
public policy research institute involved in military and defense issues; a fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Rose and his wife founded the Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation, which has provided
endowment funds for projects at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Harlem School of the
Arts, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the New York Theatre Workshop, the Library
of America, and the Julliard School, among other charitable causes. In 1993, the U.S. Navy
awarded him the Superior Public Service Medal in recognition of these efforts.
Last, but not least, Rose serves as Chairman of the Board of the Park Avenue Armory, a
newly-launched, not-for-profit arts organization whose mission is to revitalize this important
landmark as a unique alternative arts space.
Contact information:
Dr. Elihu Rose
Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10065
Website: www.armoryonpark.org
Email, care of Mary Alice Cobb: [email protected]
47 04/14/2011
Mary Beth Salerno (3/31/09; 5/19/10)
Mary Beth Salerno is the former President of the American Express Foundation and Vice
President, Philanthropy, at the American Express Company.
Salerno was responsible for developing and implementing philanthropic strategies and
programs to address the Company's business objectives and to support good citizenship
efforts in its key business markets and employee centers worldwide. In this capacity, she
oversaw a budget in excess of $29 million in annual foundation and corporate grants, made in
three strategic program areas: Community Service, Economic Independence and Cultural
Heritage.
Salerno joined American Express in 1980 as Assistant Manager of the American Express
Foundation. Prior to joining American Express she was Coordinator for Planning and Grant
Development for the Bergen County Community Action Program. Prior to that she held
policy-making positions with the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, was a legislative
aide in the New Jersey State Legislature, and worked for the federal government.
Salerno is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds a master's degree in Political
Science from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Salerno is Chair of Reach and Teach USA, an international nonprofit organization created to
fund educational programs in South Africa. She also serves on the Corporate Advisory
Boards of the American National Red Cross, the National Urban League, the Center for
Women's Policy Studies and the Global Fund for Women. Salerno is a member of the
Contributions Council of the Conference Board and is actively involved with the Independent
Sector and the Council on Foundations. Salerno is the former chair of the Corporate
Committee of the Council on Foundations, the Contributions Advisory Group of New York
City and the Policy Board of the Early Childhood Investment Fund of New York State. She
also served as Treasurer of Women and Foundations/Corporate Philanthropy and the New
York Regional Association of Grantmakers.
Salerno is a member of the Board of Directors of The Volunteer Consulting Group (VCG),
founded in 1969, a nonprofit organization that works regionally and nationally to strengthen
the governing and management capability of nonprofit boards of directors, and on the Board
of Independent Sector.
Contact information:
Ms. Mary Beth Salerno
Email: [email protected]
48 04/14/2011
Susan Shiroma (10/26/09; 3/4/11)
Susan Shiroma is Senior Librarian at the Foundation Center, New York. She has been with
the Center since 1995, working also as a trainer and manager in the Nonprofit Services
Working Group. In addition, she works directly with nonprofits to help them find funding.
Contact information:
Ms. Susan Shiroma
Senior Librarian
Foundation Center
79 Fifth Avenue/16th Street
New York, NY 10003-3076
Tel: 212-620-4230
Website: www.foundationcenter.org
Email: [email protected]
Heather L. Scott (10/22/10; 3/18/11)
Heather has a long tenure with the Council on Foundations starting in Community Foundation
Services back in September 2000, receiving promotions throughout the years to manager and
director. She is extremely knowledgeable about the incredible work of the community
foundations field. Her positive, established working relationship with the valued community
members and leadership partners is a direct result of her commitment to providing excellent
member service.
“Heather Scott is the perfect choice for managing director and brings great experience
and deep understanding of the needs of our field,” said Terry Mazany, chair of the
Community Foundation Leadership Team. “I know the CFLT was unanimous in their
enthusiasm for this appointment, and the announcement was well-received by the
broader representation of the field at our recent conference. Congratulations are in order
for Heather and her long and loyal service to our field.” Kisha Green-Dimbo, Vice
President, Member Services and Membership, Community of Foundations.
Contact information:
Ms. Heather L. Scott
Managing Director
Community Foundations Services
Office: (703) 879-0728
Fax: (703) 879-0928
49 04/14/2011
Suzanne Siskel (10/27/09; 05/03/10)
Suzanne Siskel is Director of Social Justice Philanthropy at the Ford Foundation. She has
been with the foundation since 1990, formerly as Representative, Office for Indonesia.
A former Fulbright and Luce scholar, Siskel worked on rural poverty and development in both
Indonesia and the Philippines before her work at the Ford Foundation. Trained as a social
anthropologist, Siskel has taught at Johns Hopkins University and George Washington
University in the United States and Brawijaya University and Airlangga University in East
Java, Indonesia.
Siskel participated in the “Scholars in Residence” program at the Center on Community
Philanthropy at the Clinton School, University of Arkansas in September 2009. Researchers,
practitioners and senior executives who have demonstrated exemplary contributions in the
field of community philanthropy spend a week at the center researching, writing and
interacting with students and faculty.
