Governance Series–Volume One: Fundraising for Boards, Ethics, Governance as Leadership and Conversations that Matter

About the Author

Janice Gow Pettey, CFRE, MNM, is principal of J.G. Pettey & Associates (http://www.jpgconsulting.com/), a consulting firm serving foundations and nonprofits. She is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco, where she has taught courses in fundraising and strategic planning for many years. She is also the current chair of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) International Ethics Committee and has served on the committee for seven years. She can be reached at janicepettey@mac.com.

Cathy Trower, PhD is a senior research associate at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. She is the author of the second edition of Richard Chait’s book, Govern More, Manage Less. Trower is nationally known for her expertise on board policies, leadership, structure, organizational change, best governance practices and strategic planning. She is in high demand as a speaker, consultant and advisor and works with nonprofit boards independently through her consulting firm, Trower and Trower, Inc. You can find out more at www.trowerandtrower.com.

Julia Ingraham Walker has been active in fundraising in New Orleans and the surrounding region for over 25 years. She served as vice president for advancement at Tulane University, where she directed a successful $250 million campaign. For the past twelve years, Julia has worked as an independent fundraising consultant on a regional and national basis. While her specialty has been consulting on capital campaigns, she became very active in a variety of rebuilding efforts in the calamitous post-Katrina period in New Orleans. She was named New Orleans Outstanding Fundraising Executive by the Association of Fundraising Professionals for her work at Tulane and is the author of three other books published by Wiley. Julia’s ongoing work with numerous nonprofit boards inspired her to write this guide for board members.

Juanita Brown, Ph.D. is co-originator of the World Café and has served as a senior affiliate at the MIT Sloan School’s Organizational Learning Center (now the Society for Organizational Learning), as a research affiliate with the Institute for the Future, and as a fellow of the World Business Academy.

David Isaacs is president of Clearing Communications and designs strategic dialogue forums with senior leaders in the United States and abroad. He is also a co-originator of the World Café and serves as adjunct faculty with the University of Texas Business School’s executive MBA program. The World Café Community is made up of organizational and community leaders and others who are fostering conversational leadership across the globe.