2012 National Conference

Coauthor of Do More Than Give and FSG managing director

John Kania is coauthor of Do More Than Give: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World (Wiley 2011) and a managing director at FSG, a global nonprofit strategy consulting firm that helps organizations achieve social impact by applying research, strategy, and evaluation to better solve social problems. John has over twenty years' experience advising senior management on issues of strategy, organization, and change management. At FSG, John leads strategic planning efforts for foundations, nonprofits, and corporate philanthropy, in issues ranging from international health, U.S. health care, U.S. education, the environment, community development, and nonprofit capacity-building. John was formerly a partner at both Mercer Management Consulting and Corporate Decisions, Inc. John has contributed to Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Wall Street Journal, and The Journal of Business Strategy and is a featured author of Learning from the Future. He speaks frequently on improving philanthropic impact and corporate social responsibility.

Executive Director

Emily Tow Jackson is Executive Director and Board President of The Tow Foundation, a family foundation created by her parents, Claire and Leonard Tow. Emily joined the board of trustees of The Tow Foundation in 1988 and has been the foundation’s executive director since 1994. She served on the board of Philanthropy New York (formerly New York Regional Association of Grantmakers) from 1997-2004 and was chair from 2002-2004. She currently serves on the board of Connecticut Council for Philanthropy. Emily is the recipient of the 2002 Filer Award for creative leadership in philanthropy from the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy. The Tow Foundation received the 2008 Critical Impact Award from the Council on Foundations for its Juvenile Justice Initiative.
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Deputy Director for the Pacific Northwest initiative

David M. Wertheimer has worked in a variety of capacities in the non-profit, government, educational and philanthropic sectors for three decades. As the deputy director for the Pacific Northwest initiative at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he provides lead oversight of the family homelessness and housing programs, as well as measurement, learning and evaluation activities for the Northwest. He also serves as the national board chair of Funders Together to End Homelessness and on the Board of Partners for Our Children. Prior to assuming these responsibilities, Wertheimer served as principal at Kelly Point Partners (KP2) consulting firm, to promote integration of human service systems targeting persons struggling with homelessness, mental illness, addictions, criminal justice system involvement and HIV/AIDS. A native of New York City, Wertheimer served as executive director of the NYC Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, and as a New York City human rights commissioner.