Staff
Yolanda Caldera-Durant joins us from the Connecticut Health Foundation, where she has served as Senior Program Officer on health equity issues and, concurrently, Program Director of their Health Leaders Fellows Program.
Rusty Stahl is founder, president and CEO of Fund the People. He previously served for ten years as founding executive director of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, the national association of young and new foundation professionals.
Advisory Council
Meenakshi Abbi, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Caroline Altman Smith, The Kresge Foundation
Samantha Anderson, Jewish Funders Network
Stephanie Andrews, Bush Foundation
MacArthur Antigua, Public Allies
Linda Arra, Lafayette College
Linda Baker, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Erin Barnhart, International Partnership for Service Learning
Lucy Bernholz, Stanford University’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
John Brothers, T. Rowe Price Foundation
Kelly Brown, D5 Coalition
Richard Brown, American Express
Lisa Brown Alexander, Nonprofit HR
Chris Cardona, Ford Foundation
Gali Cooks, Leading Edge
Holly Delany Cole, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Ben Duda, AmeriCorps Alums
Meghan Duffy, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Terry Edwards, AARP
Kathleen Enright, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Kevin Flynn, Common Good Careers
Tom Fuechtmann, Community Memorial Foundation
Miguel Garcia, National Urban Fellows
John Girshman, New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Bethany Godsoe, New York University’s Leadership Initiative
Ann Goggins Gregory, Habitat for Humanity International
Lupita Gonzales, The Thrive Advisory
Jeanné Isler, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Wanda Jackson, National Urban League
Allison Jones, Writer and Content Strategist
Monisha Kapila, ProInspire
Emily Kessler, brightspot strategy
Max Klau, New Politics Leadership Academy
Gara LaMarche, StoryCorps and Democracy Alliance
Jenn Lammers, Philanthropy Hub
Caroline Altman Smith, The Kresge Foundation
Samantha Anderson, Jewish Funders Network
Stephanie Andrews, Bush Foundation
MacArthur Antigua, Public Allies
Linda Arra, Lafayette College
Linda Baker, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Erin Barnhart, International Partnership for Service Learning
Lucy Bernholz, Stanford University’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
John Brothers, T. Rowe Price Foundation
Kelly Brown, D5 Coalition
Richard Brown, American Express
Lisa Brown Alexander, Nonprofit HR
Chris Cardona, Ford Foundation
Gali Cooks, Leading Edge
Holly Delany Cole, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Ben Duda, AmeriCorps Alums
Meghan Duffy, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Terry Edwards, AARP
Kathleen Enright, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Kevin Flynn, Common Good Careers
Tom Fuechtmann, Community Memorial Foundation
Miguel Garcia, National Urban Fellows
John Girshman, New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Bethany Godsoe, New York University’s Leadership Initiative
Ann Goggins Gregory, Habitat for Humanity International
Lupita Gonzales, The Thrive Advisory
Jeanné Isler, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Wanda Jackson, National Urban League
Allison Jones, Writer and Content Strategist
Monisha Kapila, ProInspire
Emily Kessler, brightspot strategy
Max Klau, New Politics Leadership Academy
Gara LaMarche, StoryCorps and Democracy Alliance
Jenn Lammers, Philanthropy Hub
Libbie Landles-Cobb, The Bridgespan Group
Daphne Logan, formerly of Feeding America
Hope Lyons, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Sonia Mañjon, LeaderSpring
Dwayne Marshall, Southeastern Council of Foundations
Marie Massaro, Massaro Consulting
Jasmine McGinnis Johnson, George Washington University
Dahnesh Medora, Meyer Memorial Trust (Chair)
Alexandra Mitchell, Pathfinder Solutions
Jeanne Metzger, Exponent Philanthropy
Regan Gruber Moffitt, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
Michael Moody, Grand Valley State University’s Johnson Center for Philanthropy
Maria Pignataro Neilsen, InsideNGO
Tamir Novotny, Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy
Emiko Ono, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Sonia Ospina, New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Anita Patel, Bush Foundation
Clarence Patton, The Pipeline Project
Claire Peeps, Durfee Foundation
Nicholas Pelzer, The Wallace Foundation
Vincent Robinson, The 360 Group
Kristen Ruff, Philanthropy New York
Abby Saloma, Schusterman Foundation
Michaela Seligman, AchieveMission
Allison Sesso, New York Human Services Council
Pratichi Shah, Flourish TMS
Jamie Smith, Young Nonprofit Professionals Network
George Suttles, John A. Hartford Foundation
Alexis Terry, American Society of Association Executives
Sean Thomas-Breitfeld, Building Movement Project
Edgar Villanueva, The Schott Foundation for Public Education
Anne Wallestad, BoardSource
Michael Watson, Human Resources Executive
Gage Weekes, Hollingsworth Funds
As of July 2018
Daphne Logan, formerly of Feeding America
Hope Lyons, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Sonia Mañjon, LeaderSpring
Dwayne Marshall, Southeastern Council of Foundations
Marie Massaro, Massaro Consulting
Jasmine McGinnis Johnson, George Washington University
Dahnesh Medora, Meyer Memorial Trust (Chair)
Alexandra Mitchell, Pathfinder Solutions
Jeanne Metzger, Exponent Philanthropy
Regan Gruber Moffitt, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
Michael Moody, Grand Valley State University’s Johnson Center for Philanthropy
Maria Pignataro Neilsen, InsideNGO
Tamir Novotny, Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy
Emiko Ono, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Sonia Ospina, New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Anita Patel, Bush Foundation
Clarence Patton, The Pipeline Project
Claire Peeps, Durfee Foundation
Nicholas Pelzer, The Wallace Foundation
Vincent Robinson, The 360 Group
Kristen Ruff, Philanthropy New York
Abby Saloma, Schusterman Foundation
Michaela Seligman, AchieveMission
Allison Sesso, New York Human Services Council
Pratichi Shah, Flourish TMS
Jamie Smith, Young Nonprofit Professionals Network
George Suttles, John A. Hartford Foundation
Alexis Terry, American Society of Association Executives
Sean Thomas-Breitfeld, Building Movement Project
Edgar Villanueva, The Schott Foundation for Public Education
Anne Wallestad, BoardSource
Michael Watson, Human Resources Executive
Gage Weekes, Hollingsworth Funds
As of July 2018