Calendar of Events

8.24.2010

Join EPIP for Happy Hour on August 31st

Come and have a drink on us!

Meet other members of the Bay Area EPIP chapter, and learn about our programs

Tuesday August 31, 2010
Double Dutch
3192 16th Street, San Francisco
(0ne block from 16th Street BART)

8.17.2010

Save the Date for Happy Hour

Please join the Bay Area EPIP chapter for happy hour on August 31 from 5:30-7:30pm.

Specific location (somewhere in the Mission) to be determined.

8.13.2010

AAPIP and HIP present Conversations with Leaders

Our friends at Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) and Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) invite EPIP Bay Area members to attend the upcoming program:

Conversations with Leaders
Luz A. Vega-Marquis, President & CEO, Marguerite Casey Foundation
Peggy Saika, President & Executive Director, AAPIP


moderated by
Raymond Colmenar, Program Manager, The California Endowment


Friday, September 10, 2010
2-4pm, followed by a wine and cheese reception 4-5:30pm
San Francisco Foundation
225 Bush Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94104


RSVP to maria@haasjr.org

7.31.2010

South Bay Speaker Series (part 2 of 4) with Danielle Deane from Hewlett

JOIN US…
The Bay Area EPIP Chapter Presents:

SOUTH BAY SPEAKER SERIES
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
3:30-5:00 PM
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
300 Second Street
Los Altos, CA 94022
(650) 948-7658

Danielle Deane, Program Director, Environment, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Interviewed by Jamie Dean, Program Officer, Conservation and Science, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Danielle Deane holds a B.A. in Political Economy with an Environmental Studies Concentration from Williams College, and a M.Sc. in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics. Previously, Danielle worked as a Financial Risk Analyst/Broker at Guy Carpenter & Company, the international reinsurance arm of Marsh & McLennan Companies. Her experience also includes research with the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and working as a Field Manager for a joint Sierra Club/Fund for Public Interest Research campaign. Danielle was a Fellow of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. In September 2007, she was selected for the Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) '07-'08 Connecting Leaders Fellowship Program.

To RSVP, please email bayarea@epip.org by Friday, August 13th, 2010.

South Bay Speaker Series
Learn more about how seasoned leaders at prominent South Bay foundations made their way into their present roles. Foundation representatives from the William and Flora Hewlett, Gordon and Betty Moore, David and Lucile Packard, and Skoll Foundations will share the paths they have taken to their current leadership roles, the unique aspects of their organizations’ grantmaking and the role they feel that emerging leaders can play in the sector.  Please stay tuned to future announcements in the coming months.

7.20.2010

Board Service 101

panelists
Marla Cornelius, CompassPoint
Jeffrey Malloy, James Irvine Foundation
Lora Silver, YNPNsfba

moderated by
Fatima Angeles, California Wellness Foundation

Wednesday August 11, 2010
4-6pm
San Francisco Foundation
225 Bush Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94104

6.25.2010

South Bay Speaker Series (part 1 of 4) with Marybeth Sharpe from Moore

JOIN US…
The Bay Area EPIP Chapter Presents:

SOUTH BAY SPEAKER SERIES – First event

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
3:30-5:00 PM
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
2121 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 234-4500

Marybeth Sharpe, Program Director for the Betty Irene Moore Nursing Initiative
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Interviewed by Ron Ragin, Associate Program Officer, Performing Arts Program William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Marybeth Sharpe is the program director for the Betty Irene Moore Nursing Initiative. The Initiative seeks to improve nursing-related patient outcomes in adult acute care hospitals in the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento areas.  Before joining the Foundation, Marybeth was a vice president with American Express where she led strategic analysis for their small business group.  She has also taught economics at the University of Chicago, worked for the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. and served as an associate principal with McKinsey & Company in New York. Beyond her role in the Betty Irene Moore Nursing Initiative, Marybeth has been involved in the Moore Foundation’s Building Our Future initiative to refine the Foundation’s values and position it to increase impact and catalyze results over the next 10 years.

To RSVP, please email bayarea@epip.org by Wednesday, July 1, 2010

South Bay Speaker Series
Learn more about how seasoned leaders at prominent South Bay foundations made their way into their present roles. Foundation representatives from the William and Flora Hewlett, Gordon and Betty Moore, David and Lucile Packard, and Skoll Foundations will share the paths they have taken to their current leadership roles, the unique aspects of their organizations’ grantmaking and the role they feel that emerging leaders can play in the sector.  Please stay tuned to future announcements in the coming months.

