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Raymond Offenheiser
President
Oxfam America
Eric Braverman
CEO
Clinton Foundation
Dr. Helene Gayle
President & CEO
Care USA
Adrianna Logalbo
Director of Campaigns
1,000 Days
Robert Egger
Founder & CEO
L.A. Kitchen
Jennifer Mclean
VP, Community Impact
City Harvest
Marianne Haver Hill
CEO
MEND
Jacob Lief
Co-Founder & CEO
Ubuntu Education Fund
Erin Ganju
Co-Founder & CEO
Room to Read
Kim Meredith
Executive Director
Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Jim Gibbons
President & CEO
Goodwill Industries International
Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen
Founder & President
Give an Hour
Elizabeth Gore
Resident Entrepreneur
United Nations Foundation
Aleem Walji
Director
Innovation Labs, World Bank Institute
Lesley Bourns
Humanitarian Affairs Officer
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Craig McClure
Associate Director & Chief of HIV/AIDS Section
UNICEF
Nikhil Arora
Co-Founder
Back to the Roots
Alejandro Velez
Co-Founder
Back to the Roots
Dylan Morris
Co-Founder
Integrated Plasmonics
Hyesook Chung
Executive Director
DC Action for Children
Matt Scott
Online Donations & Donor Engagement Coordinator
Team Rubicon
Jim Moriarty
CEO
Surfrider Foundation
Catherine Hoke
Founder & CEO
Defy Ventures
Adam Garone
Co-Founder & CEO
Movember
Chris Himes
Senior VP, Operations
Salesforce Foundation
Josh Tetrick
Founder & CEO
Hampton Creek Foods
Heather Franzese
Director
Good World Solutions
Brian Fishman
Philanthropic Engineer
Palantir Technologies
Nancy Berglass
Principal
Berglass Community Investment Consulting
Katherine Kidder
Research Associate
Center for a New American Security
Jennifer Kimball
Assistant Director
Polaris Project
Bradley Myles
Executive Director & CEO
Polaris Project
Rachel Cohen Gerrol
Executive Director
PVBLIC Foundation
Nonprofit Candidate #1
TBA
Nonprofit Candidate #2
TBA
Nonprofit Candidate #3
TBA
Christian Pielow
Senior Online Marketing & Technology Officer
Action Against Hunger
Emily Dubin Field
Director of Development
City of Hope
Christopher M. Litster
Senior VP, Sales & Marketing
Constant Contact
Dan Lammot
President & Founding Partner
roundCorner
Mike Spear
Director of Business Development
Classy
Nick Dougherty
Co-Founder
Verbal Care
Michael McDaniel
Founder & CEO
Reaction Housing
David Jones
Commanding Officer & Co-Founder
Rescue Global
Florian Schalliol
Fellowship Program Manager
CLASSY Awards
Anna Blue
Deputy Director
Girl Up
Dr. Lori Marino
Executive Director
The Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy
Gene Baur
President & Co-Founder
Farm Sanctuary
Col. David Sutherland
US Army (Ret.) & Chairman
Easter Seals Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services
Anthony Hassan
Clinical Associate Professor & Director
USC CENTER FOR INNOVATION & RESEARCH ON VETERANS & MILITARY FAMILIES
Nancy Jamison
Executive Director
San Diego Grantmakers
Dana Dornsife
Founder & President
Lazarex Cancer Foundation
Chris Helfrich
Director
United Nations Foundation's Nothing but Nets Campaign
Adam Kolom
Managing Director
Cancer Research Institute Venture Fund
Scot Chisholm
Co-Founder & CEO
Classy &
CLASSY Awards
Pat Walsh
Co-Founder & CIO
Classy &
CLASSY Awards
Francesca Moree
Wesleyan University
Hanu Kunduru
AlphaBeta Labs
Ahtziri GonzÁlez
Oxfam Mexico
Alexander Chaitoff
University of Sheffield
Rebecca Naliaka
Meredith College
