Building Together 2024 - Speakers

Speakers & Facilitators

Barry M. Aarons

Chairman, Development Committee

Arizona Town Hall

Nichole Argo

Founder and Director of Research

TogetherUp Institute

Sulma Arias

Executive Director

People’s Action and People’s Action Institute

Paul Bachleitner

Communications Director

Northwest Area Foundation

David Beckman

President

Pisces Foundation

Courtney Bengtson

Chief Strategy Officer

Wichita Foundation

Jim Brady

Vice President, Journalism

Knight Foundation

Samuel Bressi

President and CEO

Lancaster County Community Foundation

Allison Briscoe-Smith

Senior Fellow

Greater Good Science Center

David Brooks

Columnist and Author

New York Times

Charlie Brown

Executive Director

Trust for Civic Life

Vaughn Bryant

Executive Director

Metropolitan Peace Initiatives

Sean T. Buffington

Vice President for Programs

Henry Luce Foundation

Kristen Cambell

Chief Executive Officer

PACE

Kate Carney

Chief of Staff

More in Common

Melissa Rhodes Carter

Senior Manager, Community Resilience

Walmart

Sandra Clark

Chief Executive Officer

StoryCorps

Joshua Clark

Senior Social Scientist

Othering and Belonging Institute

Stephanie Cornell

Executive Director

Walton Family Foundation

Térèse Coudreaut

Vice President/Administration

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Hilary Crow

Vice President, Civics

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Heather Templeton Dill

President

John Templeton Foundation

Bill Doherty

University of Minnesota Professor

Co-Founder, Braver Angels

Bob Dold

Former Member of Congress, Partner

Forbes Tate Partners

Kathleen Enright

President and CEO

Council on Foundations

Erica Etelson

Communications Director

Rural Urban Bridge Initiative

Wendy Feliz

Managing Director, Democracy

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Ben Fink

Lead Organizer

All In Initiative

Anthony Flaccavento

Director

Rural Urban Bridge Initiative

Esther Franco-Payne

Executive Director

Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities

Jason Garrett

Senior Vice President of Faith, Bridging and Belonging

JPB Foundation

Tim Geitner

Grants Program Officer

Daniels Fund

Ariana Gonzalez

Deputy Program Officer

NRDC

Jon Gruber

Strategy Lead, Building

Einhorn Collaborative

Mónica Guzmán

Senior Fellow for Public Practice

Braver Angels

Romanita Hairston

CEO

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Andrew Hanauer

President and CEO

The One America Movement

Becca Hartman-Pickerill

Senior Director of Democracy Initiatives

Interfaith America

Susan Hendershot

President

Interfaith Power & Light

Cheryal Lee Hills

Executive Director

Region Five Development Commission

Leslé Honoré

CEO

Urban Gateways

David T. Hsu

Director, Building Cultures of Belonging

Omidyar Network

Dave Isay

Founder & President

StoryCorps

Emily Janssen

Director, Learning & Engagement

StoryCorps

Brian Kastner

Director, Engagement

Council on Foundations

Natilee McGruder Kyle

Director

Alabama Leads

Jonathan Leon

Senior Director, Forward Promise

The Moriah Group

Rachel Levin

Advisory Team, President of Philanthropy

Hearthland Foundation

Mariah Levison

CEO and President

Convergence Center for Policy Resolution

Katie Loudin

Director of Strategic Development

West Virginia Community Development Hub

Marie Lovejoy

Scheduler/Facilitator

One Small Step, StoryCorps

Evelyn Lynn

Special Projects Organizer

Highlander Research and Education Center

David Martinez III

Director

Vitalyst Health Foundation

Sarait Martinez

Executive Director

Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño (CBDIO)

Joy Mayer

Founder and Director

Trusting News

Jason McGill

Founder and Principal

Justice Associates, LLC

Amy McIsaac

Managing Director of Learning and Experimentation

PACE

Manu Meel

CEO

BridgeUSA

Beth Miller

Executive Vice President

Convergence Center for Policy Resolution

Tawa J. Mitchell

Senior Program Officer

John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Jenan Mohajir

Vice President of External Affairs

Interfaith America

Ali Noorani

Director, U.S. Democracy Program

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Joy Ossei-Anto

Managing Director, Funder Engagement

PACE

Stacy Palmer

CEO

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Eboo Patel

Founder and President

Interfaith America

Jacqueline Patterson

Founder and Executive Director

The Chisholm Legacy Project

Hilary Pennington

Executive Vice President

Ford Foundation

Branden Polk

Director, Strategic Initiatives

Stand Together

Bruce Purnell

Executive Director

The Love More Movement, Inc.

Leah Reiser

Chief Training Officer

Resetting the Table

Sarah Reyes

Chief Communication Officer

The California Endowment

Amanda Ripley

Co-Host of the Slate podcast, How-To, and Author of High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out

Silvia Rivera

Director, Local News

MacArthur Foundation

Katie Robinson

Director

Mosaic

Daniela Rodriguez Ranf

Director, Leadership Development and Training

Council on Foundations

Héctor Sánchez-Flores

Executive Director

National Compadres Network

K Scarry

Director of Partnerships

Dinner Party Labs

Kristen Scott Kennedy

Vice President, Strategy and Organizational Effectiveness and Chief of Staff

Council on Foundations

Mary Bess Ser

Field Manager, One Small Step

StoryCorps

Trabian Shorters

CEO/Founder

BMe Community

Cary Simmons

Director of Community Strategies

Trust for Public Land

Mandy Simon

Head of Press and Social Media

Ford Foundation

Juliana Tafur

Bridging Differences Program Director

Greater Good Science Center

Kristi Tate

Director, Civic Health Initiatives

Center for the Future of Arizona

Tina Tchen

Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Impact Officer

Obama Foundation

Anne Marie Toccket

Executive Director

Posner Foundation

Uma Viswanathan

Executive Director

New Pluralists

Dawn Wallace

Vice President

Flinn Foundation

Cynthia Wallace

Executive Director and Co-Founder

New Rural Project

Eric Ward

Executive Vice President

Race Forward

Gabrielle "Gaby" Webster

Director of Donor Relations

The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia

Melissa Weintraub

Co-Founder and Co-CEO

Resetting the Table

Dr. Holly Whitfield

Executive Director

Deep Center

Julie Wilen

Executive Director

Pritzker Foundation

Jay Williams

President

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Tim Wilmot

Director of Engaged Learning

The Denver Foundation

Eden Xenakis

Chief of Staff

Bezos Family Foundation

Layla Zaidane

President and CEO

Future Caucus

Nidale Zouhir

Senior Manager, Government Affairs

Council on Foundations

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