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Jane Wales, Co-Founder/CEO, Global Philanthropy Forum
PND caught up with Wales during the recently concluded Global Philanthropy Forum conference and spoke with her about the challenges confronting liberal democracy in an era of rising populism, the alarming decline in public trust in institutions, and her hopes for the philanthropic sector going forward....

James Cadogan, Vice President of Criminal Justice, Arnold Ventures
Cadogan discusses the goals of Arnold Ventures' recently launched National Partnership for Pretrial Justice, the emerging field of pretrial justice reform, and the role of pretrial justice reform in advancing racial equity....

Rebecca Masisak, CEO, TechSoup
PND asked Masisak, CEO of nonprofit technology solutions provider TechSoup, about the genesis of its recently announced direct public offering, as well as her views on the role of technology in building a more effective philanthropic sector....

David Egner, President/CEO, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
PND spoke with Egner about Ralph Wilson and his vision for the foundation and the two regions, western New York and southeastern Michigan, he loved and called home....

Ami L. McReynolds, Chief Programs Officer, Feeding America
PND asked McReynolds about the challenges of managing a large national food bank network, the organization's work in rural areas, and the role of technology in addressing hunger in America....

Dee Baecher-Brown, President, Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands
PND spoke with Baecher-Brown about the progress made in the year since Irma and Maria pummeled the islands and what donors in a disaster situation can do to balance the urgency of immediate needs with longer-term recovery goals and objectives....

Craig Newmark, Founder, Craig Newmark Philanthropies
PND spoke with Newmark about his philanthropy, his recent $1 million gift to DonorsChoose.org, and the future of journalism....

Timothy P. Silard, President, Rosenberg Foundation
PND spoke with Silard about the Leading Edge Fund, which was launched in 2016 to seed, incubate, and accelerate bold ideas from the next generation of progressive movement leaders, and how Rosenberg and its partners plan to support those who are shaping the future of criminal and racial justice reform in California and across the United States....

Ruth LaToison Ifill, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Council on Foundations
PND spoke with LaToison Ifill about the ways in which CoF is working with member foundations to promote DEI across the sector, the importance of data and intersectionality to that work, and the impact funders can have on the racial leadership gap at nonprofits....

Rashad Robinson, President, Color Of Change
PND spoke with Robinson via email about the impetus behind the organization’s founding, hate speech on college campuses, and the state of race relations in America....

Maurice Jones, President/CEO, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
PND spoke with Jones about LISC's work in underresourced communities, the power imbalance inherent in such work, and his vision for unlocking the abundant talent and creativity that exists in those communities....

Laura Kalick, Tax Consulting Director, BDO
Kalick, a tax consulting director for the nonprofit and nonprofit healthcare industry at BDO in Washington, D.C., discusses the provisions in the new tax law most likely to affect nonprofits in 2018 and beyond....

Lateefah Simon, President, Akonadi Foundation
PND spoke with Simon, who has spent more than half her life as a civil rights advocate and racial justice leader, about the work required to build a movement focused on racial equity — and philanthropy's role in that effort....

Vanessa Daniel, Founder and Executive Director, Groundswell Fund
Daniel argues that the path to large-scale progressive change in this country is one of bold, multi-issue, solidarity-based organizing....

Shaun Robinson, Founder, S.H.A.U.N. Foundation for Girls
PND spoke with Robinson about her foundation, its focus on empowering girls, and her thoughts on the #MeToo movement....

Laura Speer, Associate Director, Policy Reform and Advocacy, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Speer spoke to PND about the findings of the new Race for Results report, the potential consequences of Trump administration policies for immigrant children, and the economic argument for boosting spending on programs designed to improve health, education, and economic outcomes for kids of all races....

Rye Young, Executive Director, Third Wave Fund
PND spoke with young about the importance of representation — the notion that organizations representing vulnerable communities should be led by members of those communities — and what nonprofits and foundations can do to boost representation within their organizations and in the sector more generally....