Julie Fisher Cummings

February 15, 2019
Julie Fisher Cummings is vice chair of the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, a $250 million endowed family foundation based in Detroit, Michigan with funding areas that include: health, culture, Jewish life, and strengthening youth and families. She is also co-founder and chairman of the Lovelight Foundation, which exclusively focuses it’s grantmaking on improving the lives of underserved Read More

June L. Wilson

February 15, 2019
June Wilson, a celebrated philanthropic leader in racial justice advocacy and alternative approaches to legacy and perpetuity, is Executive Director of the Compton Foundation. She is guiding the 75-year-old philanthropic organization’s trajectory as it moves all of its assets toward its purpose: climate resilience, peace and security, democracy, reproductive justice, and narrative strategy. To that end, Wilson is shaping the Read More

Justin Maxson

February 15, 2019
Justin Maxson manages the overall operations of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, leads staff in developing strategy and initiatives to accomplish its mission and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors. Before joining MRBF, Justin served for 13 years as President of the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED), a multi-strategy community economic development organization based in Berea, Kentucky. There, he managed Read More

Julia Kittross

February 15, 2019
Julia Kittross is the author of So You Want to be a Philanthropist and co-founder and principal of Philanthropy Sherpas. Julia has more than 35 years of experience in philanthropy as a teacher, adviser, organizer, program designer, manager, grantmaker, CEO, and entrepreneur. I have worked with hundreds of trustees, donors and staff of private foundations, individual philanthropists, public and community foundations, Read More

Jon Gruber

February 15, 2019
Jon Gruber leads the Campus and Community portfolios at the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust (EFCT), which invests nationally in research-backed nonprofits that advance EFCT’s mission of helping people get along better. Jon also leads a new fund through which EFCT made targeted grants to efforts designed to decrease polarization and foster understanding across divides at the citizen level. Before joining Read More

John Gogian Family Foundation

February 15, 2019
The John Gogian Family Foundation is a private charitable foundation dedicated to supporting community-based organizations that serve the needs of the developmentally disabled, the elderly, and abused or neglected youth within Los Angeles County. The foundation is committed to providing a positive and lasting impact in people’s lives by enabling a safe and stable environment in which they can live Read More

John Hicks

February 15, 2019
John Hicks is the executive director of The Siragusa Family Foundation. He is a third generation family member and had served on the board of the foundation since 1992, including the last six years as chair.  While born and raised in Chicago, he most recently has relocated from Tucson Arizona to take over the position of executive director. He has Read More

Jessica Bearman

February 15, 2019
Jessica Bearman works with foundations and other mission-based organizations, focusing on organization development, facilitation, planning, and project R&D to help them become more intentional, effective, and responsive to the communities that they serve. As a consultant and in her prior role as deputy director of the New Ventures in Philanthropy, she has written and spoken widely about new and established philanthropy Read More

Jill Gordon

February 15, 2019
Jill Gordon is the Program Director for the Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana (YPII).  Locally based in Indianapolis, Indiana and nationally connected, YPII is a signature program of the Indiana Philanthropy Alliance.   Jill oversees YPII’s role in providing trainings, resources, technical assistance and best practices to nonprofits and foundations promoting and supporting youth philanthropy efforts.  Jill brings over 15 years Read More

Jim Frey

February 15, 2019
Jim Frey became president of the Frey Foundation in 2003. The Frey Foundation is a Minneapolis-based family foundation that works with nonprofit partners and civic leaders to strengthen its community, promote self-sufficiency and stimulate creative change which results in improved quality of life for all. The foundation’s principal areas of focus are supportive affordable housing and innovative educational initiatives. Prior to Read More