2007 Program
Updated
August 21, 2007
Schedule
Keynote Speaker
Panel Moderators
Panelists
| Who: | Senior executives from private and corporate foundations along with individual philanthropists | ||||||||||
| What: | Benjamin Franklin Leadership Symposium Effective Philanthropy: Measuring Impact |
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| When: | Wednesday, April 25, 2007 from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm | ||||||||||
| Where: | Prince Theater, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA |
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| Topic: | Effective Philanthropy: Measuring Impact | ||||||||||
| Audience: | 240 guests by invitation only: foundations, corporations, philanthropists and entrepreneurs |
Keynote Speaker
Judith Rodin, PhD
President, Rockefeller FoundationJudith Rodin has served as president of the Rockefeller Foundation since March 2005. Trained as a research psychologist, Dr. Rodin was previously the president of the University of Pennsylvania, and earlier the provost of Yale University.
Dr. Rodin serves on a number of leading non-profit boards, as well as on the boards of AMR Corporation, Citigroup and Comcast Corporation. She is the author of more than 200 academic articles and chapters and has written or co-written eleven books. She served on President Clinton’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology. A member of a number of leading academic societies, including the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, she has received nine honorary doctorate degrees.
Panel Moderators
John J. DiIulio, Jr., PhD
Frederic Fox Leadership Professor of Politics, Religion and Civil Society, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Public Management, Brookings InstitutionMichael Useem, PhD
William and Jacalyn Professor of Management; Director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Panelists
Eric Adler
Co-Founder and Managing Director of the SEED Foundation which develops and operates college preparatory boarding schools for inner city children.
Swarthmore College, BA; Wharton School, MBAMelissa A. Berman
President and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors is dedicated to helping donors create thoughtful, effective philanthropy throughout the world. In 2005, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors managed or facilitated more than $130 million in giving to 35 countries.
Harvard University, BA; Stanford University, PhDWilliam H. Eastburn, III
Senior and Managing Partner at Eastburn and Gray and Co-Founder of the Bucks-Mont Katrina Relief Project that has mobilized thousands of volunteers and millions of dollars to assist Hancock County on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Trinity College, BA (Hartford, CT); University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolDavid Ertel
Chairman & CEO of Bayview Financial, an $11 billion finance company and is active in the “I Have a Dream” Foundation as the sponsor of over 400 “Dreamers,” a comprehensive long-term program of mentoring, tutoring and life skills enrichment as well as a guaranteed college scholarship. Active participant in the founding of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the Penn School of Social Policy & Practice.
Wharton School, BS and MBAAlan G. Hassenfeld
Chairman of Hasbro Inc., a worldwide family and children leisure time entertainment company, Chairman of the World Scholar Athlete Games and also served as Chairman of Family’s First. Board Member, Hasbro Charitable Trust and the Hasbro Children’s Foundation.
Wharton School, BAEileen R. Heisman
President and CEO of National Philanthropic Trust (NPT), which helps individuals and families reach their philanthropic goals. NPT manages over $640 million in charitable assets and since its inception in 1996 has made more than 20,000 grants totaling $550 million to charitable institutions.
Carnegie Mellon University, BASheila C. Johnson
CEO and shareholder of Salamander Hospitality LLC, owner of the Woodlands Resort and Inn, a 5-diamond property located near Charleston, South Carolina. A Global Ambassador for CARE. Her primary philanthropic interest is to provide opportunities for children and young adults to express their creativity through the arts.
University of Illinois School of MusicMark R. Kramer
Managing Director and Founder of Foundation Strategy Group (FSG), an international consulting firm which advises corporations and foundations on developing strategies and measuring impact for corporate social responsibility and philanthropic initiatives.
Brandeis University, BA; Wharton School, BA; University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolMichael A. Leven
Vice Chairman of The Marcus Foundation which, among other major gifts, has funded The Marcus Institute, a provider of comprehensive services for children and adolescents with developmental disabilities. The foundation is also the sole benefactor of the Georgia Acquarium located in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tufts University, BA; Johnson & Wales University and Niagara University, Honorary DoctoratesMilton J. Little, Jr.
President and CEO of United Way of Massachusetts Bay, an organization that unites the collective resources of the community to surround kids with everything they need to grow to be healthy, productive adults while managing the investment of over $40 million annually in a diverse portfolio of community-based non-profits.
Morehouse College, BA;
Columbia University, MAAlan D. Simon
Chairman, Omaha Steaks International and an active philanthropist in supporting a variety of organizations that provide young people at risk with job training, athletic facilities and health services.
Wharton School, BS EconomicsR. Andrew Swinney
President of The Philadelphia Foundation, the oldest and largest community foundation in the Metropolitan area with assets in excess of $325 million. The Foundation has helped 750 families and businesses create permanent, charitable trust funds that benefit the quality of life in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
University of Essex (Colchester, England); Cornell University, BSBrian Trelstad
Chief Investment Officer of Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund focused on supporting scalable, market-oriented enterprises that effectively deliver critical goods and services.
Harvard, BA; Stanford, MBA; UC Berkley, MAGeorge Weiss
President of George Weiss Associates Inc., a money management firm and the founder and funder of “Say Yes to Education,” a program that combines academic support and intervention with an offer to pay college tuition or vocational training costs for inner city students. “Say Yes” has grown to include over 360 students in Philadelphia, Cambridge and Hartford.
Wharton School, BS