5.10.2010

EPIP National Conference recap

Re-visit the 2010 EPIP National Conference and watch sessions (some featuring EPIP Bay Area members and supporters)!

Generational Change Plenary: Talent and Workforce Issues in the Nonprofit Sector
Robby Rodriguez, Executive Director, Southwest Organizing Project, and co-author, Working Across Generations
Cynthia Gibson, Cynthesis Consulting

Philanthropic Effectiveness Plenary: Innovative Solutions for Foundation Effectiveness
Bill Somerville, President, Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
Christi Tran, Program Officer, Blue Shield of California Foundation
Eyal Yerushalmi, Strategic Learning Executive, Atlantic Philanthropies
Angie Chen, Program Officer, S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation (moderator)

Social Justice Philanthropy Plenary: Racial Justice and Philanthropy
Cynthia Renfro, Director of Programs and Evaluation, Marguerite Casey Foundation
Ron Rowell, CEO, Common Counsel Foundation
Daniel Lee, Executive Director, Levi Strauss Foundation
Victor De Luca, President, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
Lori Villarosa, Executive Director, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity
Melissa Johnson, Executive Director, Neighborhood Funders Group (moderator)

Interview with Daniel Lee, Executive Director, Levi Strauss Foundation

EPIP/YNPN Plenary: Infrastructure for the Next Generation
Barry Gaberman, Senior Vice President (retired), Ford Foundation

Closing Plenary: Weaving it Together: Effectiveness, Justice, and Change across the Generations
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, Atlantic Philanthropies
Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO, NAACP
Caroline Altman Smith, Program Officer, The Kresge Foundation (moderator)

5.06.2010

Age as a Component of Diversity

May 26, 2010
3:30-5:00 pm

Oakland Museum of California
California Room
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA  
Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) and Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP) invite you to attend a panel that will highlight a range of philanthropic approaches to encourage partnerships across multiple generations.  

Come join us to:
  • increase awareness of the spaces where emerging leaders are having these conversations so that participants can "plug in" where they see most value and relevancy;
  • expand awareness of how intergenerational structures can highlight emerging leaders' perspectives for the benefit of the organization; and
  • explore the challenges and opportunities for meaningful intergenerational engagement within organizations and across the nonprofit sector
Target Audience:
This program is free to all members of Northern California Grantmakers and/or members of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy. 


Presenters:
Vanessa Camarena Arredondo is the
San Francisco Foundation Multicultural Fellow for Arts and Culture and she currently sits on the San Francisco Bay Area Emerging Arts Professionals Planning Committee. Previously she was a Program Assistant in Education and Community Development at the San Francisco Foundation. Prior to this, Vanessa was the program coordinator at the Latina Breast Cancer Agency and worked with the California Faculty Association at her university in an effort to address state budget cuts.
Helen Kim is an organizational development consultant with 19 years of experience in working with social change organizations and leaders in the US and Korea. She is a co-author of Working Across Generations: Defining the Future of Nonprofit Leadership and has facilitated many regional, national, and international convenings on social justice movement building strategies and supporting the next generation of nonprofit leaders. Helen is also a team member of Building Movement Project, trainer and coach for Rockwood Leadership Institute, and consultant member with French American Charitable Trust's Management Assistance Program.
Ron Rowell is Chief Executive Officer of the
Common Counsel Foundation and previously served as Program Officer for Social Justice at The San Francisco Foundation for nine years. Prior to coming into philanthropy, he founded and was the first Executive Director of the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center from 1987-2000. Ron's career in the nonprofit sector has spanned health planning, refugee resettlement, tribal economic development, and HIV/AIDS. He serves as President of Native Americans in Philanthropy, Vice President of Funders for LGBTQ Issues, Co-Chair of NCG's Public Policy Committee and President of Friendship House Association of American Indians of San Francisco. He is an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. 

Tour Information:
Program attendees will have the special opportunity to receive a complimentary tour of the
Oakland Museum of California galleries directly after the program. Tours will take place from 5:00-6:00 pm.

2.10.2010

Brown Bag Lunch Series

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
12-2pm
East Bay Community Foundation
200 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland

Come lunch with three dynamic Bay Area leaders as they share about their career paths, lessons learned, best practices, and perspectives on current trends in philanthropy.

Colin Lacon, President & CEO, Northern California Grantmakers
Daniel Lee, Executive Director, Levi Strauss Foundation
Nicole Taylor, Executive Director, East Bay Community Foundation