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So You Wanna Be a Consultant? Going Independent with Regan Douglass

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A lot of people who work in nonprofits and foundations eventually get the tickle. You know the one. What if I just... went out on my own? Regan Dougla...

Glen Galaich on Why Big Giving Falls Short

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Glen Galaich is the CEO of the Stupski Foundation — and he just wrote a book that bites the hand that feeds him and serves it up in a 236-page meal....

From Presence to Power: A Conversation with Rashad Robinson

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There's a question Rashad Robinson wants every nonprofit and foundation leader to sit with right now: Are you building power — or just showing up? R...

A Sector in Crisis: CEP’s Elisha Smith Arrillaga Exposes the Dangerous Disconnect Between Foundations and Nonprofits

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This might be the most important episode we've ever done, and we swear we’re not just saying that. If you work in or around philanthropy, stop what ...

Making Meaning of the Madness With Kristen Grimm

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Kristen Grimm is back—and she’s making Let’s Hear It history as the show’s first three-time guest. In this episode, Eric and Kirk dive into Kr...

Dr. Sacoby Wilson on the Dirty Secret of AI—and the Communities That Are Fighting Back

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI needs power. A lot of power. But what happens when that power comes from 35 unpermitted gas turbines dropped into the middle of a historic Bl...

Amanda Renteria on Making Government Work for Everyone

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the latest Let’s Hear It, Eric sits down with the unstoppable Amanda Renteria, CEO of Code for America — and wow, is this one a shot of optimis...

Nonprofit AF: Vu Le on Crappy Funding Practices, Hope, and Hard Truths

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nonprofits are essential, but are they getting what they need to succeed? And what happens when philanthropy clings to old habits while democracy teet...

The Public Interest Comms Textbook We Needed Yesterday - with Ann Christiano and Angela Bradbery

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Let's Hear It, Eric sits down with two public interest comms powerhouses—Ann Searight Christiano and Angela Bradbery—who’ve j...

A Playbook for Change — Rachael Kagan on Journalism, Philanthropy, and Ending Domestic Violence

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s Hear It is back after a brief break—and we’re diving into one of the most powerful conversations we’ve had yet. In this episode, Eric si...

The Great Doug Hattaway on the Art and Science of Effective Communications

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What makes an effective communicator in today’s chaotic political landscape? This week, Eric sits down with the legendary Doug Hattaway—founder of...

The Politics of Beauty with John de Graaf

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What’s the economy for, anyway? Shouldn’t time, happiness, and beauty be at the center of our lives? We know this sounds, er, quaint, given the ti...

Transparency, Collaboration, and the Fight Against Misinformation with Wikimedia Foundation’s Anusha Alikhan

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is Wikipedia the last bastion of truth on the internet? Eric speaks with Anusha Alikhan, the Chief Communications Officer for the Wikimedia Foundation...

We Kick Off Season Seven with Mister Mystery - Kirk Brown!

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a brand-new year, a new season, and… a brand-new low? Nah!! This week, Let’s Hear It flips the script as co-host Eric Brown interviews the ...

Paper Bags and Patience: A Post-Election Pep Talk with Takema Robinson

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Need a dose of hope and perspective after a tough election season? Join Let's Hear It co-host Eric Brown for a conversation with Takema Robinson, CEO ...

What’s Next for Climate Justice? – A Conversation with EPA Advisor Danielle Deane-Ryan

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We know that these post-election blues are a thing, but here’s the deal – the need for climate justice isn’t changing. This week on Let’s Hear...

The Clean Energy Economy is Coming! – with Rachel Korberg of the Families and Workers Fund and David Etzwiler of the Siemens Foundation

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Okay, folks, we know there’s an election happening and that you might be a bit, um, distracted. But one thing is sure, whatever happens this week, a...

Hey Philanthropy, You Can Fund Policy Work! No, Really! - A Conversation with Marc Solomon of Civitas Public Affairs and William Foster of the Bridgespan Group

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Fans of Let’s Hear It (and there are oh-so many!) will acknowledge that Eric and Kirk get a little nutty about their guests sometimes. Well, this ti...

Grace Nicolette of the Center for Effective Philanthropy Unpacks the $17 Billion Bombshell - MacKenzie Scott's Philanthropy Revolution

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this dandy episode of Let's Hear It, Eric Brown sits down with Grace Nicolette from the Center for Effective Philanthropy to make sense of the phen...

Eloy Ortiz Oakley of the College Futures Foundation on the Power of Community Colleges

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hey folks, we’re back after a quick summer break. Hope you missed us! As many parents pack their kids off to college this month, it’s important to...

Esteban Gast, Climate Comedian - Yes, You Read That Right

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes it's okay to take a moment away from the massive challenges and simply laugh. Thanks to Esteban Gast and the organization he works for, Gene...

ComNet24 is Coming! - With Sean Gibbons, Carrie Clyne, and Tristan Mohabir

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are so excited about ComNet24 in Kansas City! When Sean Gibbons joined the Communications Network as its new leader a decade ago, he was tasked wit...

Suzanne Ehlers of USA for UNHCR Gives Us Hope on World Refugee Day

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As we approach World Refugee Day, it’s so good to know that there are people like Suzanne Ehlers who are making an extraordinary difference and peop...

Fatima Angeles of the Levi Strauss Foundation Challenges Foundations to Fund their Partners "Like We Want Them to Win"

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A huge thank you to Fatima Angeles, the Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation, for joining us on the latest episode of Let’s Hear It. Fa...

Inside Philanthropy’s David Callahan Gets All Carrot-y Stick-y With It

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Eleven years ago, David Callahan launched a most audacious project – a new publication that was going to get under the hood of philanthropy (to borr...

Heather McGhee Talks About the Amazing Future that the Multiracial Governing Coalition Will Bring

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a truly extraordinary conversation with the amazing Heather McGhee, the author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can...

Robert Pérez and the Genius of Upstairs, Downstairs

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve been doing this show for a while, and every so often the pieces just elegantly slide into place. In thirtyish minutes, Robert Pérez does this...

Kristen Grimm of Spitfire Strategies Takes on the Trust Challenge

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Societies can’t thrive without sufficient levels of trust – trust in our elected officials, in our major institutions, the value of the dollar bil...

Chris DeCardy, the President of the Heinz Endowments, Convinces us that Pittsburgh is the Center of the Universe

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Chris DeCardy took the reins of the Heinz Endowments last year, he was one of the very few former foundation communications directors to ascend t...

A Marriage Made in Heaven! - Elena Chavez Quezada of Gov. Newsom’s Office and Don Howard of the Irvine Foundation Talk Partnerships

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Governments have money and foundations can take risks. Shouldn’t these be marriages made in heaven? Amazingly they’re not, but in California, we’...

Oscar Nominee John Hoffman Tackles the Racial Wealth Gap with his Amazing Film, “The Barber of Little Rock”

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Academy Award season is here, but while the rest of the world may be debating which half of the Barbenheimer phenomenon will take home the most trophi...

Ed Begley, Jr. and Eric Go Way Back

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Let’s Hear It, our guest is none other than one of Hollywood’s most passionate and entertaining environmentalists – the amazi...

Anat Shenker-Osorio – The Magical Message Whisperer of Progressive Causes

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are so delighted to present the legendary Anat Shenker-Osorio. Yes, that’s right, that Anat Shenker-Osorio. Maybe you’ve heard her on Ezra Klei...

Don Chen of the Surdna Foundation Kicks off Season Six of Let’s Hear It

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How many of us in the nonprofit world can track our interest in climate to nightmares we had about natural disasters at age ten? Anyone? Oh, right, ju...

Holiday Re-Release - Shanelle Matthews of the Radical Communicators Network

28 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Here is another one of our favorite interviews - Shanelle Matthews, founder of the Radical Communicators Network, former communications director for t...

Holiday re-release - the Great Jim Canales

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we offer another one of our favorite interviews - a blast from the past with the inimitable Jim Canales, President and Trustee of the Barr Foun...

Holiday re-release Trabian Shorters!

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This holiday season we're re-releasing some of our favorite and most popular episodes. Today - Trabian Shorters, one of our leading thinkers on asset ...

Alison Smart is Changing How We Talk About Climate Change

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest episode, we offer a fascinating conversation with Alison Smart, the Executive Director of Probable Futures - a nonprofit climate literac...

Larry Kramer’s Hewlett Foundation Exit Interview

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When Larry Kramer announced recently that he was leaving the Hewlett Foundation to run the London School of Economics, it marked the end of an extraor...

