Paul Connolly

February 15, 2019
Paul Connolly is a seasoned leader and advisor to philanthropies and nonprofits. At Bessemer Trust, he is responsible for directing the philanthropic advisory services department and working closely with clients to help develop and pursue their philanthropic interests, define their grantmaking strategies, and achieve their social impact goals. At TCC Group, his clients included the James Irvine Foundation, Habitat for Read More

Paul Shoemaker

February 15, 2019
Paul Shoemaker formerly served as SVP Seattle’s Executive Connector.  Anyone who’s met him knows why.  If you’re out to change the world, he’s there to connect you to the people and organizations on that same journey.  (He’s also the boss, so he does a little executive directing as well.) Paul is committed to work in the community, serving on the Read More

Pam David

February 15, 2019
Pam David, former long-time Executive Director of the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, is now Northern California Grantmakers’  inaugural senior fellow. She will continue to serve as a Social Impact Fellow at the Haas School of Business, Institute of Social Sector Leadership, at the University of California, Berkeley, and  has launched a private consulting practice, providing advice to philanthropy, government, Read More

Pamela David

February 15, 2019
Pamela David is the Executive Director of the Walter & Elise Haas Fund (www.haassr.org), one of San Francisco’s most respected private foundations. Working within four primary areas of focus (public education, economic security, the arts, and Jewish life), the Fund’s mission is to help build a healthy, just, and vibrant society in which people feel connected to and responsible for Read More

Pamela Howell-Beach

February 15, 2019
Pam Howell-Beach began in philanthropy in 1987 as the first full-time Program Officer for the Toledo Community Foundation and later served as President from 1990 to 2003. In 2004, Ms. Howell-Beach became the first full-time CEO for the Stranahan Foundation in Toledo, Ohio. Her leadership roles include the Ohio Grantmakers Forum, where she has served in various capacities including Chair of the Read More

Patricia Douglas

February 15, 2019
Patricia Douglas is the immediate past Board Chair of the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay and is Chair of the Community Impact (Grants) Committee. Prior to serving as Board Chair, she served as Chair of the Finance, Community Impact, and Marketing Committees. Patricia also served on the Search Committee in 2012 and helped organize and conduct a nationwide search to Read More

Patrick Corvington

February 15, 2019
Patrick Corvington joined the Campaign for Grade Level Reading as senior fellow in 2013. Previously, he worked as senior vice president for Habitat for Humanity International and CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service.  Read More

Patrick Troska

February 15, 2019
Patrick J. Troska has been with The Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota since 2000 when he was hired as a Program Officer. He was named Executive Director in January 2011, then President in 2018. In addition to providing leadership for the Foundation’s overall strategy, he also leads a couple special initiatives focused on real estate and community Read More

Nina Waters

February 15, 2019
Nina Waters led Florida’s oldest and largest community foundation, The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, from January 2005 through August 2023. During her tenure, the Foundation’s assets and annual grantmaking grew from $51M to peak assets of more than $630 million and annual grants to the community of more than $50 million. Nina’s accomplishments include the launch of a ten-year Read More

Nini Meyer

February 15, 2019
Nini Meyer is the Founder/Director of PositiveTracks, a national, youth-centric non-profit that incentivizes young people to be active and philanthropic using the global platform of sport. Nini is a Trustee of the Jane B. Cook Charitable Trusts; member of Friends of CHaD Board; Overseer of Hopkins Center For The Arts At Dartmouth; Community Engagement Director of the CHaD HERO Half Read More