Annual Conference Speakers

Annual Conference Speakers

Marilyn Armour, Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Gwyn Barley, Vice President, Community Partnerships and Grants, The Colorado Trust
Roy Bowen, Score
Donna Butts, Executive Director, Generations United
Wendy Cervantes, Senior Policy Analyst, Immigration and Immigrant Families Center for Law and Social Policy
Jennifer Chheang, Senior Program Manager, The California Endowment
Adrian Cook, Director of Research and Evaluations, The Rees-Jones Foundation
Sara Cornish, Senior Director, Programs & Strategy Games for Change
Katy Craig, Director Strategic Initiatives, Boettcher Foundation
Teresa Crook, Director of Community Programs, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Inc.
Christina Decoufle, Detective/Task Force Officer, Phoenix Police Department & FBI Human Trafficking Task Force
Sarah Eagle Heart, CEO, Native Americans in Philanthropy
Jan Figart, Visiting Faculty, Oxley College of Health Sciences, The University of Tulsa
Karin Gerstenhaber, Associate Director, Tocker Foundation
Felicia Goodman, Executive Director, The Cooper Foundation
Christina Gorczynski, Program Officer, The Simmons Foundation
Allison Hagerman, Associate Program Officer, McCune Charitable Foundation
Douglas Haloftis, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Tammy Heflebower, President & CEO, Inspire Education and Business Solutions
Myron Hess, Director, Texas Water Programs/Counsel National Wildlife Federation
Kelli Houghton, Development Manager, Operation Underground Railroad
Laura Huffman, Texas State Director, The Nature Conservancy
Dena Jackson, Sr. Vice President - Grants & Research, Dallas Women's Foundation
Art Jones, Principal, Health Management Associates
Annette Juba, Deputy Director of Programs, AGE of Central Texas
Lyle Larson, Texas House of Representatives, District 122
Julie Lerudis, Grants Program Director, Boettcher Foundation
Andrew Levack, Senior Program Officer, St. David's Foundation
Martha Macris, President and CEO, Memorial Assistance Ministries
Elena Marks, President and CEO, Episcopal Health Foundation
Sara Mathis, Principal, Jacksboro Independent School District
Punam Mathur, Executive Director, Elaine P. Wynn and Family Foundation
Randy Mayeux, First Friday Book Synopsis
Laura McDonald, District Director of Student Services, Petrolia CISD
Robert "Tim" McGee, Managing Director of Macro Strategy and Research, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management
Toni McKinley, Director of Therapeutic Services, The Refuge for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
Karen McNeil-Miller, President and CEO, The Colorado Health Foundation
R. Michael McQuaid, Board President, Human Services Campus, Inc.
Frank Merrick, President, The Merrick Foundation
Oronde Miller, Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Michelle Monse, President, Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation
Katie Nixon, Wealth Management Chief Investment Officer, Northern Trust
Natalie Ossenfort, Texas Director, Alliance for Justice
Chris Pedersen, Vice President, Development and Planning Connected Nation
Susanna Pollack, President, Games for Change
Shannan (Shane) Porter, HRS/School Improvement Specialist, Region 9 Education Service Center
Melissa Prycer, President and Executive Director, Dallas Heritage Village Museum
Henry Rael, Program Officer, McCune Charitable Foundation
Andrea Ross, Senior Vice President & Director, Wealth Strategies Group Bernstein
Timothy Schultz       
Andrew Schulz, General Counsel, Arabella Advisors
Anthony Slonim, President and CEO, Renown Health Foundation
Andrea Sparks, Texas Governor's Office
Gary Steuer, President and CEO, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation
James Stoker, Institutional Consulting Director, Graystone Consulting - Austin
Hadar Susskind, Senior Vice President of Government Relations, Council on Foundations
Steven Teske, Chief Presiding Judge, Family & Juvenile Court, Clayton Judicial Circuit, State of Georgia
Eva Thibaudeau-Graczyk, Director of Programs, Coalition for the Homeless of Houston
Regine Webster, Vice President, Center for Disaster Philanthropy

 

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