Jamie Allison is Executive Director of the Walter & Elise Haas Fund and has served on the board of trustees of The Whitman Institute since 2014. I have worked in philanthropy for two decades and have been honored to lead the Walter & Elise Haas Fund (W&EHF) for just over four years. For over eight…
“I can’t believe the year is almost over.” “I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that it’s December.” “How is it 2019 already?!” I’ve either used or listened to variations on these sentences a lot lately. Time seems to move ever faster and events that were a just a couple months ago…
We are proud to welcome two new members to our Board of Trustees: Sonya Childress of Firelight Media and Jorge Blandon of the Family Independence Initiative (FII). We are confident that the addition of Sonya and Jorge to our ranks will enhance our ability to steward The Whitman Institute’s spend out and spread the practice of trust-based giving with…
Philanthrogeek author Nathaniel James did several interviews for his Philanthrogeek xChange series. In addition to his interview with John Esterle, he interviewed our board member Shannon Farley. As a TWI board member, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Fast Forward, an accelerator for tech nonprofits, and Founding Director of Spark, the nation’s largest network of millennial philanthropists; Shannon brings…