Leadership Institute 

Eddie Thompson, Chair

 

Membership Committee

Eddie Thompson, Chair
Alexandra Brovey
Margaret (Meg) Cline
Lynn Gaumer

 

Members

 

Jonathan Ackerman
Attorney
Law Office of Jonathan Ackerman, LLC

Elizabeth Ayers
Retired
Consultant

Bruce Bigelow
Senior Partner
Charitable Development Consulting

Alexandra Brovey
AVP
Northwell Health Foundation

Joe Bull
Principal Counsel and Founder
Philanthropy Advisory Counsel, LLC

Reynolds Cafferata
Partner through PC
Rodriguez, Horii, Choi & Cafferata

Marc Carmichael
Retired

Elizabeth Chambers
Planned Giving Consultant
College of the Desert Foundation

Joe Chickey
Senior Consultant
The Sharpe Group

Steve Clark
Senior Philanthropic Advisor
University of Virginia

Margaret Cline
Vice President Gift Planning and Trust Services
University of Illinois Foundation

Bryan Clontz
President
Charitable Solutions, LLC

Meryl Cosentino
Assistant Vice President, Gift Planning, Trusts & Estates
New York University

Philip Cubeta
Founder
Philanthropy Offerings

Margaret May Damen
President
Institute for Women and Wealth

Randal Daugherty
Director Planned Giving
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Pamela Davidson
Consultant and Charitable Gift Planner
Davidson Gift Design

Anne Demesa
Director of Gift Planning
University of Pennsylvania

Christy Eckoff
Senior Fiduciary Strategist

Jim Eriksen
Director of Planning 
Barnabas Foundation

Shari Fox
Principal
Fox Philanthropic Advisors, LLC

Jackie​ Franey
Founder
JW Franey Consulting, LLC

Liana Garcia
Director of Gift Planning
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

Lynn Gaumer, J.D.
Senior Gift Planning Consultant
The Stelter Company

Joe Hancock
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
HighGround Advisors

Laura Hansen Dean
Advisor to the Senior Executive Director Gift Planning
The University of Texas at Austin

Johni Hays
Executive Vice President
Thompson & Associates

Andrew Hibel
Planned Giving Advocate
Planned Giving Initiative

Dana Holt
Owner
HOLT Consulting, LLC

Tiffany House
Tax, Estate, and Charitable Strategist
Gift Planning Institute

Lynn Ierardi
VP, Real Estate / Philanthropic Advisor
Charitable Solutions, LLC / Gift Planning Advisor, LLC

Russell James
Professor
Texas Tech University

Emanuel Kallina
Managing Member
Kallina & Associates, LLC

Brigit Kavanagh
Shareholder
1601 Law Group

Regina Ketting
Director of Gift Planning
Columbia University

Robert King
Vice President of Philanthropy
Children's Minnesota Foundation

Russel Kost
Principal Consultant
A Rising Gift Tide, LLC

Cynthia Krause
Vice President
Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation
 

Bob Lange
President
Lange Group, LLC

Carlo Laurore
Senior Vice President,  Development
Scouting America

Nicola Lawrence
Vice President, Individual Giving
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

David Libengood
Chief Client Relationship Officer
TIAA Kaspick

Stacey McKinley
Director, Gift Planning
Cleveland Clinic

Kevin Melvin
Division Chair, Gift Planning
Mayo Clinic

Frank Minton
Principal
Frank Minton Consulting, LLC

Kathryn Miree
Retired

Anne Morgan
Executive Director, Office of Gift Planning
University of Missouri

Melanie Norton
CEO
Norton Philanthropic Counsel

Gary Pforzheimer
President
PG Calc

Timothy Prosser
Senior Relationship Manager
TIAA Kaspick

Philip Purcell
Territory Director of Planned Giving
The Salvation Army Central Territory

Kirk Ross
Regional Fiduciary Executive
Fifth Third Private Bank

Bill Samers
Vice President, Planned Giving and Endowments
UJA-Federation of New York

Charles Schultz
President
Crescendo Interactive, Inc.

Gregory Sharkey
Senior Philanthropy Advisor
The Nature Conservancy

Cathy R. Sheffield
Sr. Director of Gift Planning
Belmont University

Dave Smith
Founder & CEO
Heaton Smith Group, LLC

Gordon Smith
Associate Vice President of Development, Planned Giving
National Jewish Health

Kelli Smith
President & CEO
Brio Living Services/UMRC-Porter Hills Foundation

Winton Smith Jr
Attorney
Consultant 

Angela Sosdian
Executive Director, Gift Planning
The Nature Conservancy

Larry Stelter
Chairman of the Board
The Stelter Company

Nathan Stelter
President
The Stelter Company

Johnne Syverson
Vice President
National Gift Annuity Foundation

Conrad Teitell
Partner
Cummings & Lockwood

Bruce Temkin
President
Temkin Strategies

Allen Thomas
President
Thomas Charitable Advisors, LLC

Eddie Thompson
CEO
Thompson & Associates

Jonathan Tidd
Attorney
Consultant

Ericka Webb
Executive Director of Gift Planning
Boston College

Kent Weimer
Philanthropic Stratagist
Gary Sinise Foundation

Grant Whitney
Senior Director Gift Planning, AMC
Mass General Brigham

Craig Wruck
Senior Advisor
PG Calc

Dien Yuen
CEO
Daylight Advisors

Bill Zook
Principal
Evergreen Planned Giving, LLC