YANA Podcasts

Update on Opportunity Zones & Community Investing

Join us for a discussion about community and impact investing

PANELISTS

• Anna Blanding ’03, SOM ’09, ConnCAT and ConnCORP
• Jay Readey ’94, JD/MBA ’04, Ginsberg Jacobs LLC; The MetroAlliance
• Rob Lalka ’05, Tulane University; Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

SPEAKER BIOS

Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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We spotlight the impact of Yale alumni leaders Neal Keny-Guyer and Mick Hirsch in fighting inequality, extreme poverty, and social injustice overseas. 

We also feature an Election Special with Tiffany Gardner, CEO of ReflectUS, a national coalition advancing the number of women serving in public office across America.

SPEAKERS:

• Neal Keny-Guyer ’82 SOM served as the CEO of Mercy Corps for 25 years before stepping down in 2019. Under his leadership, Mercy became one of the largest relief and development NGO’s in the world, focusing on alleviating poverty, suffering, and oppression among the world’s most vulnerable populations. Featuring Neal and YANA Executive Director, Rachel Littman ’91, in conversation.
• Mick Hirsch ’03 M.Div. is the President & Executive Director of THRIVEGulu, a trauma recovery organization operating in Northern Uganda that helps people heal from the devastating impact of war, sexual exploitation, and extreme poverty. His multiple roles include serving as a psychiatric chaplain and specialist in refugee settlement.

ELECTION SPECIAL

With our national election less than a week away, we’ve invited Tiffany Gardner ’98, the newly appointed CEO of ReflectUS, a nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition of the nation’s leading women’s representation organizations. The mission of ReflectUS is to increase the number of women elected at the local, state, and federal levels. | 

Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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Current Leadership & Funding Issues in Nonprofits Arts & Cultural Institutions

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020

YANA Webinar Series | Necessary Relevance: The Role of the Arts in Society
Join a panel of artists and arts organization managers to discuss the necessary relevance of arts and culture to a just, equitable, and meaningful community.

MODERATOR

Dr. Akosua Barthwell Evans (LAW ‘90), The Barthwell Group (Detroit, MI)

PANELISTS

• Sarah Williams (DRAMA ‘15), California Shakespeare Theater (Orinda, CA)
• Brian Hodge ‘96, The Printing Museum (Houston, TX)
• Clement So ‘06, San Diego Symphony (San Diego, CA)
• Gary Dauphin ‘90, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (Los Angeles, CA)

SPEAKER BIOS

Co-Sponsors: Yale Alumni Art League, Yale Club of Houston, Yale Club of San Diego

Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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Fighting Inequality by Democratizing Access

Please join us as we spotlight social entrepreneurs fighting inequality by democratizing access to essential resources.

SPEAKERS:
-- Tim McChristian ‘77 is the Executive Director of Madison Square Boys and Girls Club, a youth program that provides a safe, supportive environment for children of color living in many of New York's most under-resourced neighborhoods. Tim's program reaches over 5,000 kids a year, 90% of whom identify as Black and Brown.

-- Sarah Tomita '06 is the Head of Finance, Strategy & Planning for Revolution Foods, an Oakland, California-based social enterprise and provider of free and reduced school lunches for kids, as well as millions of adults and families nationwide affected by food insecurity. As a former YANA board member and NYC resident, Sarah is thrilled to participate in this Town Hall and reconnect with colleagues.

-- Danny Egol ’20 SOM is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Inclusion NextWork (INW), a nonprofit dedicated to connecting, supporting, and elevating the next generation of leaders and communities committed to advancing IDEAS: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Social justice.

-- Hannah Verma '21 is a senior Political Science major. She co-founded TeleHealth Access for Seniors at the start of the pandemic to provide low-income, high-risk patients access to free tablets for telemedicine appointments. The nonprofit has now raised over $100,000, donated over 2300 devices, and is entirely student-run.

Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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If you’ve been struggling with fundraising during the coronavirus pandemic, you’re not alone. Much of the philanthropic world has been turned on its head, and we want to help you navigate it. Learn how two different nonprofit organizations have successfully altered their fundraising strategies in the time of COVID, and also how the funding priorities of two foundations have changed, and what you should know to successfully secure grants for your organization.

Panelists:

• Patty Breech ’06, The Purpose Collective (moderator)
• Lauren Arnold, The Adoption Exchange
• Vicki Nichols Goldstein ’90 MEM, Inland Ocean Coalition
• Tony Lewis, Donnell-Kay Foundation
• Benny Samuels, Rose Community Foundation

Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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This webinar describes the nature of fiduciary responsibilities, especially with respect to financial and investment matters, provides a model of good fiduciary governance, and reviews some of the tools available to nonprofit financial fiduciaries for prudent financial management.

Matt Gelfand, Rich Moreland, and Bob Scott, of Moreland Associates, LLC, each has decades of experience serving as fiduciaries for nonprofit organizations in executive, board, committee, and vendor roles. They provide guidance through the thicket of fiduciary duties so you can feel confident in taking on and exercising more responsibility for the financial and broader benefit of your nonprofit organizations.

This webinar covers essential elements of fiduciary responsibility, good governance, and prudent financial management.

• Defining fiduciary responsibilities
• Model governance structures
• The Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (“UPMIFA”)
• Documenting governance structures and processes and the investment policy statement (IPS)
• The importance of good recordkeeping
• What behavior, actions, and decisions are prudent?
• Self-dealing and conflicts of interest

Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

Thanks for listening to this YANA podcast.  Get more information and resources at yana.community.

Antony Bugg-Levine, Nonprofit Finance Fund, moderates a panel of foundation leaders about how how funders can address racial inequities.

• Crystal Hayling, The Libra Foundation
• Nike Irvin, Civil Society Fellowship: A Partnership of ADL & The Aspen Institute
• Noel Poyo, National Association of Latino Community Asset Builders

Panel Bios

Join us for compelling discussions about best practices, trends, and careers in the social impact space.

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