Akansh Murthy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Emily NuÑez
US Army
Lindsey Nakonechny
University of Alberta
Lesley Bourns
Humanitarian Affairs Officer
United Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Craig McClure
Associate Director & Chief of HIV/AIDS
UNICEF
Aleem Walji
Director
Innovation Labs, World Bank Institute
Pat Walsh
Co-Founder
CLASSY Awards
Nancy Berglass
Principal
Berglass Community Investment Consulting
Brian Fishman
Philanthropic Engineer
Palantir Technologies
Katherine Kidder
Research Associate
Center for a New American Security
Robert Egger
Founder & President
L.A. Kitchen
Marianne Haver Hill
CEO
MEND
Adrianna Logalbo
Director of Campaigns
1,000 Days
Jennifer McLean
VP, Community Impact
City Harvest
Nikhil Arora
Co-Founder
Back to the Roots
Alejandro Velez
Co-Founder
Back to the Roots
Thomas Meyer
Program Manager, Veterans Services
Philanthropy Roundtable
Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen
Founder & President
Give an Hour
Dana Dornsife
Founder & President
Lazarex Cancer Foundation
Chris Helfrich
Director
United Nations Foundation's Nothing but Nets Campaign
Adam Kolom
Managing Director
Cancer Research Institute Venture Fund
Nick Dougherty
Co-Founder
Verbal Care
Dr. Matt Huentelman
Associate Professor
TGEN, The Mindcrowd Project
David Jones
Commanding Officer & Co-Founder
Rescue Global
Michael McDaniel
Founder & CEO
Reaction Housing
Dylan Morris
Co-Founder
Integrated Plasmonics
Gene Baur
President & Co-Founder
Farm Sanctuary
Dr. Lori Marino
Executive Director
The Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy
Anthony Hassan
Clinical Associate Professor & Director
USC CENTER FOR INNOVATION & RESEARCH ON VETERANS & MILITARY FAMILIes
Nancy Jamison
Executive Director
San Diego Grantmakers
Col. David Sutherland
US Army (Ret.) & Chairman
Easter Seals Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services
Jim Moriarty
CEO
Surfrider Foundation
Scott Beale
Founder & CEO
Atlas Corps
Erin Ganju
Co-Founder & CEO
Room to Read
Jacob Lief
Co-Founder & CEO
Ubuntu Education Fund
Scot Chisholm
Co-Founder & CEO
Classy
Adam Garone
Co-Founder & CEO
Movember
Chris Himes
Senior VP, Operations
Salesforce Foundation
Josh Tetrick
Founder & CEO
Hampton Creek Foods
Jim Gibbons
President & CEO
Goodwill Industries International
Kim Meredith
Executive Director
Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Anna Blue
Deputy Director
Girl Up
Florian Schalliol
Fellowship Program Manager
CLASSY Awards
Matt Scott
Online Donations & Donor Engagement Coordinator
Team Rubicon
Eric Braverman
CEO
Clinton Foundation
Dr. Helene Gayle
President & CEO
CARE USA
Raymond Offenheiser
President
Oxfam America
Heather Franzese
Director
Good World Solutions
Catherine Hoke
Founder & CEO
Defy Ventures
Hyesook Chung
Executive Director
DC Action for Children
Rachel Cohen Gerrol
Executive Director
PVBLIC Foundation
Non-Profit Candidate #1
TBA
Non-Profit Candidate #2
TBA
Non-Profit Candidate #3
TBA
Emily Dubin Field
Director of Development
City of Hope
Dan Lammot
President & Founding Partner
Roundcorner
Christopher M. Litster
Senior VP, Sales & Marketing
Constant Contact
Christian Pielow
Senior Online Marketing & Technology Officer
Action Against Hunger
Mike Spear
Director of Business Development
Classy
Brian Fishman
Philanthropic Engineer
Palantir Technologies
Bradley Myles
Executive Director & CEO
Polaris Project
Jennifer Kimball
Assistant Director
Polaris Project