Jen Carnig, the Brand-Spanking-New Head of Spitfire Strategies

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As the new president of the groundbreaking consulting firm Spitfire Strategies, Jen Carnig, who succeeds the legendary Kristen Grimm, might feel a lit...

Ashwath Narayanan is Proof That There’s Hope for the Future

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When our guest, Ashwath Narayanan, was 22, he launched Social Currant, a creative agency that is helping nonprofits and issue organizations use social...

Stacy Palmer of the Chronicle of Philanthropy Reflects on Thirty Five Years as a Watchdog and Cheerleader for the Field

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On our latest episode of Let’s Hear It, we’ve snagged a giant in philanthropy. Our guest this week may well know more about philanthropy than any ...

Dena Kimball and David Brotherton on the Kendeda Fund’s Epic Journey

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Spending out, spending down, sunsetting – whatever you call it, it’s a tricky business. This year the Kendeda Fund will close its doors, having pr...

Going Commando with Nima Shirazi of Spitfire Strategies and Citations Needed

12 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Going Commando with Nima Shirazi of Spitfire Strategies and Citations Needed This week on Let’s Hear It, cynical-ish and salty-tongued Nima Shirazi ...

Tony Proscio Deconstructs Word Salad in the Philanthropic Jargon Space

22 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We have an impactful episode deep-diving into how Tony Proscio, a thought leader in this space, has moved the needle on the innovation of language in ...

Tara Dorabji on the Power of Art and the Art of Power

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As long as there has been art, there have been artists using their creativity to try to transform society for the better. On the latest episode of Let...

Making Reparations a Reality: Blazing a Trail to Racial Repair with Trevor Smith

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join us in this thought-provoking and inspiring episode as we welcome Trevor Smith, the Director of Narrative Change at Liberation Ventures, an organi...

Designing the Office Space for the Aftertimes - Emily Krone Phillips of the Spencer Foundation and Francis Court of Wondersphere

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s face it, most of us will never work the way we did before COVID. The office is different, and how we learn, share, and connect are different. ...

Alan Jenkins asks, “What if the 1/6 Insurrection Succeeded? – in a Comic Book

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Harvard Law professor Alan Jenkins has argued cases before the Supreme Court, made grants at the Ford Foundation, co-founded a national narrative chan...

Marta Tellado of Consumer Reports – Our Privacy is a Setting, and it Needs to be a Right

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Marta Tellado’s new book Buyer Aware: Harnessing our Consumer Power for a Safe, Fair, and Transparent Marketplace is both an amazingly useful tool f...

Jacob Harold’s New Book Will Make Your Head Hurt (in a good way)!

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Many of us spend a career doing something, gathering stories, ideas, skills, and things like that and think to ourselves, “Hmmm. All this stuff I’...

Using The Science of Storytelling to Change the Narrative on Poverty and Wealth: Shanelle Matthews of Radcomms and Annie Neimand of Third Sector

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you aren't at the table, you’re on the menu, Shanelle Matthews and Annie Neimand remind us. In their new report, Broke: How the Nonprofit and Phi...

Ken Weine of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Has a Very Important Person on the Line

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ken Weine blows our mind. As the Chief Communications Officer and Senior Vice President for External Affairs at one of the most famous and (dare we sa...

Jenn Hoos Rothberg of Einhorn Collaborative Dares You to Hope

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you work in the social sector, you know how hard this moment is. You would be forgiven for feeling that our social and political world is spinning ...

Race Forward’s Jeff Chang: A Cultural Wing Walker and Oracle of the Zeitgeist Talks about Hip Hop, Chris Rock, and Moving Forward

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Chang has such a special view of race and culture in America that it’s almost impossible to do him justice. He draws on his Hawaiian/Chinese ro...

Disability Rights Advocate Emily Ladau Blows Our Minds Wide Open

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When Emily Ladau appeared on Sesame Street at the age of ten, she probably didn’t realize that she was beginning a lifetime of advocacy for people l...

Aaron Belkin is a Stone-Cold Communications Genius

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We don’t bandy about terms like these, but Aaron Belkin is a stone-cold communications genius. He was a leader of the communications strategy that h...

