John Beaver is an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma. He is currently the Director and Head Curator for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Museum, Cultural Center, and Archives. Prior to his current position, he worked as a Cultural Protocols Program Specialist at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) where he co-coordinated repatriation-related programming and research and performed documentation and maintenance procedures in collaboration with the NMAI Cultural Protocols Coordinator regarding the care of human remains and culturally sensitive objects in the NMAI’s collections. Before joining the NMAI, previous related work included the Anthropology Collections Department at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois and archaeological fieldwork in Alabama. He has been awarded research fellowships from the National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and research grants from the University of Oklahoma. He is an alumnus of the Americans for Indian Opportunity Ambassadors Program. His professional memberships include the American Association of Museums, Oklahoma Museums Association, Society for American Archaeology, and the World Archaeological Congress.  He is a member of the editorial board for the journal Heritage Management, published by Left Coast Press. He earned his B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma and his M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Illinois-Chicago. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Yovanka Bylander Arroyo is the President and COO of Citizens Committee for New York City. She joined Citizens in November of 2009, bringing with her 15 years of corporate and nonprofit management experience. Most recently she was the Vice President, Northeast Region, for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.  The Hispanic Scholarship Fund is the country's largest organization focused on improving college graduation rates in the Hispanic community, and during her tenure there, Yovanka significantly advanced the organization's presence in one of its most strategic regions.  Throughout her career in the for-profit sector, Yovanka was a distinguished bank analyst who worked at industry-leading firms such Morgan Stanley, Swiss Re/Fox-Pitt Kelton, and Thomson BankWatch (today Fitch-IBCA). In both her for-profit and non-profit careers, Yovanka has received numerous distinctions and awards including: recognition from the American Express Nonprofit Leadership Academy, published articles in Latin Finance magazine, noted speaker and guest lecturer at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and speaker numerous Economist and Risk Management Institute conferences. She speaks four languages: English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, and received her B.A. in Business Administration, with honors, from Boston University.

Emmanuel d’Harcourt is the Senior Health Director at the International Rescue Committee (IRC).  In that position, he leads the IRC's health programs, serving 15 million people in 22 countries.  Dr. d'Harcourt's work has focused primarily on improving the health of children and women in countries affected by conflict.  He has worked in Bolivia, DR Congo, the Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Liberia, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Southern Sudan, and Zimbabwe.  He has also worked as a pediatrician in Philadelphia.  Dr. d'Harcourt holds a B.A. from Yale, and M.D. from John Hopkins and an M.P.H. from Harvard University, and he completed a pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.  He is on the board of the CORE Group.  He lives in New York with his wife and daughter.

Abigail Falik has dedicated her professional life to creating new opportunities for young Americans to learn about the world. Through work as an educator across the US and throughout the developing world, Abigail developed a passion for using education to promote global social justice and poverty alleviation.  Her vision for Global Citizen Year grew from over 10 years of experience in education, international development and social enterprise. She spent four years at NetAid where she designed and launched a program which empowers high school students to mobilize their peers in efforts to end global poverty. Today, the program is a flagship initiative of Mercy Corps. A recognized expert in Global Citizenship Education, Abigail has served as a strategic advisor and consultant, and has published in leading journals.  For her work founding Global Citizen Year, in 2009 she was awarded the Draper Richards Fellowship for entrepreneurs who are using innovative solutions to create significant social change. She is also a recipient of the Mind Trust Fellowship for education entrepreneurs who are developing system-changing strategies to tackle education’s greatest challenges. In 2008 she was named a Rainer Arnhold Fellow and a Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellow.  Abigail holds a B.A. and M.Ed. from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Angela Fernandez has been Executive Director of Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights (NMCIR) since July of 2009.  NMCIR is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 to educate, defend and protect the rights of immigrants.  Recognized by the Board of Immigration Appeals, NMCIR is committed to expanding access to legal immigration services, and to participation in policy making and community organizing efforts.  Ms. Fernandez is a graduate of Columbia University School of Law whose legal experience includes a combination of public interest and corporate work, including work with the Center for Human Rights Legal Aid in Cairo and pro bono work for the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Ms. Fernandez’ nonprofit management experience includes successfully opening and running elementary charter schools in the South Bronx and in Washington DC. She has also worked as a Women’s Studies instructor for the LCC Inmate Education Program at Rikers Island, an Off-air Reporter for ABC News and a staffer for former United States Senator Bill Bradley. Presently Ms. Fernandez writes a weekly column on immigration matters for El Diario La Prensa, the most widely read Spanish language daily in the North East. She also regularly appears regularly on NY1, Univision and Telemundo addressing issues around immigration. Ms. Fernandez is on the board of New York Immigration Coalition, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Bronx Lighthouse Charter School and a member of the Council for Urban Professionals Leadership Board.

Rachel Fink is the director of Berkeley Rep School of Theatre and has served as the Associate General Manager of Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Over the past nine years, she has overseen the School of Theatre’s major expansion into a newly-renovated facility with significant program development and staff growth. These programs now serve over 22,000 students (ages five–adult) annually in 13 counties throughout the Bay Area. For the past year, Ms. Fink has also served as the U.S. delegate for the British Council’s Cultural Leadership International Programme during which she has studied leadership development and international cultural policy with National Arts Strategies and British Council. She is on the board of Theatre Bay Area, is currently the chair of Theatre Bay Area’s Theatre Services Committee, has served as the chair of the Berkeley Arts in Education Steering Committee and was a founding member of Teaching Artists Organized, a networking and training resource for Bay Area teaching artists. In 2008, she planned “New Leaders for A New Century,” a national conference in association with Theatre Communications Group and Theatre Bay Area for emerging arts leaders. She has participated in Theatre Communication Group’s “Expanding the Theatre Manager’s Repertoire,” The League of American Theatres and Producers’ “Commercial Theatre Institute,” was a member of the Producer Development Program. Prior to moving to the Bay Area, Ms. Fink was the managing director of the Yale Cabaret and has worked at theatres across the country including the Yale Repertory Theatre, International Festival of Arts and Ideas, Long Wharf Theatre and the Cleveland Play House. Ms. Fink has taught acting at Case Western Reserve University and the Cain Park School of the Arts. Ms. Fink received her B.A. in Theatre Arts from Case Western Reserve University and her M.F.A. in Theater Management from the Yale School of Drama.

Neel Hajra is President and CEO of Nonprofit Enterprise at Work, Inc. (NEW), a nonprofit whose mission is to help other nonprofits succeed. NEW provides innovative governance, technology, and facilities support to charitable organizations throughout southeast Michigan. In 2009 NEW was named as one of 25 high impact nonprofits in southeast Michigan, and Neel was honored as an American Express NGen Fellow. Neel joined NEW while on sabbatical from Ford Motor Company, where he served as an attorney in the Global Business Operations Group. Neel also lectures at the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy, where he has been named to the Teaching Honor Roll for the past three years. He serves on the national steering committee for the NonprofitCenters Network, and co-chairs the Independent Sector's NGen Committee. Neel received both his bachelor of science in physics and his J.D. from the University of Michigan.

John Hancock is the President of Junior Achievement of Oregon and SW Washington.  Junior Achievement (JA) is a nonprofit youth organization that works in partnership with schools and businesses to improve student knowledge in the areas of work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy.  The organization’s programs are renowned for teaching young people the “economics of life”: business, careers, work-related life skills, personal money management, ethics and leadership.  In his role as President, John is responsible for overall leadership of the organization with emphasis on board development, fund development, program operations and strategic visioning.  Junior Achievement in Oregon has over the past five years been consistently recognized as a top performing JA operation in the country.  In addition to his work locally, John serves on several JA USA committees and helped to found JA in Tanzania in 1998.  Prior to his work with JA in Oregon, John served as Vice President of Junior Achievement of Central Indiana in Indianapolis.  This followed eight years of service with the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity Central Office, also in Indianapolis.  John’s primary interests are in the areas of education and youth development.  He is partial to programs and initiatives that are of an experiential nature and thereby provide young people with practical and relevant opportunities to prepare for adult life.  John is also a fan of programs that offer people a second chance. He is an active volunteer with three organizations that support such opportunities.  A native of LaConner, WA, John earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA and his Masters Degree in Public Affairs from Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis.  John lives in Portland with his wife Roodi.

Nadine Duplessy Kearns serves as Executive Director of New Community for Children, an Out of School Time nonprofit offering 300 kids in Washington, DC learning experiences that build up their academic, social, and creative skills and prepare them for high performing high schools and post secondary opportunities.  Originally from Haiti, Nadine moved to Boston Massachusetts at the age of eleven. Nadine came to Washington, DC to manage economic development projects in Africa for International Business Initiatives. After working to promote social and economic development in Africa, particularly for women, she made a career change to focus on increasing educational opportunities for low-income students in Washington DC area by joining Capital Partners for Education (CPE). As CPE’s Deputy Director she oversaw development, financial management, and student outreach. Prior to joining New Community for Children, Nadine served as Director of Community Relations at the Washington Latin Public Charter School. She was one of 25 emerging nonprofit leaders selected to participate in the 2008 Nonprofit Roundtable Future Executive Director Fellowship program. Most recently Nadine was selected as DC’s delegate to the May 2010 Mom Congress on Education and Learning that convened a corps of mom education advocates from all 50 states and the District of Columbia to create a guide empowering parents to get engaged in fighting for excellent schools for all. Nadine holds a BA in East Asian Studies from Harvard College and an MA in Development Economics and International Trade from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. She is a proud graduate of the Boston Latin School, the oldest school in America, founded in 1635.

David McKinney is vice president of programs at Public Allies Inc., where he leads national program development and manages strategic partnerships with local partners in 20 US cities.  Prior to his current role, Mr. McKinney served as national chief of staff, where he advised senior management in achieving Public Allies’ national strategic priorities.  He spent three years as a program officer with Public Allies’ national office, where he supported a portfolio of six local programs and co-developed an integrated online program evaluation system currently used across Public Allies’ network.  Mr. McKinney began his career as a community organizer with the Milwaukee Youth Initiative, a project of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, and has directed and served in advisory roles on numerous civic engagement and community development initiatives.  In 2009 Mr. McKinney was selected as an Independent Sector American Express NGEN fellow.

Federico Moro was born in Rome (Italy) in 1976. Lawyer since 2004, member in Rome of the equivalent of the Bar Association, he has attended several legal training courses in San Diego at UCSD, at the European Parliament in Brussels, in Salamanca (Spain), at the Boston University School of Law - Legal Institute in London. In 2008 he is attended an Executive MBA for No profit managers at Altis, Post-graduate school at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan (Italy). His deep interest and skills in Institutional Relations, have made him work in this field since 2000 as Public Affairs Consultant at IG Students’ Foundation (Young Enterprise Europe member), an Organization dedicated to promote microcredit in the schools and universities.
From 2005 to 2009 he has been adviser for Institutional Relations at Fondazione Telethon, chaired by Agnelli Family with the mission to advance biomedical research. He started working for the no-profit organization “Speak Truth To Power” in 2004 and since the end of 2005 he is Secretary General and founder member of the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation of Europe, European branch of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. Aspen Junior Fellow at the Aspen Institute Italia. Sommelier.

Ari Solotoff was appointed Chief of Staff and Director of Planning at The Philadelphia Orchestra in May 2010 by President & CEO, Allison Vulgamore. In his role, he will drive the design and implementation of the Association’s new strategic plan, as well as oversee the operations of the executive office and Board of Directors. Solotoff served as Executive Director of the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra from 2006 - 2010. With an annual operating budget of $2.4 million, the PSO is Maine’s largest performing arts organization and produces over forty concerts and educational programs each year. During his time with the PSO, he guided the Symphony through a highly successful Music Director search and launch, a return to break-even operations, eliminated its debt, and established a new culture of strong fiscal management, artistic vitality, collaboration, and community connection. The Symphony was awarded the 2010 Maine Association of Nonprofits – Governor’s Award for Nonprofit Excellence. Previously, Solotoff served in leadership positions at The Louisville Orchestra, and as Executive Director of the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, where he led the Symphony through a $1.7 million Capital Campaign. He also spearheaded the efforts to secure $9 million in public funding for the renovation and expansion of the City-owned historic Saenger Theatre. A 2003 graduate of the American Symphony Orchestra League, Orchestra Management Fellowship Program, Solotoff’s year included residencies at the Aspen Music Festival & School, Orange County's Pacific Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, and the Pittsburgh Symphony. Solotoff is also a 2005 graduate of Leadership Pensacola. He has served as a grants panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Hampshire State Arts Council, and the Maine Arts Commission. He has also served as a faculty member for the League’s Essentials of Orchestra Management since 2004. A native of New York and an oboist by training, Solotoff received his bachelor's degree in Classical Languages from the University of California, Berkeley. He began his career as the Communications Department Special Projects Intern at the San Francisco Symphony.