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Biographical Information
CHRISTINE AHN Korea Policy Institute
Christine Ahn is a fellow with the Korea Policy Institute. She is a policy analyst who writes and speaks frequently on human rights, poverty, hunger, trade, globalization, militarism and North Korea. After obtaining her Masters in Public Policy from Georgetown University, she was awarded a Ford Foundation New Voices Fellowship to work with the Institute for Food and Development Policy. Ms. Ahn's work has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, International Herald Tribune, and other media. She also edited Shafted: Free Trade and America's Working Poor (Food First Books, 2003). Former director of the Peace and International Solidarity Program at the Women of Color Resource Center, Oakland, Calif., Ms. Ahn serves on the board of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.
DWIGHT F. BURLINGAME Center on Philanthropy, Indiana University
Dwight F. Burlingame, Ph.D., is associate executive director and director of academic programs at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University and a professor of Philanthropic Studies and Public and Environmental Affairs. Dr. Burlingame has authored and co-authored eight books, over 45 articles, and over 100 book reviews. He is the editor of Philanthropy in America: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia, published in three volumes by Clio Press, 2004. Dr. Burlingame is active in the nonprofit community as a board member and volunteer, a frequent speaker, consultant, and author on topics relating to philanthropy, nonprofit organizations, libraries, and development. He is an active member of the AFP Research Council and ARNOVA, where he served as Treasurer for five years. He is currently co-editor of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (NVSQ), the official journal of ARNOVA.
HODDING CARTER The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Hodding Carter III became University Professor of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in January, 2006. He came to that post after almost eight years as president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in Miami. His previous professional career included 17 years as a newspaper journalist in Greenville, Mississippi; 17 years as an Emmy-winning television anchor and documentarian based in Washington and four years as assistant secretary of state of public affairs and Department spokesman under President Jimmy Carter. He was closely involved in civil right-related political work in Mississippi in the 1960s and 1970s and was co-chairman of the biracial delegation to the l968 Democratic National Convention that was seated in place of the all-white regular delegation. He has written two books, contributed to nine others and numerous magazines and newspapers.
MICHAEL CORTÉS Independent Consultant
Michael Cortés is an independent consultant to foundations and nonprofits, currently devoting significant time to the Diversity in Philanthropy Project. He is the author of numerous publications and is a leading expert on Hispanics in philanthropy. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and Nonprofit Management & Leadership. Before moving back to Denver, he served as executive director of the Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management at the University of San Francisco from 2000 to 2006. He has also served previously as faculty in the public policy program at the University of Colorado, as Director of Planning, Finance and Administration for the Levi Strauss Foundation, and as Vice-President for Research, Advocacy and Legislation with the National Council of La Raza. He holds B.A., M.P.P, and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.S.W. from the University of Michigan.
LOUIS T. DELGADO Independent ConsultantLouis T. Delgado is an independent consultant to foundations and nonprofits in the areas of program development, fundraising and grantmaking. Previously, he held a dual appointment at Loyola University in Chicago. He was the Graduate Program Director from 1998-2007 for the Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Program and was Policy & Program Analyst from 1997-2007 at the Center for Urban Research and Learning. He has extensive experience working in the fields of education, community development and philanthropy. He has held positions with the Chicago Board of Education, NAES College and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and has served on the Board of Directors of several national and local nonprofit organizations. He holds advanced degrees from the University of Chicago in Public Policy and in Social Work, and has received several prestigious awards in recognition of his work. Native Americans in Philanthropy established the Louis T. Delgado Distinguished Grantmaker Award in his honor in 1995, and Loyola University established the Louis T. Delgado Social Justice in Philanthropy Award in 2007. Mr. Delgado previously served as a member of NCRP's board of directors.
LOIS GIBBS Center for Health, Environment and Justice
Lois Gibbs is founder and executive director of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice. She speaks with communities nationwide and internationally about toxic chemicals and children’s unique vulnerability to environmental exposures. As the author of Love Canal: The Story Continues, published in 1998, Lois brings the Love Canal story up to date and discusses the issues society faces today with chemical exposures. Ms. Gibbs has been recognized extensively for her critical role in the grassroots environmental justice movement. She has spoken at numerous conferences and has been featured in hundreds of newspaper articles, magazine, and textbooks. Ms. Gibbs has appeared on many television and radio shows including 60 Minutes, 20/20, Oprah Winfrey, Good Morning America, The Morning Show and the Today Show. CBS produced a 2 hour prime-time movie about Lois’s life entitled “Lois Gibbs: The Love Canal Story” starring Marsha Mason.
CYNTHIA GUYER [Chair, Research Advisory Committee] San Francisco Schools Alliance
Cynthia Guyer is the executive director of the San Francisco Schools Alliance, an independent, non-profit organization that builds partnerships, raises money, and advocates for policies to ensure that every student, in every classroom, in every public school in San Francisco receives a world-class education. She previously served as executive director of the Portland Schools Foundation, a community-based organization that promotes high quality education in Portland schools. Created in 1994, The Portland Schools Foundation is an independent, community-based organization that mobilizes ideas, leadership, political support, and money necessary to ensure a first-rate education for every child, in every public school, in every Portland neighborhood.
