Seated, from left to right:
Kathleen Annette, President & CEO
Blandin Foundation
Sandra Vargas, President & CEO
The Minneapolis Foundation
Grace Cainoy Weltman, Associate Director of Policy and Planning
City of Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
Nancy Van Milligen, President & CEO
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
Steve Clift, Executive Director
E-DEMOCRACY
Deborah Ellwood, Executive Director
CFLeads (Resource Team)
John McKnight, Professor of Education and Social Policy
Co-Director, Asset-Based Community Development Institute
Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University
Standing, middle row:
Ivye Allen, President
Foundation for the Mid-South
Carleen Rhodes, President & CEO
The Saint Paul Foundation and Minnesota Community Foundation
Lucy Bernholz, Managing Partner, Arabella Advisors
Visiting Scholar and Practitioner, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Stanford University
Clotilde Dedecker, President & CEO (Panel Chair)
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Gloria Rubio-Cortes, President
National Civic League
Lauren Casteel, Vice President, Philanthropic Partnerships
The Denver Foundation
Ian Bautista, President
United Neighborhood Centers of America
Janis Foster Richardson, Executive Director
Grassroots Grantmakers
Paula Ellis, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives (Retired)
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Roque Barros, Former Chief Programs Officer for the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation
Jacobs Family Foundation
Carolyne Abdullah, Director of Community Assistance
Everyday Democracy
Alandra Washington, Deputy Director
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Back row:
Michael M. Howe
Howe & Associates
(Resource Team)
Peter Pennekamp, Executive Director Emeritus
Humboldt Area Foundation
Mike Huggins, Retired City Manager
Eau Claire, WI
Garland Yates, Interim Executive Director
Neighborhood Funders Group
Stuart Comstock-Gay, President & CEO
Vermont Community Foundation
Jeffrey Yost, President & CEO
Nebraska Community Foundation
Linda Nguyen, Director, Civic Engagement
Alliance for Children and Families
Matt Leighninger, Executive Director
Deliberative Democracy Consortium
Peter Peterson, Executive Director
Davenport Institute, Pepperdine University
Joseph Hoereth, Director
Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement (IPCE)
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
University of Illinois at Chicago
Christopher Gates, Executive Director
PACE – Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement
Panel Members (Not pictured):
Derek Barker, Program Officer
Kettering Foundation
Dudley Cocke, Director
Roadside Theater
Nick Deychakiwsky, Program Officer
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Antonia Hernández, President & CEO
California Community Foundation
Darryl Lester, Founding Partner
Community Investment Network
Kelly Ryan, President & CEO
Incourage Community Foundation
Resource Team (Not pictured):
Cynthia Gibson, Principal
Cynthesis Consulting
Doug Jansson, CEO
Greater Milwaukee Foundation (Retired)
Caroline Merenda, Program Director
CFLeads
Cynthia Parker, Senior Associate
Interaction Institute for Social Change
Deanna Silke, Executive and Program Administrator
CFLeads (Retired)
Jen Willsea, Senior Associate
Interaction Institute for Social Change