NCFP Staff:

Virginia M. Esposito, President
ginny@ncfp.org

          Virginia Esposito is the founding President of the National Center for Family Philanthropy. Ginny writes and speaks on a broad variety of topics promoting philanthropic values, vision, and excellence across generations of donor families. She served as the editor of Splendid Legacy: The Guide to Creating Your Family Foundation, and editor of The Family Foundation Library. In conjunction with her work on resources for family donors, Ginny edited Conscience & Community: The Legacy of Paul Ylvisaker, a volume of writings and speeches of the late Paul Ylvisaker, foundation trustee, educator, and former dean of the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.
          Ginny serves on Independent Sector's Ethics and Accountability Committee and the Advisory Committee and Executive Team of New Ventures in Philanthropy, a project of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers that encourages new philanthropy. Ginny is a former Vice President of the Council on Foundations, where she founded the Council's Program on Family Philanthropy, and a former board member of the Better Business Bureau's: Wise Giving Alliance.

Christina Dokken, Program Coordinator
tina@ncfp.org

          Tina Dokken joined the National Center in February 2008 to enhance the organization’s governance and development efforts. Before joining the National Center, she worked for more than 15 years at the Council on Foundations, where she provided technical assistance to grantmakers and helped with the development of Stewardship Principles for Family Foundations. Tina’s experience includes volunteer and project management as well as membership marketing and development. Tina received her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.

Maureen McGowan Esposito, Program Coordinator, Friends of the Family maureen@ncfp.org

          Maureen joined the staff in 2004 to develop and strengthen the Friends of the Family program. Previously she worked at the Council on Foundations for several years as a program coordinator for corporate donors and regional associations services. Her work there included program development, workshop coordination, publications development, and staffing of the corporate and regional association committees. Maureen managed the publication of The Corporate Contributions Handbook by James P. Shannon. In addition, Maureen worked on the Annual Conference at the Council, providing support in all areas, including: program content, hotel logistics, registration, and on-site support. Maureen has also performed special consulting projects for the Forum of Regional Associations, assisting in publications review and information gathering. Maureen holds a degree in Business Administration from Marymount University.

Allison Feasel, Marketing Director
allison@ncfp.org

           Allison joined the National Center in January 2007 to expand and deepen the organization’s marketing efforts. Allison’s background includes membership, marketing, and web development work for two nonprofit associations in the Washington, DC area. Allison received her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Slippery Rock University and has her Masters Degree in Organizational Management from Spring Arbor University.

Anglatette M. Glymph, Executive Assistant to the President & Vice President
Anglatette@ncfp.org
          Anglatette joined the National Center in August 2008 as the Executive Assistant to the President. In this new role; she will manage the day to day administrative functions of the Office of the President including support to the Vice President and Board of Directors. Anglatette comes to the National Center with over 10 years of senior administrative support experience. Formerly an employee of AARP, she worked as the Executive Secretary to the Sr. Vice President of the organization’s national grassroots campaign Divided We Fail. Anglatette is currently working towards her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management at the University of Phoenix and is a native Washingtonian.

Christine Hoch, Vice President
christine@ncfp.org

          Christine Hoch joined the staff in March 2008. She is responsible for finance, administration, and development. Prior to working at the National Center, she was the Executive Director of the Autism Society of America – Northern VA Chapter. Christine also worked for 9 years at the National Safety Council’s Environmental Health Center in development, finance, and program management. She founded the Prince William Autism Support Group and continues to volunteer with the Walk for Autism – VA. Christine has served on two non-profit boards in Northern Virginia. She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Studies and Economics from American University.

Sally Jones, Senior Director
sally@ncfp.org

          On staff since 2001, Sally directs the National Center’s Friends of the Family program. Prior to joining the National Center she worked as business manager for two nonprofits, Witness for Peace and Tudor Place Foundation. Previous to that she worked as financial manager in a family leasing company. While living abroad, she was an active volunteer in the local and official US community, including financial management of the commissary at Embassy Rome, and assistance with earthquake relief in Turkey. Sally participated in the inaugural class of Leadership America, is active in the Junior League of Washington, and has served on nonprofit boards in Fort Wayne, Indiana and the District of Columbia. She received her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Indiana University.

Kevin Laskowski, Program Coordinator, Information Services
kevin@ncfp.org

          As Program Coordinator, Kevin Laskowski serves as Managing Editor of the National Center’s e-newsletter Family Giving News and Content Manager for FP Online. As Managing Editor, Kevin contributes articles, profiles giving families, and compiles news and research from around the nonprofit sector to inform and inspire more than 6,000 philanthropic professionals. As Content Manager for the Family Philanthropy Online Knowledge Center, he is responsible for developing and maintaining content for the leading information resource for family philanthropies and those that work with them.

Susan Price, Vice President
susan@ncfp.org
          In June 2007, Susan Price came to the National Center from her position as managing director of the Family Foundation Services Department at the Council on Foundations. Previously, she had an 18-year career as a freelance writer for businesses, associations and the mass media. Her articles have appeared in such publications as Working Mother, Family Life, The Washington Post and Washingtonian, and on several Internet sites.
          She is the author of The Giving Family: Raising Our Children To Help Others (Council on Foundations, 2001, revised 2003), and is a frequent speaker to groups around the country on the subject of instilling philanthropic values in children. Susan has been interviewed about parenting issues on “Oprah,” “Today” and numerous other television and radio broadcasts and by many newspapers and magazines. She has been featured in articles about philanthropy in such publications as The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Rebecca L. Zimmerman, Office Assistant
rebecca@ncfp.org
          Rebecca L. Zimmerman joined the staff of the National Center in August 2008. Previously, she worked in donor relations as the Intern Assistant to the Executive Director of Mapendo International, Inc . Her philanthropic experience includes seven years of volunteer work with the Lost Boys and Girls of Southern Sudan, through the Massachusetts Volunteer Alliance for Sudanese Refugees and Village Help for South Sudan. Rebecca received her bachelor’s degree in Missions and Anthropology from the Templeton Honors College of Eastern University in 2008.