Assessment to Action: Creating Change
March 8-9, 2007
Renaissance Chicago Hotel

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Alan Abramson
Director of Nonprofit Sector & Philanthropy Program
The Aspen Institute

Alan Abramson
Director of Nonprofit Sector & Philanthropy Program
The Aspen Institute

Sarita Ahuja
Foundation Relations Officer
The San Francisco Foundation

Ellen S. Alberding
President
The Joyce Foundation

Ann Alpers
President
S. H. Cowell Foundation

Greg Avis
Board Chair
Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Jody Bacon
President
Akron Community Foundation

Mike Bailin
Board Member
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Patricia Baker
President/CEO
Connecticut Health Foundation

Mitchell Balk
President
The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation

Jonathan Bays
Practice Expert
McKinsey & Company

Paul Beaudet
Associate Director
Wilburforce Foundation

Teri Behrens
Director of Evaluation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Christopher Bell
Senior Program Officer
The Pinkerton Foundation

Susan Bell
Vice President
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Rosa Berardi
Program Manager
The Coleman Foundation

Robin Berkson
Vice President, Member Relations
Donors Forum of Chicago

Lucy Bernholz
President
Blueprint Research & Design

Mark L. Bodden
Vice President
Rudin Management Company, Inc.

Kevin Bolduc
Associate Director
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Timothy Bolton
Vice President, Human Resources
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

David Bonbright
Chief Executive
Keystone

Janet Borth
Director of HR/Board Services
Blandin Foundation

Katherine Brown
Director of Communities Program
Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation

Phil Buchanan
Executive Director
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Annette Buechler
Evaluation Manager
The Rapides Foundation

Nancy Burd
Vice President Grantmaking
The Philadelphia Foundation

Helen Burstyn
Chair of the Board
Ontario Trillium Foundation

Keith Burwell
President/CEO
Toledo Community Foundation

Ellie Buteau, Ph.D.
Senior Research Officer
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Brian Byrnes
CEO
Vermont Community Foundation

Glenda M. Cadwallader
Executive Director
The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation

Mary Cahillane
CFO
Spencer Foundation

Moss Cail
Director of Research
Donors Forum of Chicago

Edmund Cain
Vice President - Programs
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Robin Cardozo
CEO
Ontario Trillium Foundation

Paul Carttar
Special Assistant to the Chancellor
University of Kansas

Kelly Chang
Research Analyst
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Gene Cochrane
President
The Duke Endowment

David C. Colby, Ph.D.
Interim Vice President
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Stefania Coni

Fondazione Cassa di Rismarmio di Torino

Margaret Connelly
Program Director
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Susan Conner
EVP for Impact Strategy
Lumina Foundation for Education

Paul Connolly
Senior Vice President
TCC Group

Breta Cooper
Executive Vice President
Manuel D. & Rhoda Mayerson Foundation

Stephen Couchman
Advisor
PQR Ltd.

Adam Coyne
Director of Public Affairs
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Nancy Csuti
Director of Evaluation
The Colorado Trust

Alexa Cortes Culwell
CEO
Stupski Foundation

Alyse d'Amico
Manager, Programming and Communications
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Pamela David
Executive Director
Walter & Elise Haas Fund

John Davidson
Manager
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Christine DeVita
President
The Wallace Foundation

Nick Deychakiwsky
Program Officer
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Blair Dimock
Director, Research, Evaluation and Knowledge Management
Ontario Trillium Foundation

Vicky Shire Dinges
Vice President, External Affiars
Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation

Dr. Julia I. East
President
Southwest Florida Community Foundation

Bob Eckardt
Senior Vice President
The Cleveland Foundation

Kathleen Enright
Executive Director
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

Elise Eplan
Vice President for Special Initiatives
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Betsy Fader
Director of Strategy & Planning
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Jonathan Fanton
President
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

David Ferrero
Senior Program Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Sunny Fischer
Executive Director
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation

Nancy Fishman
Executive Director
Grand Victoria Foundation

Heidi Frederick
Assistant Director of Research
The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University

Gail Freedman
Executive Producer/Director
Great Giving, Inc.

Terri Lee Freeman
President
The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region

Toni L. Freeman
Director, Project Research and Evaluation
The Duke Endowment

Casia Freitas
Senior Research Analyst
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Peter Frumkin
Professor of Public Affairs and Director, RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service
RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas at Austin

Irene Frye
Vice President
Community Memorial Foundation

Deborah Jean Fugenschuh
President
Donors Forum of Wisconsin

Ron Gallo
President & CEO
The Rhode Island Foundation

Ellen Gilligan
Vice President, Community Investment
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Phil Giudice
Board Chair
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Iris Gomez
Trustee
Hyams Foundation

Carol Goss
President & CEO
The Skillman Foundation

David L. Grange
President and CEO
Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation

Barbara Grantham
Vice President, Community Leadership
Vancouver Foundation

Anne Green
Acting Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Tessie Guillermo
President/CEO
Community Technology Foundation of California

Peter Dobkin Hall
Hauser Lecturer on Nonprofit Organization
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Linda Hanneman
Specialist
Kraft Foods

Jacob Harold
Program Officer
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Carolyn R. Harper
Administrator, Community Relations
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC

Deborah Harrington
President
Woods Fund of Chicago

Bonnie Hausman, Ph.D.
Program Officer, R&E
Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education

John Hawkins
Board Chair
Surdna Foundation

Crystal Hayling
President and CEO
Blue Shield of California Foundation

Romero Hayman
Manager
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

John R. Healy
CEO
The Atlantic Philanthropies

Stephen B. Heintz
President
Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Judith Helzner
Director, Population and Reproductive Health
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Astrid Hendricks
Director of Evaluation
The California Endowment

Michael W. Hennessy
President/CEO
The Coleman Foundation

Ellen Hershey
Senior Program Officer
Stuart Foundation

Jim Hoolihan
President/CEO
Blandin Foundation

Judy Huang
Associate Director
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Alana Hughes
Director of Administration
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Bob Hughes
Chief Learning Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Irene M. Ibarra
President and CEO
The Colorado Trust

Lisa R. Jackson, Ph.D.
Associate Director
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Jan Jaffe
Project Leader
GrantCraft, The Ford Foundation

Jeff Jessee
Chief Executive Officer
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority

Sheryl Johns
Executive Vice President
Houston Endowment Inc.

Reginald Jones
Executive Director
Steans Family Foundation

Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship
Harvard Business School

Mary Vallier Kaplan
VP of Program
Endowment for Health

Richard J. Kaplan
Associate Vice President for Institutional Research and Grants Management
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Priscilla Kersten
President
Kersten Foundation

Barbara Kibbe
Senior Consultant
Monitor Institute

Latia King
Executive Assistant to the Executive Director
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Stephen Klimczuk
Vice President, Strategy and Evaluation
John Templeton Foundation

Jim Knickman, Ph.D.
President and CEO
New York State Health Foundation

Lucy Knight
Principal
Knight Consulting

Teri Kook
Senior Program Officer
Stuart Foundation

Pranav Kothari
Director
Mission Measurement, LLC

Pat Kozu
VP, Finance & Administration
The F.B. Heron Foundation

Doug Kridler
President & CEO
The Columbus Foundation

Jim Krile
Director of Leadership
Blandin Foundation

Steven LaFrance
Principal, LFA
LaFrance Associates

Nancy Latham
Director of Research and Evaluation
LaFrance Associates

Greg Laughlin
Research Analyst
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Robin Lavin
President
OSA Foundation

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A.
President and CEO
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Lyne Lavoie
Administration & Donation Director
J. Armand Bombardier Foundation

Anna Leal
Grant Director
Houston Endowment Inc.

Holden Lee
Chief Financial Officer
Stupski Foundation

Jenny Lehman
Executive Associate
The Colorado Trust

Valerie S. Lies
President & CEO
Donors Forum of Chicago

Susan Lloyd
Program Director, Evaluation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Gudelia Lopez
Assistant Director for Research
Chicago Public Schools

Stuart Lucas
Board Trustee
Stuart Foundation

Clint Mabie
Director of Donor Services
The Chicago Community Trust

Patty Maddox
President & CEO
Winter Park Health Foundation

Lise Maisano
Vice President Grant Programs
S. H. Cowell Foundation

Dara Major
Director for Planning and Strategic Initiatives
Surdna Foundation

Ari A. Matusiak
Vice President for Strategy and Community Impact
The Rhode Island Foundation

Burkhard Mausberg
President
The Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation

M. Maureen Maxfield
Vice President
SC Ministry Foundation

Donna Mayerson
Board Trustee
Manuel D. & Rhoda Mayerson Foundation

Neal H. Mayerson Ph.D.
President
Manuel D. & Rhoda Mayerson Foundation

Robin Mayrl
Vice President - Program Development
Helen Bader Foundation

Terry Mazany
President and CEO
The Chicago Community Trust

Stephanie McAuliffe
Director
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Jason McBriarty
Sr. Manager/Controller
Levi Strauss Foundation

Christine A. McCabe
Executive Director
College Spark Washington

Clark A. McCain
Program Manager
The Coleman Foundation

Emily McClintock
President
The Nord Family Foundation

Ann L. McCracken
Director of Evaluation
The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati

Jim McHale
Senior Vice President for Programs
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Holly McKiernan
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Lumina Foundation for Education

Karen McNeil-Miller
President
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust

Penelope McPhee
President
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Sara Melillo
Program Officer
Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation

Diane Edgerton Miller
President and CEO
Blue Moon Fund

Ed Miller
Director
Legacy Fund

Daniel Miller
Program Associate, Conservation and Sustainable Development
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Ricardo A. Millett
Independent Consultant
Millett & Associates

Cindy Moehring
Associate General Counsel
Wal-Mart Corporate Giving

Judy Jolley Mohraz, Ph.D.
President and CEO
The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

Mary Mountcastle
Trustee
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

Scott Moyer
President
Langeloth Foundation

John Mullaney
Executive Director
Nord Family Foundation

John Murphy
President & CEO
Flinn Foundation

Debra Natenshon
Chief Executive Officer
The Center for What Works

June Noronha
Strategic Planning Officer
Bush Foundation

Jane B. O'Connell
President
Altman Foundation

Mary O'Connell
Director of Communications
The Joyce Foundation

Loretta O'Donnell
Program Officer
SC Ministry Foundation

Anita M. Pampusch
President
Bush Foundation

James D. Parsons
President
The Brinson Foundation

Patricia Patrizi
Principal
Patrizi Associates

Ed Pauly
Director of Research and Evaluation
The Wallace Foundation

Alicia Philipp
President
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc.

Christy Pichel
President
Stuart Foundation

Helen Davis Picher
Director of Evaluation and Research
William Penn Foundation

Rick Porth
Vice President for Grantmaking
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Lisa Pullan
Vice President Development & Donor Services
Vancouver Foundation

Ron Ragin
Research Analyst
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Leslie Ramyk
Executive Director
Ravenswood Health Care Foundation

Toya Randall
Program Director
Grand Victoria Foundation

Rip Rapson
President & CEO
The Kresge Foundation

Jennifer Ratay
Associate Program Officer
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Elspeth Revere
Vice President, General Program
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Joan Eldridge Ridell
Executive Director
Grant Healthcare Foundation

Regina Starr Ridley
Publishing Director
Stanford Social Innovation Review

Jan L. Rodusky
Director of Grant Programs
Palm Healthcare Foundation

Karen L. Rosa
Vice President & Executive Director
Altman Foundation

Elaine Rosen
Chair of the Board
The Kresge Foundation

Judith A. Ross
Senior Research Writer
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Mark Sedway
Director
Philanthropy Awareness Initiative

Terry Seery
Program Director
KnowledgeWorks Foundation

Billy Shore
Founder and Executive Director
Share Our Strength

Sylvia Shum
Community Programs Manager
Western Asset Management Company Charitable Foundation

Ben Shute, Jr.
Secretary & Program Director
Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Carol J. Silverman
Research Director
Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management, University of California

Daniel Silverman
Director of Communications
The James Irvine Foundation

Ed Skloot
President
Surdna Foundation

John Slocum
Director, Migration and Human Mobility
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

James Allen Smith
Professor
Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University

Beth Smith
Executive Director
Hyams Foundation

Caroline Altman Smith
Program Officer
Lumina Foundation for Education

Amanda Smith
Associate Director
The Goizueta Foundation

Unmi Song
Executive Director
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

Sterling Speirn
President & CEO
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Diana Spencer
Executive Director
William G. McGowan Charitable Fund

Kevin Starr
Managing Director
Mulago Foundation

Julia Stasch
Vice President Program on Human and Community Development
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Vincent Stehle
Program Officer, Nonprofit Sector Support
Surdna Foundation

Nikki Will Stein
Executive Director
Polk Bros. Foundation

Judith Stockdale
Executive Director
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation

Jera Stribling
Executive Director
Joseph S. Bruno Charitable Foundation

Art Sussman
Vice President
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

R. Andrew Swinney
President
The Philadelphia Foundation

Alice Tan
Deputy Director
The Picower Foundation

Julie Tarr
Evaluation Director
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Beverly Tatum
President
Spelman College

Ralph Taylor
Director
Metanoia Fund

George Thompson
Board Chair
Blandin Foundation

Elizabeth Heid Thompson
Assistant Director
Patrizi Associates

Marla B. Tofle
Director of Philanthropic Services
Community Foundation of the Napa Valley

Fay Twersky
Senior Impact Assessment and Improvement Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Luz Vega-Marquis
President and CEO
Marguerite Casey Foundation

Anne Warhover
President & CEO
The Colorado Health Foundation

Marie B. Washington
VP Finance & Administration
Stuart Foundation

Debbie Watson
Vice-President
Winter Park Health Foundation

Sally H. Wertheim, Ph.D.
Board Member (Secretary)
The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation

Faye Wightman
President & CEO
Vancouver Foundation

Mary Williams
Sr. Evaluation Director
Lumina Foundation for Education

Annie Wohlgenant
Vice President of Philanthropy
The Colorado Health Foundation

Kate Wolford
President
The McKnight Foundation

Sylvia Yee
Vice President of Programs
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

Jill M. Yegian
Director, Research and Evaluation
California HealthCare Foundation