Stupski Foundation‘s Glen Galaich Offers the Best Idea Yet for How Philanthropy Should Measure Success

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Did you miss us? We missed you! Let’s Hear It has been on a brief hiatus but we’re thrilled to be back with what we think is a cracking great conv...

Jasmine Banks of UnKoch My Campus is Unafraid

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jasmine Banks is unafraid. As the Executive Director of UnKoch My Campus, she is fighting to preserve democracy and protect higher education from undu...

Edgar Villanueva’s Quest to Decolonize Philanthropy

29 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Edgar Villanueva is an author, activist, and expert on issues of race, wealth, and philanthropy. He is the Principal of the Decolonizing Wealth Projec...

If You Are Very Lucky, Rich Neimand Will Make You Some Soup

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rich Neimand has spent his long career using his considerable marketing chops to advance important social causes. His firm, Neimand Collaborative, has...

Rinku Sen of the Narrative Initiative Shows Us Why What We Say Matters

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not easy to describe a guest as dynamic as Rinku Sen, but we’ll give it a shot. Rinku is the executive director of Narrative Initiative, co-p...

Living the Work: Precious Stroud of the BlackFemaleProject

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Precious Stroud is a Let’s Hear It guest like no other. With a career that unites communication, higher education, and storytelling, she has created...

Kris Putnam-Walkerly: News Flash – Philanthropy is Messed Up

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Maybe working in philanthropy is like attending a large Thanksgiving family gathering. There are folks you dearly love, folks you put up with, and fol...

Lowell Weiss Got Yelled at by the President and Other Tales of Derring-Do

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes we need a little breath of fresh air during the workday. This week’s guest on Let’s Hear It might just do the trick. Lowell Weiss, Presi...

SF Foundation's Valerie Goode Has Never Seen Her Office

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Valerie Goode has been the Vice President of Marketing and Communications at the San Francisco Foundation for a year now, but she has yet to set foot ...

Andy Goodman - Why Bad Zoom Calls Happen to Good Causes

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week, it is our pleasure to share Eric’s conversation with Andy Goodman – a master storyteller, writer, and communications Swiss Army knife. ...

There's News About Young People and Democracy - And It's a Little Scary

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back at Let’s Hear It with a great interview from Kirk! We had the remarkable pleasure (mixed with a little pain) of hearing Dr. Roberto Ste...

Trabian Shorters and the Genius of "Asset Framing"

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We are incredibly excited to have Trabian Shorters as our guest this week. Trabian, who runs BMe Community, has helped change the way so many of us co...

Let's Hear It is Back with Season Three!

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to Season Three of Let's Hear It! Kirk and Eric take a brief look back at that crazy year and discuss what they're looking forward to in ...

We will emerge from this wounding – Joy Harjo, the first Indigenous Poet Laureate

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s show, we have a really special treat - Joy Harjo, the first indigenous Poet Laureate of the United States. Joy is in conversation wit...

The Antidote – A Movie About Kindness and Caring in America Comes Along in the Nick of Time

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kahane Cooperman and John Hoffman may be just what we need to soothe America’s ragged soul. They have created a documentary film about kindness and ...

Daniel Lee of the Levi Strauss Foundation Will Warm the Cockles of Your Heart

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back! It’s been an exhausting couple of weeks, and if you’re looking for a podcast to soothe your stressed-out soul, look no further than ...

David Roberts of Vox - A Beacon in the Smog

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We have a doozy for you this week. Kirk sits down with David Roberts, the outspoken energy and climate change writer for Vox, to talk about power, cli...

Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson at ComNetworkV

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you missed ComnetworkV or if you would like to revisit that truly exciting week, you’re in luck. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be posting some...

ComNet’s Clarence B. Jones Award Winner Susan Vandergriff of A Step Ahead Chattanooga

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Susan Vandergriff walked away from a seventeen-year career as a banker because something was missing in her life. She went back to school, studied soc...

ComNetworkV - A Preview of This Year's Virtual Gathering

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There are no excuses not to make it to ComNet this year – it’s free and it’s virtual. So you don’t have to leave the house and you can attend ...

The opening of the American mind - Javier Torres-Campos of the Surdna Foundation talks about culture, equity, and the state of the American theater

09 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our cultural institutions shape how we view the world, and Javier Torres-Campos, the Director of the Thriving Cultures Program at the Surdna Foundatio...

