Laura Winter

February 15, 2019
Laura Winter previously served as Vice President for Donor Relations at The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF), and brings 27 years of nonprofit leadership and donor relationship experience to her current role of Donor Relations Consultant at OCF. She has deep knowledge of working across generations and with families to create and celebrate legacies in philanthropy. Laura enjoys working alongside her Read More

Lauren Amos

February 15, 2019
Lauren A. Amos is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and passionate art collector. Lauren is the founder of Wish, a Little Five Points retail experience providing fashion offerings of street culture to high fashion for Atlanta’s clientele.   Since 2003, Wish has emerged as “a sophisticated purveyor of the world’s most cutting-edge labels” and has been featured regularly in the national media. Originally Read More

Laily Pirbhai

February 15, 2019
Laily Pirbhai is a trusted philanthropic advisor. Prior to starting her consulting practice, Laily spent more than a decade working at the Calgary Foundation, likening her role to a “philanthropic advisor” in the community. Under Laily’s leadership, effective donor engagement at the Foundation means starting a philanthropic conversation with the family’s “why”. Understanding a donor’s charitable motivations and objectives through Read More

Lana Volftsun

February 15, 2019
Lana Volftsun is the Executive Director of the One Percent Foundation, an organization that makes philanthropy accessible to Millennials and empowers them to change the world together. She serves on the Board of Slingshot, sits on the Issues Committee for the National Center for Family Philanthropy, and is member of the Impact Grants Initiative and Innovation Fund committees for the SF Jewish Read More

Khayriyyah Muhammad Smith

February 15, 2019
Khayriyyah Muhammad Smith is a Program Intern with Youth Philanthropy Connect. She began her philanthropic journey as a member of the Grand Rapid Community Foundation’s Youth Grant Committee for four years and as a Youth Trustee on the foundation’s Board of Trustees. She has also just finished her three-year term as a member of Michigan Community Foundation’s Youth Project where she helped plan and Read More

Kim Wright

February 15, 2019
Kim Wright is the founding Executive Director of the Stolte Family Foundation (SFF), an impact-driven philanthropy in Seattle, Washington. She has advised the Stolte family throughout their earliest years of giving and helped frame the Foundation’s priorities and mission. Prior to joining SFF, she spent nearly a decade as Director of Family Philanthropy and Philanthropic Services at Seattle Foundation, where she managed a team of Read More

Kirsten Kilchenstein

February 15, 2019
Kirsten Kilchenstein is Vice President of Donor Relations at the Oregon Community Foundation. Her commitment to strengthening Oregon communities drew her to the Oregon Community Foundation in 2011. She brings 22 years of nonprofit leadership experience to direct OCF’s statewide donor relations department. Kirsten guides a talented donor relations team helping individuals and families turn their values into action through personalized Read More

Knott Foundation

February 15, 2019
The Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Foundation is a Catholic family foundation committed to honoring its founders’ legacy of generosity to strengthen the community. Read More

Kris Putnam-Walkerly

February 15, 2019
Kris Putnam-Walkerly is a global philanthropy expert and advisor. For over 20 years, ultra-high net worth donors, family foundations, Fortune 500 companies, wealth advisors and family offices have sought Kris’s advice to increase the clarity, impact, and joy in their giving. As president of Putnam Consulting Group, Inc. she’s helped over 100 philanthropists strategically allocate over half a billion dollars Read More

Kelly Sweeney McShane

February 15, 2019
Kelly Sweeney McShane is Board Chair of The William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation, based in Cleveland, and has served as President and CEO of Community of Hope in Washington, DC since January 2001. During that time, the organization has grown from a budget of $1.8 million to $14 million and more than tripled the number of families that it Read More