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INSIGHT: Indianapolis Museum of Art – Max Anderson

Arts, Media & Culture, INSIGHT

Director and CEO Max Anderson discusses his early work at different museums and how the Indianapolis Museum of Art embraces elements of both new and traditional thinking to innovate.

INSIGHT: The Broad Stage – Dale Franzen

Arts, Media & Culture, Children & Families, INSIGHT

Director Dale Franzen discusses the development of an intimate, artist-centric performing arts venue that engages both the audience and board members as part of the creative process.

INSIGHT: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles – Dr. John Long

Arts, Media & Culture, INSIGHT

Vice President of Research and Collections Dr. John Long discusses how the museum’s world renowned scientist and collections management teams share complex knowledge and material with both a general audience and leading researchers internationally.

INSIGHT: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles – Jane Pisano

Arts, Media & Culture, INSIGHT

President Jane Pisano discusses the rapid transformation of the Natural History Museum as it has moved toward multidimensional interactive visitor experiences that deliver new, exciting scientific knowledge to constituents from around the world.

INSIGHT: Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles – Ben Donenberg

Arts, Media & Culture, INSIGHT

Founder & Executive Artistic Director Ben Donenberg discusses the founding of the Shakespeare Center, the relevance of live performance in an internet age and how directors and actors shape engaging, modern interpretations of Shakespeare’s immortal works for today’s diverse Los Angeles audiences.

INSIGHT: Westmark School – Muir Meredith

Children & Families, Education, INSIGHT

Head of School Muir Meredith discusses how Westmark School uses tailored teaching pedagogy and technology to provide educational support to children with dyslexia.

INSIGHT: University of Toledo – Dr. Lloyd Jacobs

Education, INSIGHT

University of Toledo President Dr. Lloyd Jacobs discusses the operating and cultural challenges involved in merging the 138 year old University of Toledo with the Medical University of Ohio to create the third largest public university in Ohio. Dr. Jacobs also examines the role of universities in shaping the economic future of the manufacturing heartland of the United States.

INSIGHT: The Wooden Floor – Melanie Rios Glaser

Arts, Media & Culture, Children & Families, INSIGHT

Executive Director Melanie Rios Glaser discusses how The Wooden Floor uses dance education to change the lives of youth and expose young people to the art-making process.

INSIGHT: Ocean Institute – Dan Stetson

Children & Families, Environment, INSIGHT

President Dan Stetson discusses the challenges of developing a financially self-sustaining business model to support hands-on marine science and history education for 110,000 K-12 students and 8,000 teachers annually.

INSIGHT: First Place for Youth – Sam Cobbs

Children & Families, INSIGHT, Justice & Poverty

Executive Director Sam Cobbs discusses how First Place for Youth enables youth aging out of foster care to make the difficult transition to independent living.

INSIGHT: Children Now – Ted Lempert

Children & Families, INSIGHT, Justice & Poverty

President Ted Lempert discusses how advocacy, politics, public service and programs sponsored by government and nonprofit entities can interact to improve the lives and futures of children.

INSIGHT: Juma Ventures – Marc Spencer

Children & Families, INSIGHT, Justice & Poverty

CEO Marc Spencer discusses how transformative educational life-skills experiences can break the cycle of poverty for youth.

INSIGHT: The San Francisco Foundation – Moy Eng

Arts, Media & Culture, Foundations, INSIGHT

Interim Program Officer for Arts and Culture Moy Eng discusses fundraising and funding for the arts from her perspective as a development professional for diverse organizations (inc. for the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Foundation), and as an art funder (inc. for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation).

INSIGHT: Bay Area Discovery Museum – Rich Winefield

Arts, Media & Culture, Children & Families, INSIGHT

Executive Director Rich Winefield discusses how the Bay Area Discovery Museum helps children and parents transform curiosity into knowledge and lifelong learning skills. Fostering creativity and exploration through contextualized hands-on learning is intrinsic to the Museum’s approach.

INSIGHT: Asian Pacific Fund – Gail Kong

Foundations, INSIGHT, Justice & Poverty

President Gail Kong discusses her work as the founder of a philanthropic organization serving diverse Asian-American communities, particularly the challenges of fundraising and forging consensus on priorities across cultural groups that have both common and divergent interests

INSIGHT: University of California Berkeley – David Blinder

Education, INSIGHT

Associate Vice Chancellor David Blinder contrasts fundraising practices in private and public universities, and discusses the impact that an organization’s culture can have on fundraising tactics and relations with donors.

INSIGHT: WildAid – Tod Bensen

Environment, INSIGHT

Taking a sabbatical from his career as a venture capitalist to work on ocean and other forms of conservation, Tod Bensen discusses how a VC business perspective informs his work as Board Chair of WildAid, a nonprofit that reduces demand for endangered species products

INSIGHT: Congregation Emanu-El – Joe Elbaum

INSIGHT, Justice & Poverty

Executive Director Joe Elbaum contrasts the management and governance challenges of the business and nonprofit sectors based on his experience as an IBM executive and as the staff leader of large congregations in New York and San Francisco.