Rural Funders Convening - Texas 2017 | Philanthropy Southwest | 13 November 2017 | St. David's Foundation, 1303 San Antonio Street #500, Austin, Texas 78701, US

Join colleagues from around the region for our second gathering about rural funding in the Southwest. This meeting is meant to provide funders that fund (or want to fund) in rural Southwest communities a chance for peer learning and networking. At the meeting, funders will have the opportunity to learn and share with one another about their work in rural communities and learn from experts in the field. The gathering will conclude with a working lunch on Tuesday, November 14, 2017.

• Other topics to include:
-Rural Healthcare and Innovative Delivery Systems
-Deeper dive into Rural Philanthropy Days and how to start one

2017 Speakers:

Marilyn Armour
Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

Gwyn Barley, Vice President
Community Partnerships and Grants, The Colorado Trust

Roy Bowen
Score

Donna Butts, Executive Director
Generations United

Wendy Cervantes
Senior Policy Analyst, Immigration and Immigrant Families Center for Law and Social Policy

Jennifer Chheang
Senior Program Manager, The California Endowment

Adrian Cook
Director of Research and Evaluations, The Rees-Jones Foundation

Sara Cornish
Senior Director, Programs & Strategy Games for Change

Katy Craig
Director Strategic Initiatives, Boettcher Foundation

Teresa Crook
Director of Community Programs, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Inc.

Christina Decoufle
Detective/Task Force Officer, Phoenix Police Department & FBI Human Trafficking Task Force

Sarah Eagle Heart
CEO, Native Americans in Philanthropy

Jan Figart
Visiting Faculty, Oxley College of Health Sciences, The University of Tulsa

Karin Gerstenhaber
Associate Director, Tocker Foundation

Felicia Goodman
Executive Director, The Cooper Foundation

Christina Gorczynski
Program Officer, The Simmons Foundation

Allison Hagerman
Associate Program Officer, McCune Charitable Foundation

Douglas Haloftis
Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Tammy Heflebower
President & CEO, Inspire Education and Business Solutions

Myron Hess
Director, Texas Water Programs/Counsel National Wildlife Federation

Kelli Houghton
Development Manager, Operation Underground Railroad

Laura Huffman
Texas State Director, The Nature Conservancy

Dena Jackson
Sr. Vice President - Grants & Research, Dallas Women's Foundation

Art Jones
Principal, Health Management Associates

Annette Juba
Deputy Director of Programs, AGE of Central Texas

Lyle Larson
Texas House of Representatives, District 122

Julie Lerudis
Grants Program Director, Boettcher Foundation

Andrew Levack
Senior Program Officer, St. David's Foundation

Martha Macris
President and CEO, Memorial Assistance Ministries

Elena Marks
President and CEO, Episcopal Health Foundation

Sara Mathis
Principal, Jacksboro Independent School District

Punam Mathur
Executive Director, Elaine P. Wynn and Family Foundation

Randy Mayeux
First Friday Book Synopsis

Laura McDonald
District Director of Student Services, Petrolia CISD

Robert "Tim" McGee
Managing Director of Macro Strategy and Research, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management

Toni McKinley
Director of Therapeutic Services, The Refuge for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking

Karen McNeil-Miller
President and CEO, The Colorado Health Foundation

R. Michael McQuaid
Board President, Human Services Campus, Inc.

Frank Merrick, President
The Merrick Foundation

Oronde Miller
Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Michelle Monse
President, Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation

Katie Nixon
Wealth Management Chief Investment Officer, Northern Trust

Natalie Ossenfort
Texas Director, Alliance for Justice

Chris Pedersen
Vice President, Development and Planning Connected Nation

Susanna Pollack
President, Games for Change

Shannan (Shane) Porter
HRS/School Improvement Specialist, Region 9 Education Service Center

Melissa Prycer
President and Executive Director, Dallas Heritage Village Museum

Henry Rael
Program Officer, McCune Charitable Foundation

Andrea Ross
Senior Vice President & Director, Wealth Strategies Group Bernstein

Timothy Schultz

Andrew Schulz
General Counsel, Arabella Advisors

Anthony Slonim
President and CEO, Renown Health Foundation

Andrea Sparks
Texas Governor's Office

Gary Steuer
President and CEO, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation

James Stoker
Institutional Consulting Director, Graystone Consulting - Austin

Hadar Susskind
Senior Vice President of Government Relations, Council on Foundations

Steven Teske
Chief Presiding Judge, Family & Juvenile Court, Clayton Judicial Circuit, State of Georgia

Eva Thibaudeau-Graczyk
Director of Programs, Coalition for the Homeless of Houston

Regine Webster
Vice President, Center for Disaster Philanthropy