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Kevin Washington, President and CEO, YMCA of the USA
PND's Matt Sinclair spoke with the president and CEO of YMCA of the USA about the organization's Hop the Gap campaign and the ways in which the Y has changed its approach to donor cultivation and partnerships....
Robert G. Ottenhoff, President and CEO, Center for Disaster Philanthropy
PND asked Robert G. Ottenhoff, president and CEO of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, how the philanthropic response to major disasters has evolved over the last decade....
Jean Case, CEO, Case Foundation
PND asked the Case Foundation co-founder and CEO about some of the findings and implications of the 2015 Millennial Impact Report: Cause, Influence & the Next Generation Workforce....
Henry Timms, Executive Director, 92nd Street Y
PND's Mitch Nauffts spoke with Timms about a new report that provides an in-depth look at #GivingTuesday fundraising trends since 2012....
Vic De Luca, President, Jesse Smith Noyes Foundation
PND spoke with De Luca about a new foundation initiative aimed at convincing donors to make more timely allocations from their donor-advised funds....
Michael I. Sovern, Board President, Shubert Foundation
PND asked Michael Sovern, board president of the Shubert Foundation, about the role of philanthropy — and general operating support, specifically — in sustaining performing arts organizations....
Judith Shapiro, President, Teagle Foundation
PND's Matt Sinclair spoke with Shapiro about the role of a foundation president, challenges in changing institutional culture, and the impact of digital technology on higher education....
Bill McKibben, Co-Founder, 350.org
PND asked the noted environmental activist about the impact of the fossil fuel divestment movement, the role of philanthropy in the fight against climate change, and the prospect of something meaningful coming out of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris....
Karen McNeil-Miller, President, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
PND spoke with McNeil-Miller about Healthy Places North Carolina, a new place-based initiative focused on improving the health of and quality of life for rural residents of the state....
Nancy Northup, President and CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights
PND's Kyoko Uchida spoke with Northup about the center's "The War on Women Is Over! If You Want It" campaign and philanthropy's role in protecting reproductive freedom....
Virginia Witt, Co-Founder and Director, NO MORE Campaign
PND spoke with Witt about efforts to end domestic violence and sexual assault in the United States and globally....
David Barash, Chief Medical Officer, GE Foundation
PND's Matt Sinclair spoke with Barash about the foundation's global initiatives and plans for 2015....
Allison Fine, Author, 'Matterness: What Fearless Leaders Know About the Power and Promise of Social Media'
PND caught up with Fine as she was preparing to launch her latest book and found her to be as funny and passionate about the power of social technologies as ever....
Ian Clark Devine, Board Member, Bellosguardo Foundation
PND spoke with Devine, Huguette Clark's great-grand-nephew, about the final settlement of his "Tante" Huguette's will and the creation of the Bellosguardo Foundation....
Moukhtar Kocache, Author, 'Framing the Discourse, Advancing the Work: Philanthropy at the Nexus of Peace and Social Justice and Arts and Culture'
PND spoke with Moukhtar Kocache about the challenges foundations face in funding "social-change-through-arts" initiatives and how to change the existing dynamic....
John Kordsmeier, President, Northwestern Mutual Foundation
PND spoke with Kordsmeier about Northwestern Mutual's Childhood Cancer Program, an initiative to raise awareness of and generate funding for pediatric cancer research....
Bekeme Masade, Executive Director, CSR-in-Action
Sue Rissberger, liaison for Africa and Asia in the International Data Relations department at Foundation Center, spoke with Bekeme Masade, executive director of CSR-in-Action, a social business networking platform and advisory enterprise in Lagos, Nigeria....
