1900 Results for “community”

Rebecca Adamson is former director, former president, and founder of First Nations Development Institute and the founder of First Peoples Worldwide. Since 1970, she has worked directly with grassroots tribal communities, and nationally as an advocate of local tribal issues. Ms. Adamson has served on the boards of a number of economic development organizations, corporations, and the Council on Foundations. Read More

Paul Brainerd empowers foundation staff to make funding recommendations while staying closely involved with the foundation’s work. Paul is a founding member of Social Venture Partners, which encourages individuals to give back to their communities by engaging philanthropists, strengthening nonprofits, and investing in collaborative solutions. Paul and his wife Debbi also co-founded IslandWood, an environmental learning center for schoolkids. Paul is currently Read More

Kathy Whelpley joined the National Center in May 2012 as Vice President. Kathy has spent the past 25 years working to build the assets and impact of philanthropic and nonprofit organizations. Most recently, she was with The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, where over 12 years she served in a variety of roles.  As Chief Operating Officer, Kathy Read More

Karen Green is a nonprofit governance and management consultant specializing in working with family foundations. In 2011, Green was named vice president of the National Center for Family Philanthropy. She also served as Managing Director of Family Foundation Services at the Council on Foundations as well as Director of their Governing Boards Program, which provided foundation board members and CEOs with resources on Read More

Henry A.J. Ramos is CEO of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development. The Insight Center helps people and communities achieve and sustain economic security through research, technical assistance, and policy advocacy efforts. Read More

George Hobor is a senior research fellow at the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center. Read More