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| Angela White |
Johnson, Grossnickle & Associates
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| Angela E. White, CFRE, has been instrumental in JGA's success since 1996, when she joined the JGA team. She has brought a high level of expertise in philanthropic consulting in areas ranging from education to social service organizations. She also brings considerable depth in strategic planning and research analysis on behalf of JGA clients.
As with all JGA clients, Angela becomes deeply immersed in client's issues and causes. Among Angela's passion are women's issues and women-serving organizations. Recently, she has counseled the Women's Fund of Central Indiana and the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, her alma mater. Aside from women-focused organizations, Angela also counsels several large social service organizations and educational institutions.
Angela has served as the Conference Co-Chair for CASE District 5, the Vice President for Membership for the Indiana Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and as the Chair of the Indiana Achievement Awards. She currently serves on the board of the Concord Neighborhood Center. She is a member of the faculty at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. |
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| Derrick Feldmann |
Achieve
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| Derrick Feldmann, CEO of Achieve
As CEO of Achieve, Derrick provides overall strategic direction for the work of the firm, clients, and partners. He is a regular contributor to nonprofit trade publications and speaker on fundraising, donor engagement, and strategy for organizations. Prior to founding Achieve, Derrick was responsible for all major development programs at The LEAGUE and Learning to Give organizations. His responsibilities beyond fundraising included program expansion, external partnerships, and sponsorship programs where he led efforts to expand the program offerings in 4 new markets, negotiated in-kind TV campaigns at a value of more than $10 million, and increased fundraising by 200%. Derrick is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and holds a Master's Degree in Philanthropic Studies from Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy. Derrick currently serves on the Association of Fundraising Professionals International Youth Philanthropy Task Force and the board of the Starfish Initiative.
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| Tonia Zampieri |
Smart Online, Inc.
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| As Director of Marketing for Smart Online, Inc. Tonia leads a team of passionate experts who market innovative mobile app solutions for the nonprofit and business sectors. In 2009, Tonia conceptualized and launched one of the first nonprofit-focused mobile applications, Tap-n-Give , previously available for download on iTunes. In Tonia's words, "I knew mobile was going to be THE next channel of engagement and wanted to find a way to share my passion for causes and technology. This was a perfect way of doing both!" Her expertise in the mobile channel and how nonprofits can benefit has granted her speaking engagements and guest blogging opportunities with such organizations as Socialbrite, NetSquared, NTEN, AFP & NCTech4Good. She holds an MA in nonprofit service, leadership and management and authored a thesis entitled Wired for Change: Best Practices in Internet Fund-raising for Niche Nonprofit Organizations. She has nearly 10 years experience working in the non-profit sector with a focus on technology based fundraising and marketing/cause marketing, utilizing innovative new tools to positively impact every organization she's worked with. Follow Tonia on Twitter |
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| Jacob Colker |
Sparked.com
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| Jacob Colker is a recognized leader in political activism and issue advocacy, and a leading voice in the use of technology for community engagement. Jacob has managed political campaigns in California, Illinois, and Maryland, and he was one of the first field directors in the country to leverage Facebook in a major political campaign to win a statewide election. Jacob has also managed issue advocacy campaigns for The International Campaign for Tibet, The 1Sky Campaign, and other non-governmental organizations, both in the U.S. and around the world. |
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| Heidi Adams |
LIVESTRONG
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| Heidi Schultz Adams is a 15-year survivor of Ewing's sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer. She is currently the Senior Director of Engagement for LIVESTRONG, where she oversees all grassroots efforts, online and offline, to extend the foundation's missions into communities around the world. In 2000, she founded a non-profit organization called Planet Cancer, now a LIVESTRONG initiative, which is dedicated to creating a community of young adults with cancer in their 20s and 30s, and to raising awareness about their unique medical and psychosocial needs. She was also a founding steering committee member and advocacy co-chair of the LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance, an international coalition of more than 150 organizations and institutions working together to improve survival rates and quality of life for young adults with cancer. In 2005, she received the prestigious LIVESTRONG Award from the Lance Armstrong Foundation for her work on behalf of young adults, and in 2006, she was named a Swiffer Amazing Woman of the Year. In 2007, she was recognized as one of four national Health Heroes by WebMD magazine and, in 2008, was a national winner of the prestigious Lane Adams Award from the American Cancer Society. A writer by preference, Heidi serves on the editorial advisory board of CURE magazine, and is also the author of two books in the cancer space: Here and Now: Inspiring Stories of Cancer Survivors and Planet Cancer: (The Frequently Bizarre but Always Informative Experiences and Thoughts of Your Fellow Natives). |
