Bettye Pruitt

February 15, 2019
Bettye Pruitt became project leader in 2003 of the Generative Dialogue Project, which evolved into a global network, the Generative Change Community. She served as co-coordinator of the Generative Change Community (GCC) from 2005 through 2009. She also co-led the emergence of a related network, the Change Alliance. Bettye is formally trained as a social historian (PhD Boston University, 1981). She spent fourteen Read More

BoardSource

February 15, 2019
BoardSource has 25 years of experience working with nonprofit boards. BoardSource has become the go-to resource for funders, partners, and nonprofit leaders who want to magnify their impact within the community through exceptional governance practices.  Read More

Beth Suarez

February 15, 2019
Beth Suarez, GuideStar’s director of philanthropic relations, is responsible for securing general operating and strategic gifts and grants in support of GuideStar’s mission. Beth’s passion for philanthropy has been integral to her career in nonprofit fundraising and development. Prior to joining GuideStar, Beth served in management roles with PBS, National Trust for Historic Preservation, and Catholic Charities USA. She is Read More

Betsy Nelson

February 15, 2019
  Betsy Nelson led The Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers (ABAG) from 1990 through 2012 as president. In recognition of her contributions, the ABAG board of directors established the Betsy Nelson Legacy Fund to support the organization’s efforts to promote charitable giving and involvement in addressing community issues and challenges.   Read More

Berit Ashla

February 15, 2019
Berit Ashla serves as Vice President at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.  Based in San Francisco, Berit leads RPA’s West Coast advisory work, manages client engagements and works with a range of individual, family and corporate donors. She brings a wealth of experience in grantmaking, foundation governance, education, social justice, arts and sustainability.  She is a frequent contributor to national and regional Read More

Bernstein Family Foundation

February 15, 2019
The Bernstein Family Foundation is committed to investing in people and ideas to strengthen and celebrate the greater Washington, DC, community. Read More

Barry Knight

February 15, 2019
Barry Knight is the executive director of CENTRIS (The Centre for Research and Innovation in Social Policy Ltd) in the United Kingdom, and an adviser of the Global Fund for Community Foundations, particularly in the areas of evaluation and knowledge management. He is a social scientist who has worked for the UK government as adviser on policy and grants for non-profit organisations. His Read More

Beadsie Woo

February 15, 2019
Beadsie Woo is senior associate in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Center for Community and Economic Opportunity. Beadsie works on strategies to help vulnerable families build and protect their assets to become more financially stable. She coauthored Weathering the Recession: The Financial Crisis and Family Wealth Changes in Low-Income Neighborhoods, a report that explored what happened to assets, debts and home equity Read More

Ben Barge

February 15, 2019
Ben Barge is Field Director at the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. As Field Director, Ben strengthens NCRP’s relationships with U.S. social movements and philanthropic organizations to move money and power to community-led advocacy and organizing. Ben manages the Movement Investment Project and leads NCRP’s external engagement with the pro-immigrant, pro-refugee movement. He also oversees staff travel and presentations for Read More

Barbara Kibbe

February 15, 2019
Barbara Kibbe joined the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation as director of organizational effectiveness in 2013. She came to the Foundation with 25 years of experience in philanthropy as an executive, a consultant, a grantmaker, and a foundation program director working with family, private, corporate, and community foundations. Barbara is co-author of Succeeding with Consultants and Grantmaking Basics. In 2010, Read More