Siskel is President of the Fulbright Association (the organization of Fulbright alumni).
Contact information:
Ms. Suzanne Siskel
Director
Social Justice Philanthropy
Ford Foundation
320 East 43rd Street
New York, N.Y. 10017 USA
Tel: (212) 573-4916
Fax: (212) 351-3659
Website: www.fordfound.org
Email: [email protected]
50 04/14/2011
Rusty Morgen Stahl (5/18/09; 03/22/10)
Rusty Stahl is founding Executive Director of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP).
EPIP is a national network of young and new philanthropic professionals that seeks to
strengthen the next generation of grantmakers, in order to advance effective social justice
philanthropy. Stahl was part of a group of foundation professionals, trustees and donors who
started the group in 2001 after meeting at the Council on Foundations conference. Stahl took
on the role of coordinating the group while working at his foundation job. He is grateful to
Urvashi Vaid, Christopher Harris, and Mike Edwards for enabling him to pursue this idea
while working for them.
Before beginning work for EPIP in 2002, Stahl was Program Associate at the Ford
Foundation in the Governance and Civil Society Unit. At Ford, he was honored to support a
team engaged in grantmaking that aimed to expand social justice philanthropy, increase the
impact of community organizing, and nurture the nonprofit sector.
Stahl holds a Masters of Arts in Philanthropic Studies from Indiana University, the first such
liberal arts-based degree program. Stahl arrived at the Center after having the great luck of
being selected for the Jane Addams Fellowship, which is no longer offered. During his
graduate studies, Stahl volunteered in the Indianapolis community, and was one of the
founders of the Central Indiana Jobs with Justice Coalition. As an undergraduate at George
Washington University, he worked as an AmeriCorps member serving local senior citizens,
and volunteered in a variety of political, social and economic justice efforts.
Stahl serves as a board member of Changemakers, a national public foundation that supports
innovative social change philanthropy. He sits on the board of Idealist.org, the global
nonprofit web portal. He is a member of advisory committees for the Third Millennium
Philanthropy and Leadership Initiative (a project at the Indiana University Center on
Philanthropy) and The Grantmaking School (a project housed at the Johnson Center for
Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Grand Valley State University).
Stahl lives in New York City. He is originally from Philadelphia, PA.
Contact information:
Mr. Rusty Stahl
Executive Director
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy "The Next Generation of Grantmakers"
10 East 34th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 584-8249
Mobile: (917) 627-7374
Website: www.epip.org
Blog: http://epip.blogspot.com
Email: [email protected]
51 04/14/2011
Andrés Thompson (4/11/11)
Andrés Thompson has been committed to global social change and development for the last
35 years in various roles (militant, volunteer, consultant, researcher, manager, advisor, coach,
team leader, director) and in various institutions and social movements. Born in Argentina, he
has also lived in Brazil, the Netherlands, United States and Uruguay. He currently works as an
independent consultant and is a Synergos Institute Senior Fellow.
From 1994 until August 2010 he was a program officer for Latin American and Caribbean
programming at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan. Based in Colonia
del Sacramento, Uruguay, he reviewed and assessed new grant proposals, as well as managed
and monitored active projects. Andrés led the program in Brazil for the last twelve years.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Andrés served as a researcher at the National Council of
Scientific and Technological Research and the Center for the Study of State and Society
(CEDES) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He wrote several books and articles on philanthropy,
non-governmental organizations, and development. As a consultant, he worked for UNICEF-
Argentina, the Latin American Council of Social Sciences, and various nonprofit
organizations in Argentina and Latin America.
He studied psychology at the University of Rosario in Argentina. He earned a master's degree
in development studies from the Institute of Social Studies at The Hague in Holland. A
member of the first cohort of International Fellows at the Center on Philanthropy and Civil
Society, The Graduate Center CUNY, in 1989, he returned to the Center in 2005 as a Senior
International Fellow.
As a volunteer, André served as a member of the Board of Directors of the International
Society for Third Sector research (ISTR) and as director of the Argentine magazine Tercer
Sector (“Third sector”); he is currently a member of the editorial boards of the journals
Voluntas and Alliance and of the Advisory Board of the program Youth Transforming with
Art, CEPP, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
[source = http://www.synergos.org/bios/athompson.htm; visited 4/08/11 and modified]
Contact information:
Andrés Thompson
Consultor Independiente
Colonia, Uruguay
Cel. +598-94-390281
52 04/14/2011
Jean Paul Warmoes
Jean Paul Warmoes is Executive Secretary of the King Baudouin Foundation (United States)
and Director of International Relations for the King Baudouin Foundation (Belgium).
The King Baudouin Foundation is an independent and pluralistic foundation that pursues
sustainable ways to bring about justice, democracy and respect for diversity.
