Planning Committee
GEO is grateful to the contributions of the conference planning committee in creating the conference program.
- Carrie Avery, The Durfee Foundation (chair)
- Tanya Beer, The Colorado Trust
- Diana Bucco, The Forbes Funds
- Patrick Corvington, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Victoria Dunning, The Global Fund for Children
- Sidney Hargro, Community Foundation of South Jersey
- Annie Hernandez, The Lumpkin Family Foundation
- Ellen Koenig, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
- Curt McPhail, Mary Black Foundation
- Yvonne Moore, The Daphne Foundation
- Kathleen Odne, Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation
- Paul Shoemaker, Social Venture Partners Seattle
- Barbara Sieck Taylor, Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania
- Gayle Williams, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
- Huilan Yang, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Pittsburgh Host Committee
The host committee provided local leadership for the conference and helped create opportunities to showcase the funding community in the Pittsburgh region.
- Grant Oliphant, The Pittsburgh Foundation (chair)
- Heather Arnet, Women and Girls Foundation
- Carrie Barmen, Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners
- Gregg Behr, The Grable Foundation
- Henry Beukema, McCune Foundation
- Susan Brownlee, Fine Foundation
- Diana Bucco, The Forbes Funds
- Dee Delaney, FISA Foundation
- Sylvia Fields, Eden Hall Foundation
- Joni Schwager, Staunton Farm Foundation
- Frederick Thieman, The Buhl Foundation
- Kirk Utzinger, The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County
- Robert Vagt, The Heinz Endowments
- Mailee Walker, Claneil Foundation Inc.
- Karen Wolk Feinstein, Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh
