Selected Philanthropic Events:
Family
What’s “The Ultimate Gift” We Leave our Family?
A premiere screening of a James Garner, Brian Dennehy, and Abigail Breslin film based on a provocative book. The movie explores a journey of self discovery set off by a grandfather’s death and potential inheritance. But the real question raised is what besides wealth was really inherited and how can we shape that inheritance in our own families?
Can I Teach Giving to My Children?
A team of St John’s College faculty led a small group
discussion of these critical questions.
Families: Values, Philanthropy & Wealth
A dinner conversation with Richard & Linda Eyre
NY Times Best Selling Authors and Speakers
Wealth: How Will it Impact My Children?
A Workshop on the Practices of Successful Families
Discussion and case study led by Charlie Collier,
Harvard’s Senior Philanthropic Advisor
Family Wealth & Philanthropy
Does your family need a mission statement?
Roy Williams and Victor Preisser of the Williams Group
Youth and Education
Tapping the Viral Efficiency of the Web and
Impacting the Lives of Students
A dialogue with Social Entrepreneur and Founder
of Donors Choose, Charles Best
Introduction by Jeff Weiner of Yahoo
Public Education Reform
A dialogue with Linda Darling-Hammond, PhD
Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University
Using Sports to Build Character
A conversation with
Jim Thompson, Positive Coaching Alliance
Introduction by Kevin Compton & Becky Morgan
Can the Power of Sports Change the World?
A conversation with Johann Koss 4X Olympic Champion &
Founder and CEO of Right to Play
Introduction by Ronnie Lott & Kathy Schlein
How Can We Better Nurture Giving in our Children?
An Innovative Platform, YouthGive
A conversation with social entrepreneurs, Jenny Yancey and Dan Siegel
Helping Entrepreneurs Transform Public Education: Taking it to the Next Level
A dialogue with Ted Mitchell, CEO of NewSchools Venture Fund
Introduced by co-founder, John Doerr of KPCB
Reflections on the Role of Entrepreneurs and Venture Philanthropy in
Transforming Public Education
A dialogue with Kim Smith, CEO of NewSchools - introduced by Brook Byers
Don Shalvey of Aspire Public Schools - introduced by Steve Merrill
Eastside College Preparatory School
Innovation and Excellence in Education
Chris Bischoff, Founder, Principal and Head Basketball Coach
How Can We Counteract Media and Entertainment’s Damaging Impact on
the Social, Emotional and Physical Development of our Children?
A dialogue with Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media,
popular professor at Stanford and author
Troubled Teens – Saving Lives
A dialogue with Christa Gannon, Founder, Fresh Lifelines for Youth,
Peter Fortenbaugh, Executive Director, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula
Personal testimonies from several graduates
How Do you Scale One of the Most Successful Approaches
to the Education Gap in America?
A dialogue with Wendy Kopp, Founder, Teach for America
Environment
Partnership for the Earth
with NRDC and E2
Bring together the world’s best environmental minds to share
science, strategies and solutions for a healthy planet
Frances Beinecke, President, NRDC
Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google, Inc.
Our Environmental Legacy
Whose Responsibility?
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
John Adams, Founder & President
A Dialogue on Conservation
The Nature Conservancy
President Steve McCormick, Rebecca Patton & Stu Greenfield
Where Do We Go From Here?
Global Warming
In Partnership with NRDC & E2
a remarkable demonstration and remarks by
Michael Jones, Chief Technology Officer, Google Earth
David G. Hawkins, Director, NRDC Climate Center
It’s Not Easy Being Green ... or Is It?
Changing the Way Business Thinks about the Environment
A conversation with Environmental Defense President Fred Krupp
and Executive Vice President David Yarnold
Introduced by Scott Cook, Co-founder, Intuit, Signe Ostby & Ann Doerr
How Conservation Organizations can Join Forces to Preserve California’s
Pristine Lands and Enhance its Working Landscapes
A conversation with Ashley Boren of Sustainable Conservation and
Mike Eaton of The Nature Conservancy
Introduced by SusCon Chairman, Russ Siegelman
The Benefits, Obstacles and Future of Hybrid Vehicles
A dialogue with Hal Harvey head of
Environment Program with the Hewlett Foundation and
Andre Neumann owner of ElectraBus Company, Sao Paulo, Brazil
The Global Heritage Fund
Preserving Humankind’s Most Endangered Archeological Sites
AND Providing an Engine of Economic Growth
Jeff Morgan, Founder & Executive Director
Dr. Richard Hansen, UCLA
Wildlife Conservation – Up Close & Personal
The Wildlife Conservation Network – a dialogue with
Founder and President, Charlie Knowles
A Conversation with John Morgridge
John's philosophy and approach to strategic philanthropy,
as well as his latest focus on conservation of the pristine 21 million-acre
Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia—a model in collaboration
Poverty
Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dr. Muhammad Yunus (return visit)
Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank
Launch of Grameen America
Muhammad Yunus (initial Legacy visit)
Banker to the Poor
Founder of Grameen Bank & Father of Microcredit
Alleviating Global Poverty through Microfinance Acceleration
A dialogue with fellow investor Mike Murray
Co-founder and Chairman of UNITUS
A Breakthrough for Women’s Economic Independence
Nell Merlino, Co-Founder, President and CEO of Count-Me-In
Combining micro-credit, internet technology and American entrepreneurship
Leveraging Responsible Capital
Scaling Sustainable Microfinance for India
With End Poverty Foundation, Hewlett Packard,
Global Philanthropy Forum, TiE, and AIF
The State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2004
Discussion and report with Sam Daley-Harris, President
A Success Story from Africa
Technology & entrepreneurship attacking poverty
Jeff Skoll & Dr. Martin J. Fisher of ApproTEC
Co-sponsored with Skoll Foundation
Smoke and Mirrors or End of Poverty?
A conversation with Brian Lehnen, Founder and
Executive Director of Village Enterprise Fund
Introduction by Debbie Hall, Chair, Board of Directors
Microenterprise
Opportunity International
Board member, Kurt Keilhacker,
General Partner, TechFund Capital
Fighting Hunger and Poverty on the Frontlines
An evening with Billy Shore,
Founder of Share our Strength; author of “Revolution of the Heart”
“The Cathedral Within” and “The Light of Conscience”
Medical and Human Dignity
The Meth Project
A case study in strategic philanthropy
A dialogue with Chairman, Tom Siebel
Founder of Siebel Systems
Early Cancer Detection in the Next Decade
and the Role of the Individual Philanthropist
A Dialogue with Don Listwin, Founder of Canary Foundation
and Dr. Lee Hartwell, Nobel Laureate &
President/Director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Adaptive Eyecare Ltd.
Providing low cost wearer-adjustable glasses to the
1 billion people without access to vision correction
A dialogue with Oxford professor & social entrepreneur Josh Silver
and Legacy Investor, James Chen
Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation
Jim & Patty White, William Mobley, MD
Stanford Neurology Department
Healing Across Borders: Transforming Children’s Lives
A conversation with Interplast’s CEO, Susan Hayes
Introduced by Vice Chair Mike Levinthal
Benetech: Technology Serving Humanity
A conversation with Jim Fruchterman, President
Introduction by Sally Osberg, CEO of Skoll Foundation
Wrongful Convictions: Freeing the Innocent and
Fixing the Justice System
Testimonies from four exonerees who spent more than 65 years in prison for crimes
they did not commit. Led by the Northern California Innocence Project and
star of the ABC series InJustice, Kyle MacLachlan
Venture Philanthropy and New Models
X PRIZE Foundation
Revolution Through Competition
X Prizes to spark revolution in the space, medicine, energy,
automotive, education, environmental and social arenas
A dialogue with Dr. Peter Diamandis, Chairman & CEO
and Tom Vander Ark, President
Draper Richards Foundation
Empowering People to Change the World
A dialogue with Bill Draper, Jenny Shilling Stein & Anne Marie Burgoyne
Featuring social entrepreneurs
Premal Shah, Kiva.org
David Wish, Little Kids Rock
To Go Boldly Where Too Few Have Gone…
Mission Related Investment (MRI)
Introduction by Doug Bauer, SVP Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Panel discussion of practitioners
Lisa and Charly Kleissner, Co-Founders KL Felicitas Foundation
Investment Advisor Raul Pomares, VP Guggenheim Partners
The Meth Project
A case study in strategic philanthropy
A dialogue with Chairman, Tom Siebel
Founder of Siebel Systems
Venture Philanthropy
A discussion with the co-author of the seminal HBSR article
Christine Letts, Harvard University
Changing the World through Social Entrepreneurs
A dialogue with Sushmita Ghosh, President of Ashoka
Introduction by Iqbal Paroo, President of Omidyar Network
New Philanthropy: an Unfolding Adventure
The Omidyar Foundation’s Theory and Early Application
A dialogue with Iqbal Paroo, President & CEO
How a Venture Capital Approach is Impacting Lives of the Poor
A dialogue with Jacqueline Novogratz,
CEO, Acumen Fund and Creator of the Philanthropy Workshop
How Baby Boomers will Revolutionize
Retirement & Transform America
A conversation with Marc Freedman Founder and President of
Civic Ventures & Co-founder of The Experience Corps
Introduction by Carol Larson, President & CEO, Packard Children Foundation
Achieving a Double Bottom Line
Can you really serve the public good and the shareholder?
Bud Colligan & Penelope Douglas, Silicon Valley Community Ventures
The Blended Value Proposition
Can Investments Serve Multiple Masters?
A Dialogue with Jed Emerson,
Stanford GSB, Hewlett Foundation, REDF
Sleepless in Seattle: Pura Vida—the Other Seattle Coffee Story
Using Business to Multiply Philanthropy
John Sage, CEO & Co-founder, Pura Vida Coffee
How to Make a New Social Venture Fly, Literally!
A conversation with David Gardner, Sr. VP Electronic Arts
& Paul Schaller, CEO Quest Aircraft, a developer of a new aircraft
designed for humanitarian relief
General Philanthropy
Great Management, Coherent Strategies, Brilliant Execution
What About Non-Profits? How Can these Best be Applied in the Philanthropic Space?
The fascinating intersection between for-profit and non-profit sectors
Jeffrey Bradach, Managing Partner & Co-founder of The Bridgespan Group
David Simms, Managing Partner of Bridgestar
What is Philanthropy’s Optimum Role?
Who should address today's toughest problems:
Government? Business? Philanthropy?
Bruce Sievers – Former Executive Director, Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Issues Without Borders – International Philanthropy
The Philanthropic Workshop West
Lorene Arey Listwin, David Keller, and Chris Eyre
Maximizing the Effectiveness of Philanthropy
Strategic Leverage Points
Hal Harvey, Hewlett Foundation
Community Foundation of Silicon Valley
Philanthropy in the Post 9/11 Environment
Peter Hero, Community Foundation of Silicon Valley
Wise Art of Giving
An historical foundation for your philanthropy
Trinity Forum
International
Education for Employment Foundation (EFE)
Economic Opportunity to Alleviate Violence in the Middle East
Sponsored by Jerry Hirsch, Lodestar Foundation
Dialogue with Ron Bruder, EFE CEO, Mike Hager, EFE President,
Alton Frye, EFE Board Member and Presidential Senior Fellow
Emeritus for the Council on Foreign Relations
The U.S. vs. Iraq: An Insider's View
Dialogue with Physicist and Former Inspector David Albright
Co-sponsored with Ploughshares Fund
Dealing with Terror, Ending War and Restoring Divided Societies
Steve Toben, Flora Family Foundation