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Katherine Fulton created and led the future of philanthropy initiative, and will continue to guide its next stages. She is a partner of the Monitor Group and president of the Monitor Institute. In a varied career that has included organizational consulting, journalism, and teaching and volunteer service, she has pursued her passionate interests in the use of private resources for public purposes and the connection between leadership and learning. Prior to moving to the Monitor Institute, Katherine was the co-head of the consulting practice at Global Business Network, where she helped not only nonprofits and foundations, but also governments and businesses in more than 12 industries manage more skillfully through increasing uncertainty. Her efforts have won her both a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University and a Lyndhurst Foundation prize for community service. Now a resident of northern California, she has deep roots in Virginia and North Carolina, where members of her family have been engaged in philanthropy for generations. She has served on several nonprofit boards and participated in a number of donor associations. She can be reached via email at Katherine_Fulton@monitor.com.
Andrew Blau became a practitioner at Global Business Network after the future of philanthropy initiative began and then became a full partner in shaping its ideas and activities. He is a strategist with deep experience working with foundations and other organizations developing programs for social benefit. Prior to joining GBN, he was an independent consultant, working with foundations across the country on program design and program evaluation, and he is best known for his work helping funders develop strategies that recognize the trends and pressures of the information age and their effects on the areas that funders support. He was a program director and member of the management team at the Markle Foundation (a grantmaking foundation), a program director at the Benton Foundation (an operating foundation), and has worked for nonprofits analyzing public policy. He is the president of the board of directors of WITNESS, an international human rights organization and has served in leadership roles in numerous nonprofits. He can be reached at blau@gbn.com.
Gabriel Kasper joined the project team fulltime in the final stages to help us in researching and writing Looking Out for the Future, to create the online tour of philanthropic innovation showcased on this website, and to coordinate editing, design, production and dissemination of the project’s findings. He is an independent consultant, providing applied research, program design, and strategic advising services for foundations. Until late 2002 he was the program officer for philanthropy at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, where he was responsible for developing the foundation’s strategy and managing its grantmaking to increase the effectiveness of philanthropy as a field. Prior to joining Packard, Gabriel spent more than 10 years as a consultant, managing community programs and providing research, program design, and information management planning for foundations, nonprofits, and corporations. He has written numerous articles on topics including diversity in philanthropy, foundation collaboration, the use of knowledge as a philanthropic asset, community development, and the growth of philanthropy in Latino and other identity-based communities. He can be reached at gdkasper@yahoo.com.
Andy Goodman wrote four stories of philanthropic innovation showcased on this website, and advised the initiative at several crucial stages. He brings experience in advertising, radio, and television (where he wrote for the broadcast network sitcoms “Dinosaurs" and “The Nanny") to his work as a nonprofit communications consultant and trainer. Based in Los Angeles, he specializes in helping public interest groups and foundations reach more people more effectively through print, broadcast media, and the Internet. Current clients include the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Environmental Defense, Global Business Network, Campaign for America’s Future, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Andy publishes a monthly journal, “free-range thinking," to share best practices in public interest communications, and is also author of the book, Why Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes. He can be reached at andy@agoodmanonline.com.
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