Pamela Leora Spratlen is a diplomat, foreign policy expert, speaker and leader who spent nearly 30 years in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State. Her leadership experience included 10 years in Central Asia, of which she served eight as U.S. Ambassador, first to Kyrgyzstan (2011-14) and then to Uzbekistan (2015-18).  She also served as Deputy Chief of Mission (Deputy to the Ambassador) in Kazakhstan (2009-11) and in Washington as the Country Director/acting Deputy Assistant…

Barbara Chow completed an eight-year term as the director of the Education program for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a nonpartisan, private charitable foundation that advances ideas and supports institutions to promote a better world. Prior, Ms. Chow was the policy director of the US House of Representatives Budget Committee and the executive director of the National Geographic Education Foundation. During the Clinton administration, she served as deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council, associate…

Pamela E. Davis is the founder, President and CEO of the member companies of the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance, which includes the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC); Alliance of Nonprofits Insurance, Risk Retention Group (ANI); the National Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance (NANI), a reinsurer; and Alliance Member Services (AMS) a nonprofit supporting organization. Ms. Davis founded this group as a result of the liability insurance crisis in the mid-1980s when many nonprofits in California and elsewhere could not…

A widely respected leader with broad and deep experience in philanthropy and government, Julia I. Lopez served as the president and CEO of College Futures Foundation from 2008 until her retirement in June 2017. Before joining College Futures Foundation, Ms. Lopez served as senior vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation. In that leadership role, she provided oversight, management and evaluation of the foundation's strategic program grant making around the world. In her earlier work for Rockefeller,…

As Chief Administrative Officer, Population Health, Tangerine Brigham leads Alameda Health System’s efforts to improve patient experience, reduce costs, and transition to population health management. She is responsible for establishing AHS wellness and disease management programs to deliver the best value in high-quality, integrated health care. She also works with community partners and government leaders to improve health equity and to develop programs and services addressing key social determinants of health, such as lack of housing or access…

Ann M. Veneman has a distinguished career in public service, serving as the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from 2005 to 2010 and as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 2001 to 2005. Ms. Veneman’s leadership and vision has been recognized both nationally and internationally. In 2009 she was named to the Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Women Making…

Carmen Chu has been the elected Assessor for the City and County of San Francisco since 2013. Recently, Assessor Chu has also taken on the leadership to co-chair San Francisco’s COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force. She is putting her fiscal expertise and vast knowledge of public sector finance to work leading San Francisco through the unprecedented economic impacts from the COVID-19 crisis toward a successful reopening and recovery; mapping out a plan for local small businesses, supporting residents, and…

Carla Javits is President and CEO of REDF (The Roberts Enterprise Development Fund), a pioneering venture philanthropy galvanizing a national movement of employment social enterprises—purpose-driven, revenue-generating businesses that help people striving to overcome significant employment barriers (histories of incarceration, homelessness) get good jobs and build better lives. Employment social enterprises provide paying jobs, training, and services so that employees can stabilize their lives, develop a work history, and build skills and confidence leading to lasting, competitive employment.  …

Veronica Irastorza is an Associate Director at NERA Economic Consulting. She has 20 years of experience in regulatory and strategic issues concerning energy. Ms. Irastorza assists clients with issues related to energy regulation and contracts, energy markets, damages, valuations, disputes and arbitration. Ms. Irastorza leverages her experience as former Undersecretary of Energy Planning and Transition in Mexico, a position she held until December 2012, to help her clients navigate long-term energy project planning, as well as renewable energy and energy efficiency…

Dorothy Robyn is a public policy expert who writes and consults on energy, transportation, and telecommunications policy. She is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy. From 2009-2014, Dr. Robyn served in the Obama Administration, first as a Deputy Under Secretary in the Department of Defense with overall management responsibility for U.S. military bases and related energy and environmental issues, and later as head of the U.S. General Services Administration…