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Hello: Our extended family enjoys working with people of all ages locally and globally who are striving to make the planet a better place for all its inhabitants. We support, for example: micro finance; Fair Trade; fair labor practices; sustainable communities; sustainable …

Gabriel Kasper is a consultant at the Monitor Institute, with deep experience working with foundations, corporations, and social change organizations. Before joining Monitor in 2004, he was the program officer for philanthropy at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, where he…

(Professional bio — for Networks conference) Jacob Harold oversees grants in the Hewlett Foundation’s Philanthropy Program. The Program seeks to improve the practice of philanthropy and to provide resources to support strategic decision-making by donors. The Program’s …

Jay Frost is a speaker, author, and serial third sector entrepreneur with a passion for philanthropy and fundraising. Over the past 25 years, Jay has played a leadership role in a number of companies serving the third sector. These included serving as vice president …

Firoz Shroff 1. Shroff will invest and provide innovative capital market structures to handle cross border M & A transactions. Personally applies proprietary derivatives to underwrite new ventures and public issues of companies to raise money by placement overseas. Has wisdom…

Katherine Fulton is a partner of the global consulting firm, Monitor Group, and president of the Monitor Institute, the Group entity focused on social change. Through a combination of consulting, initiatives, research, and long-term partnerships, the Institute helps today’s most…

An artist and philanthropist, Mary Ann was born in Mexico and adopted when she was just five days old by Debra and John Thompson, who was the CEO of the 7-Eleven Corporation and a civic leader in Dallas. She grew up in Dallas, surrounded by her extended family. As a child, she …

Mark Surman is in the business of connecting things: people, ideas, everything. A community technology activist for almost 20 years, Mark has spent the last three years leading a $26 million experiment in network weaving and open philanthropy called telecentre.org. He is …

José Roberto (Beto) Borges was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, where he obtained an AA degree in industrial chemistry from Escola Técnica Oswaldo Cruz and worked as an ecotourism guide in the Atlantic rainforest, while practicing nature photography and rock …