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| Stephanie Padgett |
Mojo Ad
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| Stephanie has already been an adjunct professor at Xavier University and she has professional experience in the field of Media Planning as Director of Client Strategy for Walch Communications, a division of Empower MediaMarketing. In fact, a significant accomplishment for Stephanie was the opportunity to work on one of the first direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical campaigns for Nicorette and Nicoderm. She also held the position of Midwest Sales Manager for The Media Audit, a syndicated research company based in Houston Texas. In 2006 Stephanie was one of their top new business generators. She also spent time as a Midwest Sales Representative for IMS, a leading provider of agency planning software. In addition to all of her professional experience Stephanie finds time to be an active community member and parent. How does she do it all? Well, she recently admitted to having the ability of reading magazines in the shower. Now that is a skill acquired only by true multitaskers. Follow Stephanie on Twitter |
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| Julien Smith |
juliensmith.com
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| Julien Smith is a New York Times bestselling author, consultant, and speaker who has been involved in online communities for over 15 years: from early BBSes and flashmobs to the social web as we know it today. Julien has long been on the cutting edge of web technology. He was one of the first Twitter users, and among the first people to use podcasting in 2004 and be broadcast by traditional radio. He has since worked with numerous media publications such as Sirius Satellite Radio, GQ, CBC, and Cosmopolitan. Julien is co-author of Trust Agents, which was written with Chris Brogan. It hit the New York Times bestseller list (#13), the Wall Street Journal bestseller list (#8), the Amazon top 100 list (#30), and the Amazon Best Books of 2009 list (Business and Investment). Follow Julien on Twitter |
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| Geoff Livingston |
Zoetica
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| Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica, a social enterprise that provides superior communication, consulting, training, and strategy to help mindful organizations affect social change. He has worked as a public relations strategist in the Washington, D.C. region for more than 17 years. Cited by the Washington Post for his blogging skills, Geoff's new book, "Welcome to
the Fifth Estate," will be released in May, 2011. His prior book, the award-winning "Now is Gone" was released in 2007 and was been cited by the Wall Street Journal as a valuable resource for social media.
He continues to blog about nonprofit use of social media for Mashable. Some of his professional experiences include United Way of America, Save Darfur, the Goodwill of Greater Washington, Environmental Defense Fund, Live Earth, ChildFund International, the Campus Kitchens Project, the Philanthropy 2.0 Project, Network Solutions, Sully Erna (Godsmack lead singer), and many others. Follow Geoff on Twitter |
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| George Weiner |
DoSomething.org
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| As DoSomething.org's CTO, George manages all online and mobile communication systems for DoSomething.org. Under his leadership, the organization has become an innovator in social media, mobile technologies and cause. During his 5+ years at DoSomething.org, he oversaw the complete overhaul of the site (cms, architecture, skin, etc) in 2008,landing a People's Choice Webby Award in the Youth in 2009 and nomination in 2010. Originally from Brooklyn, George holds a BA in from the University of Pennsylvania which included classes at the Wharton School. George also completed a Nano (Executive) MBA with Seth Godin. George is also a featured contributor for the Huffington Post Impact section (HuffingtonPost.com/george-weiner). Follow George on Twitter |
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| Erica Williams |
Society By Design
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| Erica Williams is a civic innovator, political commentator and activist, passionate about engaging the next generation in social change and civic life. She is currently a Senior Strategist at Citizen Engagement Lab (CEL). CEL is an incubator for people-powered projects that use digital media and technology to engage communities in social change. Prior to this role, Erica was the co-founder of Progress 2050, a project of the Center for American Progress, that develops new ideas for an increasingly diverse America.