Ideas for Days: Career Karma’s CEO and co-Founder Ruben Harris Tells Us How Business and Nonprofits Can Learn From Each Other

26 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With so many people out of work and low on hope, we look to the leaders who are blazing new trails to success. Eric had the incredible luck to connect...

Renée DiResta - Disinformation in the Age of COVID

05 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Disinformation King Kirk Brown sits down with Renée DiResta, Technical Research Manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, a multidisci...

Sabeel Rahman of Demos is the Optimist We All Need to Hear From

22 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sabeel Rahman is a leading progressive thinker, movement builder, convener, and collaborator whose specialty is linking big ideas to social change str...

Swimming in a Sea of Disinformation: Author Nina Jankowicz on How to Lose the Information War

08 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Unless you've been living under an extremely large rock for the past four years, by now you are well aware that the information we receive on a daily ...

Thaler Pekar and the Magic of Sharing Stories

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the past month, nonprofits and foundations across the country have made strong statements of commitment to racial justice, in particular to support...

Revisiting our Conversation with Ben McBride

10 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We hope that you are staying well and healthy and safe. As we were thinking this week about what show to share with you, we kept returning to this con...

Dominique Derbigny on Closing the Women's Wealth Gap

27 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Let’s Hear It. We hope you are staying as physically distanced and emotionally connected as you can! This week, we had...

Alexis Madrigal of the COVID Tracking Project Outdoes the CDC

13 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You know that old saying “see a problem, it’s yours”? Alexis Madrigal and his colleagues at The Atlantic have taken that to extremes. As the cor...

Ann Christiano Builds a Field Where There Never Was a Field

29 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ann Christiano, the Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications at the University of Florida at Gainesville, did not set out to be an academic...

“Make Your Content Like a Twinkie” - Talking Presentation Design with One of the Greats – Nolan Haims

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For those folks who are fortunate enough to be able to work in these challenging times, much of their time is spent staring at a screen in “meetings...

Saru Jayaraman and One Fair Wage: Making the Restaurant Industry Work for Workers

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Eric sat down with Saru Jayaraman five weeks and a lifetime ago. Few of us fully appreciated the implications of the COVID crisis at the time, but the...

Leadership in a Crisis - A ComNet Webinar wtih Joanne Krell of Defy Communications

27 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joanne Krell is the kind of communications expert you want in your corner when it matters most. She has led communications at the WK Kellogg Foundatio...

Seasoned Voices During Difficult Times - A COVID-19 Special Edition

20 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We hope that all of our Let’s Hear It listeners are staying safe and socially connected while heeding prudent calls from public health experts to pr...

Shanelle Matthews - The Radical Communicator of Our Time

18 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you are ready for just a minor departure from COVID-related communications, we offer an interview with Shanelle Matthews, the founder of the Radica...

Super Tuesday Special - Bernie Sanders' Pollster Ben Tulchin

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

No matter what you think of Bernie Sanders, there’s no question that he has become a powerful force in American politics. Near the center of that ju...

Annenberg Foundation's Cinny Kennard and the Civic Duty of Philanthropy

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Eric interviews a truly great interviewer: Cinny Kennard, Executive Director of the Annenberg Foundation in Los Angeles. Cinny has had a long and ...

Professor john a. powell will change your life

05 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There are people who come along who don’t just change the way you think or how you do your job, but who just change you – they change the chemical...

Season Two is Here!

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Thank you so much for listening to Let's Hear It. It's been a wonderful year, and we're so excited to kick off our second season. In this special epis...

PICO's Ben McBride Practices What He Preaches

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

After spending a number of years in Oakland as a pastor, Ben McBride decided to move his family into a part of Oakland that was known for its challeng...

Apolitical’s Lisa Witter Teaches Us That Bureaucrats Are People Too, and Much More

26 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa Witter has always played to win. Since coming into the world "with a bang" after her mother went into labor at a demolition derby, she has focuse...

Drew Altman of the Kaiser Foundation Pens a Love Letter to Communications

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Drew Altman took a relatively small grantmaking foundation and transformed it into a media powerhouse. As the President and CEO of the Henry J. Kaiser...

Villy Wang Blazes a Trail

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Villy Wang's mother wanted her to be a corporate lawyer. Raised by a single mother in public housing in New York, she was supposed to be a hard-chargi...

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