Philanthropy Southwest 72nd Annual Conference

• Date: 01 October 2020
• Published date: 01 October 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/nba.30851

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Conferences & Events

Exponent Philanthropy

Meet the Experts workshop

Exponent Philanthropy will host a virtual infor-

mation session dubbed Meet the Experts on Sept. 23

at 3:00 p.m. EST.

According to the organization, this event is aimed

at those who are looking to hire an advisor or consult-

ant, and would like an informal way to connect with

them with an eye to working together in the future.

The event will bring together several of Exponent

Philanthropy’s Directory of Advisors in a “virtual

roundtable,” allowing participants to meet them in

a casual environment. These advisors offer a diverse

range of services, such as grants management, board

governance, strategic planning, grantmaking focus,

family dynamics, retreat planning and facilitation

and more.

Featured advisors will include representatives

from Blackbaud, Foundant Technologies, Glenmede

Endowment & Foundation Management, Hammer

& Associates, Neuberger Berman, Phila Engaged

Giving, Relevant Wealth Advisors, Social Strategy

Associates, Zevin Asset Management and Hirsch

Philanthropy Partners.

For more information, visit https://bit.ly/3aKoual.

Philanthropy Southwest

72nd Annual Conference

Philanthropy Southwest will host its 72nd Annual

Conference on Oct. 21 as a combination in-person/

virtual event.

The 2020 Annual Conference: Roadshow Edition

will be livestreamed from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. CDT

for attendees across the country (one hour later for

the east coast.).

There will be small-group gatherings in eight cities

across the country, where attendees can come together

in person to network with their grantmaking peers

and watch the livestreamed portions of the program

together.

According to organizers, the conference will fea-

ture speakers such as:

• Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering;

• Robert Kaplan, President and CEO of the Fed-

eral Reserve Bank of Dallas;

• Alfreda Norman, Senior Vice President of the

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas;

• Dr. Carmen Rojas, President and CEO of the

Marguerite Casey Foundation and

• Mikaila Ulmer, Founder and CEO of the Me &

the Bees Lemonade.

Registration fees for the event range up to $299.

For more information, visit https://bit.ly/3l3caa9.

Governance Institute

Leadership Conference

The Governance Institute will host its Leadership

Conference Nov. 12–14 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Accord-

ing to organizers, this event—which draws executive

leaders from for-prot and nonprot health care

organizations, along with their boards and other

stakeholders—offers current information, interactive

sessions, expert speakers and the opportunity to meet

others with a similar commitment to improving gov-

ernance and achieving optimal board performance.

Key features of the event will include:

• educational sessions aimed at helping attendees

stay abreast of current topics in health care and board

governance with the opportunity to earn continuing

education credits;

• engaging and relevant presentations that will

foster learning opportunities and team building for

boards, health care executives and medical staff

leadership and

• networking opportunities that will bring together

organizations facing similar challenges.

The conference will feature keynote speaker Mi-

chael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell

Health, as well as sessions led by:

• Todd Sagin, national medical director of Sagin

Healthcare Consulting LLC and

• Lawrence R. McEvoy II, president and CEO of

Epidemic Leadership.

For more information, visit https://bit.

ly/2Vk8O7x. ■

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