Carolyn Wall Sakata

August 11, 2021
Carolyn Wall Sakata is Chief of Staff of a newly formed family office that supports the work of the Baszucki Family Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has worked in philanthropy with family foundations at varying stages. Prior to her work with the Baszucki family, Carolyn served as Managing Director of Sunlight Giving, a family foundation created in 2014 Read More

Lisa Jackson

August 6, 2021
Lisa Jackson is the Managing Partner for the Imago Dei Fund based in Boston, MA. Lisa has worked in the social sector for over two decades in a variety of roles. She began her career in education and psychology as a professor at Boston College. Her research there was focused on agency and self-efficacy in youth at the intersection of Read More

Priscilla Enriquez

August 6, 2021
Priscilla Enriquez is the Chief Executive Officer of The James B. McClatchy Foundation. She provides leadership in strategic philanthropic investments while supporting the bedrock tenets of democracy and advancing equity in education to lift community voice and improve access to learning. Priscilla ensures that all people, especially children, have pathways to living a fulfilling life in California’s Central Valley. As Read More

Jessyca Dudley

July 29, 2021
Jessyca Dudley has more than two decades of experience working to transform and democratize philanthropy. Beginning as a volunteer at her church’s food bank, and later as the founder of the American Cancer Society’s youth board in Chicago, Jessyca officially began her career in philanthropy in 2013 as the Gun Violence Prevention program officer for the Joyce Foundation. In this Read More
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Looking Ahead: Featuring NCFP Peer Network Co-chairs

July 22, 2021 | Katie Scott
Courtesy of Jopwell from Pexels The National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) activates and connects a diverse and engaged community of philanthropic families and partners and seeks to foster unique opportunities for learning and inspiration. A hallmark of our work and area for growth in our future is our Peer Networks. Peer Networks are peer-led groups for a specific role Read More

Sheridan Lorenz

June 17, 2021
Sheridan Lorenz is a resident of Austin, Texas, though she has deep roots on Galveston Island. Spending summers in Galveston, she recalls the festive celebrations of Juneteenth on the island. Sheridan has had a lifelong concern with social and racial inequities. From 2005 to 2012 she initiated several programs in Galveston: An affordable and low-income home building project in collaboration Read More
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Shifting Our Approach to Traditional Reporting Relationships

May 24, 2021 | Drew Payne
Courtesy of fauxels from Pexels I have long sat at the intersection of philanthropy and technology. My parents started the Payne Family Foundation 25 years ago, committed to organizations focused on youth development, education and healthcare. At the heart of our giving is a relationship-based approach to support mission-aligned grantees with flexible capital and open communication lines, creating space to Read More

Mailee Walker

May 12, 2021
Mailee became executive director of the Claneil Foundation in 2007. Prior to joining the Claneil Foundation, she was vice president, communication/program officer of the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation. She previously served as executive director of the Stanford Medical Youth Science Program and project coordinator for the Neighborhood Improvement Initiative in California. Mailee serves as a board member of Ones Up Read More

Kaitlin Miles

March 25, 2021
Kaitlin Miles is the Vice Chair of the Andrus Family Fund, the next generation philanthropy of the Surdna Foundation. AFF seeks to foster just and sustainable change in the United States by supporting organizations that advance social justice and improve outcomes for youth. Based in Austin, Texas, Kaitlin is currently an Investment Manager at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Read More

David Nicholson

March 2, 2021
David Nicholson joined McKnight in September 2020 as Vibrant & Equitable Communities (V&EC) program director. The V&EC program aims to build a vibrant future for all Minnesotans with shared power, prosperity, and participation. Over the past three decades, Nicholson has worked to create systemic change through community leadership and grassroots movement building. He has served in leadership roles in a number of nonprofit Read More