Contact Information:
Mr. Jean Paul Warmoes
Executive Secretary
King Baudouin Foundation United States (KBFUS)
10 Rockefeller Plaza
16th Floor
New York, NY 10020
Tel: 212-713-7660
Fax: 212-713-7665
Website: www.kbfus.org
Email: [email protected]
Marion Webster
Marion Webster was the founding Executive Director of Philanthropy Australia from 1989-
1991. For the next five years she was National Manager - Charitable Trusts at ANZ Trustees.
She was a founding Board member of the Melbourne Community Foundation and since 2005
has served as its Chair.
Webster is also Director of WWW Communications Pty Ltd, a social policy and philanthropic
consulting company and of Almalia Pty Ltd. She is Patron for Education Foundation
Australia, Trustee of the Philip and Vivien Brass Foundation and the Manukau Community
Foundation, as well as board member of 45 Downstairs.
Webster is co-founder of Fitted for Work, a service to assist long term unemployed and
disadvantaged women obtain work and ultimately financial independence through the
provision of work appropriate clothing and assistance with presentation and interview skills.
Throughout her career Marion has been committed to assisting work towards long term
sustainable and positive change for people experiencing disadvantage.
In 2003, after completing a contract as Locum Director of the peak Community Foundation
Network in the UK, Webster was awarded and completed a Senior Fellowship with the City
University of New York studying community foundation sustainability. In 2004 she was
awarded an OAM for her services to philanthropy and the community.
Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]
53 04/14/2011
Heidi Williamson (04/08-09/10; 3/28/11)
Heidi Williamson is Vice President for Communications and Executive Director of the Community
Indicators Project at the Berks County Community Foundation.
Williamson is responsible for raising community awareness about the foundation and the ways in
which planned giving and philanthropy can have a lasting, positive impact on the quality of life of the
residents of Berks County. Williamson also serves as the Executive Director of the Community
Indicators Project, which tracks key measurements of the community's overall health and vitality in a
number of critical areas.
Prior to the Community Foundation, Williamson was the Manager of Global Communication
at Exide Corporation, where she developed and implemented the organization‟s first
international internal communication strategy during a time of great change and upheaval at
the company.
Williamson holds a Master of Arts degree in Strategic Communication and Leadership from
Seton Hall University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English: Professional Writing from
Kutztown University. Williamson recently joined the program committee of Berks
Community Television (BCTV) and serves as treasurer of CommA, the communications
affinity group of the national Council on Foundations.
Contact Information:
Ms. Heidi Williamson
Vice President for Communications
Executive Director of the Community Indicators Project
Berks County Community Foundation
237 Court Street
Reading, PA 19601
Tel: 610-685-2223
Fax: 610-685-2240
Website: http://bccf.org
Email: [email protected]
54 04/14/2011
Kyung Yoon (11/02/09)
Kyung Yoon is Executive Director of the Korean American Community Foundation (KACF).
*[See also Brennan Gang, Program Officer, KACF]
Yoon became Executive Director in November 2008, but her ties to KACF date back to the
inception of the organization. As a founding Board member and Gala Co-Chair for multiple
years, Yoon‟s dedicated leadership has helped ensure KACF‟s continued growth and stability.
As the key spokesperson for KACF, Yoon brings communications skills honed from her
previous professional experience in the field of journalism. Formerly a correspondent for
WNYW Fox Channel 5 News, Yoon was the first Korean-American broadcast reporter in
New York history. She is a former Vice President of the New York chapter of the Asian
American Journalists Association and previously served as the Executive Producer of
Television at the World Bank.
In addition to her KACF activities, Yoon has worked for many years as a volunteer and leader
in the Asian American community of New York, particularly in raising awareness and support
for the fight against domestic violence. As immediate past Chair, and current Chair of the
Advisory Board of the New York Asian Women's Center, she is recognized as an advocate for
women and children‟s rights to govern their own lives, free from abuse. For her contributions,
the New York Asian Women‟s Center honored Yoon with the 2006 Phoenix Award for
Service. Yoon has a BA degree from Wellesley College and a MA in international economics
from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Contact information:
Ms. Kyung Yoon
Executive Director
Korean American Community Foundation
501 Fifth Ave, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 300-2145
Website: www.kacfny.org
Email: [email protected]
55 04/14/2011
Andrzej Zawieska
Andrzej Zawieska is a member of the Executive Board of the Nidzica Community Foundation,
Poland and the Office Director of the Federation of Polish Community Foundations. He was a
SIFP fellow in 2007.
The Federation of Polish CFs is a membership association serving grantmakers. It was
incorporated in 2008. Its objective is to promote philanthropy as well as to develop local
funds in Poland. The Federation supports the activities of Polish community foundations.
Contact Information:
Mr. Andrzej Zawieska
Office Director
Stowarzyszenie - Nidzicki Fundusz Lokalny
ul. Żeromskiego 10
13-100 Nidzica
Tel: +48 (0 prefix 89) 625 20 68,
Fax: +48 (0 prefix 89) 625 20 68
Website: www.funduszlokalny.nidzica.pl
Email: [email protected]
