Conference Task Force

Caren Yanis, Chair
Executive Director
Crown Family Philanthropies


Michael John Balaoing
Trustee
Philippine Development Foundation


Charles Benton
Chairman
Benton Foundation


Elizabeth Brill
President
Strategic Philanthropy, Ltd.


Tonja Brown
Director, Strategic Integration
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.


Phil Buchanan
President
The Center for Effective Philanthropy


Donald A. Cooke
Senior Vice President of Philanthropy
McCormick Foundation


Susan Davis
President and CEO
BRAC USA


Sunny Fischer
Executive Director
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation


Graham C. Grady
Board Member
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation


Carly Dawn Hare
Executive Director
Native Americans in Philanthropy


Mae P. Hong
Director
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors


Julie Hubbard
Chief Financial Officer
The Spencer Foundation


Cheryl Hughes
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives
The Chicago Community Trust


Reginald Jones
President and CEO
Jacobs Family Foundation


Niamh King
Vice President, Programs
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs


Valerie S. Lies
President and CEO
Donors Forum


Kristin R. Lindsey
CEO
The Global Fund for Children


Heather Loebner
Executive Director, Corporate Responsibility and USA Foundation
ArcelorMittal


Jaimie Mayer Phinney
Trustee
The Nathan Cummings Foundation


Terry Mazany
President and CEO
The Chicago Community Trust


Mary E. McClymont
President
Public Welfare Foundation


Stephanie McGencey
Executive Director
Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families


Celene Peurye
President, Focused Philanthropy
Consultant, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors


Kevin Rafter
Manager, Research & Evaluation
The James Irvine Foundation


Toya Randall
Senior Director, Community Initiatives
Casey Family Programs


Dana Rice
Director of Community Relations
Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P.


Rebecca Richards
Trustee
Zarrow Family Foundation


Nicole R. Robinson
Vice President
Kraft Foods Foundation


Kip Roderick
Executive Assistant
Benton Foundation


Janice E. Rodgers
Partner
Quarles & Brady LLP


Jane M. Saks
Executive Director
Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women & Gender in the Arts & Media
Columbia College


Andrew Schulz
Executive Vice President and National Director of Community and Legal Relations
Foundation Source


Gregg Sherkin
Manager, Strategic Philanthropy
The Walt Disney Company


Andrew Solomon
Vice President, Public Affairs
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation


K. Sujata
President and CEO
Chicago Foundation For Women


Sharmila Rao Thakkar
Senior Program Officer
The Siragusa Foundation


Bruce S. Trachtenberg
Executive Director
The Communications Network


Alandra L. Washington
Deputy Director, Programs
W.K. Kellogg Foundation


Benna B. Wilde
Managing Director
Prince Charitable Trusts


Sylvia Zaldivar-Sykes
Executive Director
Lake County Community Foundation


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