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Conference Host Committee

Terry Mazany
Chair
President and CEO
The Chicago Community Trust

Prue Beidler
Interim Chair
Chairman, Management Committee
The Chicago Community Trust

David D. Hiller
Fundraising Subcommittee Chair
President and CEO
McCormick Foundation

Valerie S. Lies
Communications & Marketing
Subcommittee Chair

President and CEO
Donors Forum

Ellen S. Alberding*
President
The Joyce Foundation

James L. Alexander
Co-Trustee
The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust

Vincent  A. Allocco, Ph.D.
President
El Valor Corporation

Julie Chavez
Senior Vice President - Chicago Market Development
Bank of America

Don Cooke
Sr. Vice President of Philanthropy
McCormick Foundation

Victoria Dinges
Assistant Vice President, Public Social Responsibility
and Allstate Engagement
Allstate Insurance Company

Vicki B. Escarra

President and CEO
Feeding America

Edith H. Falk, CFRE

Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Campbell & Company

Robert Gallucci

President
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Bob Glaves
Executive Director
The Chicago Bar Foundation

Sandy Guthman
President
Polk Bros. Foundation

Mae Hong

Director
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Mark Ishaug

President and CEO
AIDS Foundation of Chicago

Janet Jackson
Director
American Bar Association

Harry Johns
President and CEO
Alzheimer's Association

Reginald Jones
Executive Director
Steans Family Foundation

Janet M. Knupp
Founding President and CEO
The Chicago Public Education Fund

Rosanna Marquez
Executive Director
Eleanor Foundation

Neil J. Nicoll
President and CEO
YMCA of the USA

Aurie Pennick
Executive Director
The Field Foundation of Illinois Inc.

Irene S. Phelps
President
The Siragusa Foundation

Nicole Robinson
Director
Kraft Foods

Alexander Sharp
Executive Director
Protestants for the Common Good

Julie Simpson
Former Executive Director
Urban Gateways

Unmi Song
Executive Director
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

Patrick Spain
Chief Executive Officer
Newser

Diana Spencer
Executive Director
McGowan Charitable Fund

Pamela Tate
President and CEO
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)

Laura Thrall
President and CEO
The United Way of Metropolitan Chicago

Patricia Van Pelt Watkins
Executive Director
TARGET Area Development Corporation

James E. Williams, Jr.
President and CEO
Easter Seals

*IS Board Member and Chair of the Conference Program Committee


Additional Participants

Sarah Barnes
Director of Marketing and Communications
Campbell & Company

Amy Franze
Chief Philanthropy Officer
Feeding America

Kristin Huml
Program & Administrative Officer
The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust

Eva Penar

Director of Communications
The Chicago Community Trust

Julia Stasch
VP, Human & Community Development
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Beatrice Young
Executive Assistant/Grants Manager
The Field Foundation of Illinois Inc.

Angel Ysaguirre

Director of Global Community Investing
The Boeing Company

Gabi Zolla
VP, Programs, Research and Policy
The Council for Adult & Experiential Learning


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