MARK LLOYD Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Mark Lloyd is Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. He is also an Affiliate Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University, and is a frequent contributor to both academic and popular publications. Prior to joining LCCR, Mr. Lloyd was a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he analyzed policy and conducted research on the relationship between communications and strong democratic communities. From 2002 until 2004, he was a Martin Luther King, Jr. Visiting Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). An Emmy-award winning journalist, Lloyd produced and reported for radio and television operations including NBC and CNN. He also worked as a communications lawyer at the firm of Dow, Lohnes & Albertson and served as the General Counsel of the Benton Foundation. He has served on the boards of directors of dozens of national and local organizations, and has also served as a consultant to the Clinton White House, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Open Society Institute and the Smithsonian Institution.
JOHN A. POWELL Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, The Ohio State University
Professor john a. powell is an internationally recognized authority in the areas of civil rights and civil liberties and a wide range of issues including race, structural racism, ethnicity, housing, poverty and democracy. He is executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University and he holds the Gregory H. Williams Chair in Civil Rights & Civil Liberties at the University’s Michael E. Moritz College of Law. Previously, he founded and directed the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota. He also served as Director of Legal Services in Miami, Florida and was National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union where he was instrumental in developing educational adequacy theory.
JON PRATT Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Jon Pratt has served as executive director for the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits since helping found the organization in 1987. He is public policy committee co- chair of the National Council of Nonprofit Associations, a contributing editor of the Nonprofit Quarterly, and has been recognized several times by The Nonprofit Times as one of the 50 most influential nonprofit leaders in the United States. Prior to his work at MCN, Mr. Pratt worked in nonprofit organizations as an attorney, lobbyist and director. Pratt has a law degree from Antioch School of Law, Washington, D.C., and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University.
VIJAYA RAMACHANDRAN Center for Global Development
Vijaya Ramachandran is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD). Her areas of expertise are private sector development, entrepreneurship, and foreign direct investment. Prior to joining CGD, Dr. Ramachandran served on the faculty of Georgetown University, and also worked at the World Bank, the Executive Office of the UN Secretary General, and at Duke University. She is the author of Investing in Africa: Strategies for Private Sector Development (2000), co-editor with Nicolas van de Walle and Nicole Ball of Beyond Structural Adjustment (2003), and has written numerous articles on private sector development in Africa. Dr. Ramachandran received her Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University in 1991.
CINTHIA H. SCHUMAN OTTINGER The Aspen Institute
Cinthia Schuman is associate director of The Aspen Institute's Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program. Previously, Ms. Schuman was deputy director of the Rockefeller Family Fund, where she managed grantmaking programs in women’s rights, civic participation and other areas. From 1989 to 1994, she was executive director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest), where her work received national media coverage. She also served as executive director of Cleveland Women's Counsel. Ms. Schuman is currently a member of the board of directors of the Ottinger Foundation, and serves on the National Advisory Panel of FairTest and the Council of Editorial Advisors for BoardSource. Previously, she served on the boards of the National Association of Public Interest Law/Equal Justice Works, the National Network of Grantmakers, Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement and NCRP. Ms. Schuman was a Root-Tilden Scholar at New York University School of Law, where she received her Juris Doctorate. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College.
PAUL W. SPEER Vanderbilt University
Dr. Paul W. Speer is associate professor at Vanderbilt University. His areas of expertise include community organizing, empowerment theory and community change. Dr. Speer is the recipient of several fellowships and honors. He is the author of numerous book chapters and journal articles, including a seminal 2002 survey of PICO leaders in which he demonstrated statistically significant differences in policy skills, knowledge and experience between PICO leaders and ordinary citizens. He studies the processes and mechanisms of community organizations as these groups work to alter social conditions in their communities. Further, he is interested in linking these organizational processes to their associated impacts on the broader community as well as the impacts on individual participants. Prior to his appointment to Vanderbilt in 2001, Dr. Speer taught at the School of Social Work at Rutgers University where he also served as research director at the Center for Social and Community Development.
WILLIAM E. SPRIGGS Howard University
Dr. William E. Spriggs has been chair of the Department, and a professor, of Economics at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Before coming to Howard, he was a senior fellow at the Economic Policy Institute . He also serves as chair of the Independent Health Care Trust for United Auto Workers (UAW) Retirees of Ford Motor Company, and is on the board of the Retiree Health Administration Corporation, which administers the health care trusts for UAW retirees of Ford and General Motors. In 2007 Dr. Spriggs was named a Senior Fellow to the Community Service Society of New York. He has served as executive director of the National Urban League’s Institute for Opportunity and Equality, has held various positions in government service during the Clinton Administration, and also served as a senior economist for the Democratic staff of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress where, among other things, he worked on the passage of the increase in the minimum wage.
HEIDI SWARTS Rutgers University
Heidi Swarts is assistant professor of political science at Rutgers University. Her recently released book, Organizing Urban America: Secular and Faith-Based Progressive Movements, establishes her as one of the nation's leading experts on documenting the impact of community organizing. In the book, she examines both faith-based and secular organizing approaches. She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships for research, including from the Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Fund and the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University. She holds a Ph.D. from Cornell, an M. Div. from Harvard, and a B.A. from Oberlin.
*Organization affiliation listed for identification purposes only.
