Steve MacLaughlin is a Director of Analytics at Blackbaud, a leading provider of technology and services to the nonprofit sector. Steve has spent 20+ years driving innovation with a broad range of companies, government institutions, and nonprofit organizations. Steve serves on the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) Board of Directors and supports its focus on both the growth and professionalism of the nonprofit technology field as well as building knowledge and information sharing capacity throughout the sector. He is a frequent blogger, published author of the book Data Driven Nonprofits, and co-editor of the book Internet Management for Nonprofits: Strategies, Tools & Trade Secrets. Steve earned both his undergraduate degree and a Master of Science degree in Interactive Media from Indiana University.→

Jody Madala is founder of Madala Health, a healtchare consultancy that builds bridges between large U.S. academic medical centers and partners around the world, specializing in sub-Saharan Africa. She is a former Institutional Investor ranked hospital analyst with an 18-year career in the U.S. financial markets. Jody also shares her expertise in healthcare finance and policy analysis, training hospital managers and Board members everywhere, including Liberia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Zimbabwe.→

Peter Manzo is President & CEO of United Ways of California. In this role Pete leads United Ways of California’s efforts to improve the health, financial stability and educational opportunities of Californians by enhancing and coordinating the efforts of California United Way organizations.→

Dvorit Mausner focuses on behavior change for the social sector in her role as Change Strategist with Hope Consulting. Previously she served as a frontline fundraiser for The Penn Fund of the University of Pennsylvania in various roles ranging from calling center supervisor to associate director of annual giving.→

Diego May is CEO and co-founder of Junar.com, a cloud-based open data platform that enables businesses, governments, NGOs, and academia to quickly, easily and affordably make their data accessible to all to spur innovation, provide greater transparency, encourage collaboration and citizen engagement, and free up staff resources.→

Sean Martin McDonald is the CEO of FrontlineSMS and a founding member of the Frontline Legal, Capture the Ocean, and Feedback Labs projects. Frontline uses the convenience and reach of messaging to improve the reach, efficiency, and value of digital engagement in more than 140 countries. He's also an advisor and affiliate with the Clinton Global Initiative, Harvard's Berkman Center, Digital Democracy, ECPAT USA, TechChange and UNDP.→

Experienced tech project management for nonprofits and international development organisations. Chad works as BRIDGE Project Manager at GlobalGiving.→

Darin McKeever is a deputy director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation leading the foundation’s Charitable Sector work.→

Andrew Means is Head of the Beyond.Uptake Foundation and Co-Founder of The Impact Lab. He has previously held leadership positions at The University of Chicago’s Center for Data Science & Public Policy, Groupon, and the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. He holds a Master in Public Policy from the Harris School at the University of Chicago. Andrew is a member of the Board of Directors at Ingenuity Inc.→

Sunand Menon is President of New Media Insight and has spent the last decade incubating and scaling information ventures in a variety of industries such as Financial Services, Media, and Healthcare. He was the founder and Managing Director of Thomson Reuters Indices, and was responsible for the roll-out of Thomson Reuters Business Classification. Previously, he also served as Global Head of Business Development at Lipper where he spearheaded its growth across the Data, Information and Knowledge sectors.→

Talia Milgrom-Elcott is a Program Officer in Urban Education and the Senior Manager of STEM Teacher Initiatives at Carnegie Corporation of New York. She oversees all Corporation funding in the area of human capital with a focus on how to get and keep great teachers and principals in high-need schools and how to support them to be successful. She is also co-founder and lead of 100Kin10, a networked approach to strategically addressing the nation's shortage of STEM teachers and improving STEM learning for all students→

Holly Mitchell is the Campaign Manager for #GivingTuesday UK, a new national day of giving lead by the Charities Aid Foundation. She has worked in the charity sector for the past four years in both policy and public affairs roles. Prior to this she worked in the public sector in both central and local government.→

Mario Morino is Chairman of the Morino Institute, Co-Founder and Founding Chair of Venture Philanthropy Partners, and primary author of Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity (2011).→

Tom Moroz is a Senior Advisor for Techné Verde, a project of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. He is currently working on projects with global organizations and networks to improve the infrastructure for better collaboration and knowledge sharing across organizations and sectors. Previously, he was Global Head of Knowledge Management for the Open Society Foundations where he developed and implemented the knowledge management vision and strategy for their global network of nearly 40 organizations.→

Lara Mossler, of BureauBlank, specializes in digital strategy that solves problems for infrastructure, education, energy and government sectors. She is an author on several Psychology research reports presented at professional conferences.→

Tara joined Global Partnerships (GP) in January 2009. As Vice President of Impact and Strategic Initiatives she leads GP’s efforts to define, measure, and strengthen the impact of its investments. In this capacity she oversees the qualitative and quantitative methods, tools, and processes used to identify high impact opportunities and cultivate learnings from the existing portfolio. Prior to her role on the Impact and Research team, Tara spent five years on GP’s Social Investment Team where she was responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of Fund performance. Her approach to impact investing is informed by academic, professional, and entrepreneurial experience addressing the issues of poverty, gender, and conflict. As a Fulbright Scholar, Tara researched the gender-differentiated effects of the armed conflict in Colombia and was part of a start-up tackling the socio-economic reintegration of displaced families. In addition to her time in Colombia, Tara has lived and studied in Cuba and Northern Ireland. Tara holds a B.A. in political science from Vassar College and a certificate in executive leadership from the Albers School of Business at Seattle University.→