NCFP’s Trustee Education Institute provides a comprehensive introduction to all of the key legal, investment, ethical, grantmaking, and family dynamics issues facing family foundation board members. Featuring a faculty made up of NCFP’s senior staff and highly respected philanthropy experts, this three day, intensive seminar will cover:
- What does it mean to be a steward of both the public’s trust and your family’s legacy?
- How do you bring your personal giving identity to the foundation’s collective grantmaking?
- What are the qualities and responsibilities of effective trustees and exceptional boards?
- How do you navigate family dynamics at the board table?
- What essential legal rules do you need to know, and what are the more difficult ethical issues you may confront over time?
- How can you grow into a leader for your family’s philanthropy and get the most from this truly special opportunity?
Download the 2016 Trustee Education Institute agenda – see confirmed speaker list below
Featured Speakers
Virginia M. Esposito
Virginia M. Esposito, is the founding president of the National Center for Family Philanthropy. In January…
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Susan Crites Price
Susan Price serves as consultant for the National Center for Family Philanthropy. Her responsibilities include writing a…
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Andrew Schulz
Andrew Schulz is a member of the American Bar Association (EO Committee, Tax Law Section) and the…
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Bruce Kahn
Bruce Kahn has over 25 years of relevant academic, environmental and investment management experience. From 2008…
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David Grant
David Grant is the former President and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. He served as…
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David Dodson
David Dodson is President of MDC, where he has directed major projects to increase student success…
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David Neal
David Neal is senior attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), where he works on…
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Alice Buhl
Alice Buhl served as Senior Fellow to the National Center for Family Philanthropy from 2004 to…
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Jan Jaffe
Jan Jaffe worked at the Ford Foundation for thirty years in a variety of positions– in…
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Kelin E. Gersick, Ph.D.
Kelin E. Gersick, Ph.D. is a co-founder and a senior partner of Lansberg, Gersick & Associates.…
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Michael Rion
Michael Rion, Ph.D is a Founder and recently retired as Principal of Resources for Ethics and Management. Prior…
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Nat Chioke Williams
As Executive Director, Nat Chioke Williams leads the Hill-Snowdon Foundation in its philanthropic and programmatic work, operations and…
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Pamela Howell-Beach
Pam Howell-Beach began in philanthropy in 1987 as the first full-time Program Officer for the Toledo Community…
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Sarah Stranahan
Sarah Stranahan has more than 30 years of experience in family philanthropy, mission-related investing and community…
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Vince Stehle
Vincent Stehle is Executive Director of Media Impact Funders, a membership organization of foundation officials and…
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Jason Born
Jason Born is the Senior Director of Knowledge at the National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP),…
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Ashley Blanchard
Ashley is the Head of Philanthropy at Lansberg Gersick Advisors (LGA), where she helps families define…
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