Reginald Jones

February 15, 2019
Reginald Jones, President of the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation since 2011, joined the foundation in 2003 as Executive Director. Prior to joining JCNI, Jones served as President of Chicago-based Steans Family Foundation, a philanthropy committed to revitalizing North Lawndale, a disinvested community on Chicago’s west side. Jones worked extensively with culturally diverse residents and partner organizations to undertake ambitious Read More

Richard Woo

February 15, 2019
Richard Woo serves as Board Director of the Change Happens Foundation. He has extensive experience serving in family philanthropy, corporate philanthropy, and community foundation roles. Richard is the former Chief Executive Officer of The Russell Family Foundation where he guided the Foundation’s strategic planning, programs and community affairs. Prior to arriving at the foundation, he spent many years working in Read More

Rachel Garbow Monroe

February 15, 2019
Rachel Garbow Monroe began her term as President of the Weinberg Foundation in February of 2010. Monroe joined the Foundation in 2005 as the organization’s first Chief Operating Officer. During her tenure at the Foundation, significant changes have taken place including retention of a new team of more than 25 professional staff to execute the work of the Foundation as Read More

Rebecca Balter

February 15, 2019
Rebecca Balter is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina. With her extended family spread across the US, connection was often fostered through the shared value of giving back. Although her family instilled a legacy of philanthropy, her involvement with Resource Generation over the past six years has helped her shape and articulate her personal interest in social justice philanthropy, and Read More

Rebecca Stone

February 15, 2019
Rebecca Stone is a consultant in program planning and analysis for nonprofits, philanthropy, and government, with subject expertise in public education, as well as child, youth, and community development. Her recent work has placed particular emphasis on how these interconnected sectors define and meet the demand for assessment and accountability. Ms. Stone has worked in washington, DC in both consumer Read More

Regina McGraw

February 15, 2019
Regina McGraw is the Executive Director of the Wieboldt Foundation, a family foundation established in 1921. It currently funds multi-issue, grassroots community organizing in Chicago. She formerly worked with Travelers and Immigrants Aid, a social service agency. While there she helped to create the Midwest Immigrants Rights Project, which recruits pro bono attorneys for individuals applying for political asylum, and Read More

Race Forward: the Center for Racial Justice Innovation

February 15, 2019
Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation united with Center for Social Inclusion in 2017 to become the new Race Forward. Founded in 1981, Race Forward brings systemic analysis and an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity. Founded in 2002, CSI catalyzes community, government, and other institutions to dismantle structural Read More

Peter Pennekamp

February 15, 2019
Peter Pennekamp has explored and worked to advance an inclusive American experience in his career in the arts, radio and philanthropy and is a founder of Community Democracy Workshop. He has held prior positions at the National Endowment for the Arts, National Public Radio, the Humboldt Area Foundation and Humboldt State University. His favorite efforts for change before the Community Read More

Peter Dunn

February 15, 2019
Peter Dunn became the third President and CEO of the Central New York Community Foundation in Syracuse, NY in 2008. The oldest and largest philanthropic foundation in the Central New York region, the Community Foundation currently administers more than 600 component charitable funds with a collective value exceeding $150 million. In its most recent fiscal year, the Community Foundation distributed Read More

Peter Laugharn

February 15, 2019
Peter Laugharn (pronounced LAW-harn) serves as president and chief executive officer of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Laugharn is a passionate leader with 25 years of foundation and nonprofit experience internationally, with a focus on improving the well-being of vulnerable children. He was executive director of the Firelight Foundation from 2008 to 2014. Firelight identifies, funds, and supports promising African Read More