Erica has a unique knowledge of how today's political climate is changing to reflect a new culture and a new generation of citizens. Testifying before Congress, training young leaders across the country, and advocating on Capitol Hill, she has become a nationally recognized leader & commentator on politics and key issues affecting underrepresented groups (young people, women, people of color, etc.). Erica been regularly featured on a wide variety of programs reaching broad audiences: from Fox News, Charlie Rose and HBO's Real Time w Bill Maher, to MTV, BET and G4TV. Her work has been highlighted in the Washington Post, U.S. News & World Reports, and CNN.com where she frequently contributes.
Dubbed "The Future" by Dr. Cornel West, Erica is an O Magazine Women Rule Leadership Award Winner, an NAACP 40 under 40, and a proud Washington area native.
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| Daniel Kaufman |
One Percent Foundation
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| Daniel Kaufman is the Co-Founder of the One Percent Foundation, an organization building a broad-based movement of next generation philanthropists by making giving accessible, engaging, and meaningful. He is also the Co-Founder of Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in designing and implementing innovative next generation philanthropic engagement opportunities for individuals, non-profits, foundations, and businesses. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Tutorpedia Foundation and as a representative on the Council on Foundations Next Gen Task Force. Daniel has a J.D. from UCLA School of Law and a B.A. from Stanford University. Follow Daniel on Twitter |
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| Wendy Harman |
American Red Cross
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| Wendy Harman is a professional listener, an online communities explorer, a hopelessly addicted Tweeter, and a nonprofit lifer (so far). She carries out these activities each day at the American Red Cross in Washington, DC, where she's been employed as a social media manager since late 2006. Prior to joining the American Red Cross, she fell in love with intellectual property at law school and then worked for musicians' rights at the Future of Music Coalition and Lawyers for the Arts. She was along for the ride when musicians were among the first to bypass traditional gatekeepers using social media tools, and she's been trying to keep up and do good ever since. Follow Wendy on Twitter |
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| Barbara Pierce Bush |
Global Health Corps
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| Barbara is CEO and co-founder of Global Health Corps, an organization that aims to mobilize a global community of young leaders to build a movement for health equity. Over the past year and a half, Global Health Corps has sent 60 fellows from eight countries to work with non-profit health organizations like Partners In Health and the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Rwanda, and the United States. Before joining Global Health Corps in 2008, Barbara worked for two-years in Educational Programming at the Smithsonian Institution's Cooper- Hewitt, National Design Museum. After graduating college, she worked for Red Cross Children's Hospital in Capetown, South Africa and interned for UNICEF in Botswana. She has traveled extensively with the UN World Food Programme, focusing on the importance of nutrition in ARV treatment. Barbara is a member of UNICEF's Next Generation Steering Committee and is on the Board of Directors for Covenant House International and Population Services International. She is a Draper Richards Foundation Social Entrepreneur and a fellow of the Echoing Green Foundation, which selected Global Health Corps as one of the 14 most innovative social start-ups worldwide out of 1500 applicants. Barbara Bush graduated from Yale University with a degree in Humanities in 2004. |
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| Jean Case |
Case Foundation
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| Jean Case is an actively engaged philanthropist and a pioneer in the world of interactive technologies. Her career in the private sector spanned nearly two decades before she and her husband, Steve Case, created the Case Foundation in 1997. A passionate believer in all things digital and the amazing potential of technology to change the world for the better, Jean and her team focus the efforts of the Foundation around many of the same entrepreneurial approaches she and Steve cultivated throughout their business careers. The Case Foundation is recognized for its leadership in leveraging new technologies and applying innovative approaches to increase giving; catalyze civic and business participation; and promote innovation, collaboration and leadership in the nonprofit sector. |
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| Matt Britton |
Mr. Youth
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| Matt Britton is known throughout the advertising industry as an expert in marketing to Millennials, a new breed of consumer completely adept at tuning out and avoiding traditional media.
Matt currently serves as founder and CEO of New York-based Mr Youth-a social marketing agency focusing on word-of-mouth, social interactive and experiential marketing. Since founding the agency in 2002, Mr Youth has worked with some of the world's leading brands-including P&G, Microsoft, Nike, and HP-to help them connect with this rapidly evolving and highly elusive consumer. |
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