Argentina
 Alberto Croce
Alberto Croce, as Executive Director of Fundación SES (Sustainability, Education, Solidarity), promotes and develops different strategies that strive for the inclusion of Argentinian teenagers with fewer opportunities.
 Mariana Lomé
Mariana Lomé is currently the Executive Director of Fundación Compromiso, an Argentinian organization that strengthens the management practices of civil society organizations.
Australia
 Darren Godwell
Darren Godwell is a private consultant in Australia and a founder of Australia's first aboriginal controlled national foundation.
Brazil
 Beatriz Azeredo
Beatriz Azeredo is Director of Instituto Desiderata in Rio de Janeiro, a grant-making organization that supports pediatric oncology and youth development.
 Rosangela Berman-Bieler
Rosangela Berman-Bieler is Executive Director of the Inter-American Institute on Disability & Inclusive Development, an organization focused on human rights and inclusive development throughout Latin America.
 Lucia Dellagnelo Gomes Vieria
Lucia Dellagnelo founded Instituto Comunitario Grande Florianopolis with the mission to mobilize, articulate and improve social investments made by different sectors in the Florianopolis, Brazil region.
 Amalia Fischer Pfaeffle
Amalia Fischer Pfaeffle founded the Angela Borba Fund for Women to raise awareness of the need to support women's causes.
 Lygia Fontanella
Lygia Fontanella, currently a private consultant, worked previously with CARE Brazil and the Abrinq Foundation for Children's Rights in Brazil.
 Marcos Kisil
Marcos Kisil is President of the Institute for the Development of Social Investment, which aims to promote private social investment as a mean to develop a more just and sustainable society in Brazil.
 Antonio Martinelli
Antonio Martinelli is a private consultant promoting the corporate social responsibility concept in Brazil and throughout Latin America.
 Maria (Malu) Nunes
Maria (Malu) de Lourdes Nunes is Executive Director of Fundação O Boticário de Proteção à Natureza, a recognized Brazilian nature conservation institution.
 Rebecca Raposo
Rebecca Raposo is the head of Instituto Akato, a non-governmental consumer awareness organization.
 Fernando Rossetti Ferreira
Fernando Rossetti is Executive Director of the Group of Institutes, Foundations and Enterprises (GIFE) in Brazil, an association of more than 80 private social investors.
 Ana Maria Wilheim
Ana Maria Wilheim is currently the Executive Director of Instituto DNA Brasil, which promotes the reflection and exchange of ideas between Brazilians in order to generate innovative mechanisms for change.
 Celso Grecco
Celso Grecco is President of Atitude Marketing Social, one of the first social marketing agencies in Brazil, and the creator of the Social Stock Exchange within BOVESPA, the largest stock exchange in Latin America.
Canada
 Monica Patten
Monica Patten is the President and CEO of Community Foundations of Canada, a network of over 155 community foundations.
Chile
 Lake Sagaris
Lake Sagaris is a founding member and current president of Living City (Ciudad Viva), a community organization and center for citizen-led urban planning based in Santiago, Chile.
Colombia
 Guillermo Carvajalino
Guillermo Carvajalino, Executive Director of Fundación Empresas para la Educacion, works to involve the private sector in the improvement of public education throughout Colombia.
 Oscar Rojas
Oscar Rojas is the Executive Director of Fundación AlvarAlice and was recognized with the Colombian Education Department's top award for his contributions to the country's higher education sector.
Costa Rica
 Bernardo Toro
Bernardo Toro, as an analyst on the Advisory Board of the Avina Foundation, works to further sustainable development through alliances between businesses and philanthropic organizations across Latin America.
Czech Republic
 Jiří Bárta
Jiří Bárta, Executive Director of the VIA Foundation in Prague, is strengthening democracy by empowering communities and individuals in the Czech Republic.
Ecuador
 Boris Cornejo
Boris Cornejo is currently Vice-President of the Esquel Foundation, an institution that has impacted the lives of more than 700,000 Ecuadorian children and youth, women, and indigenous populations.
Ghana
 Olabisi (Bisi) Adeleye-Feyemi
Olabisi (Bisi) Adeleye-Feyemi is Executive Director and co-founder of the African Women's Development Fund, the first Africa-wide fundraising and grant-making organization for African women.
Hungary
 Sándor Köles
Sándor Köles is Senior Vice-President for Programs and Development at the International Centre for Democratic Transition, an organization that captures Hungarian and Central European knowledge on transitioning to democracy.
India
Bharati Chaturvedi
Bharati Chaturvedi, founder and Director of Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group, focuses on issues of urban poverty, consumption, and sustainable livelihoods for the informal sector in India.
 Pushpa Aman Singh
Pushpa Aman Singh is the Chief Operating Officer of the GIVE Foundation, whose vision is to create a vibrant "philanthropy marketplace" in India.
 Ingrid Srinath
Ingrid Srinath is the Secretary-General of CIVICUS, and international alliance of civic action organizations.
 Priya Viswanath
Priya Viswanath, CEO of Charities Aid Foundation India and founder of Catalyst-Social Development Consultants, has been working with social development issues in India for more than a decade.
Indonesia
 Ismid Hadad
Ismid Hadad is a founding member and former Executive Director of KEHATI, an Indonesian biodiversity foundation.
 Abdi (Yenni) Suryaningati
Abdi (Yenni) Suryaningati is currently Vice-Director for Organizational Development and International Relations of Yappika Civil Society Alliance for Democracy in Jakarta, Indonesia
Jamaica
 David Smith
David C. Smith is founder and Managing Director of Business and Environment Management Services based in Jamaica.
Kenya
 Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo
Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo is Executive Director of the African Institute for Health and Development in Kenya, an institution that conducts research, training and advocacy on health and development issues.
 Janet Mawiyoo
Janet Mawiyoo is the CEO of the Kenya Community Development Foundation, the only public foundation in Kenya.
 Monica Mutuku
Monica Mutuku is currently the Secretary of the East Africa Association of Grantmakers, an initiative of a group of trusts and foundations working in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya.
 Elkanah Odembo
Elkanah Odembo is the Director of Ufadhili - The Center for Philanthropy and Social Responsibility in Kenya.
 William Okedi
Wlliam Okedi, currently working on his doctoral dissertation on public health, also serves on the Support Group of the Techincal Review Panel of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
Mexico
 Jaime Bolaños
Jaime Bolaños, Chief Executive of the Oaxaca Community Foundation, is working to foster the participation of society in civil affairs and to improve the quality of life of Oaxacan communities.
 Adriana Cortes
Adriana Cortes, Director of the Bajio Community Foundation in Mexico, has spent much of her professional life developing and strengthening the non-profit community in her native Irapuato.
 Agustín Landa
L. Agustín Landa, currently the Vice-President for Development at the Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla, is one of the founders of the Puebla Community Foundation in Mexico.
 Lorenzo Rosenzweig
Lorenzo J. De Rosenzweig is the Executive Director of the Mexican Nature Conservation Fund, an institution that provides subgrants to conservation projects throughout Mexico.
 Javier Vargas
Javier Vargas Mendoza is President of La Liga Iberoamericana de Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil, a civil society network connected to 18 countries.
 Karen Yarza Seiber
Karen Yarza Seiber is Executive Director of the Fundación Comunitaria de la Frontera Norte, which supports youth and social justice activities in the border city of Cuidad Juarez, Mexico.
Mozambique
 Carlos Fumo
Carlos Fumo is an independent consultant and promotes the emergence of local non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations in various parts of Mozambique.
Namibia
 Len le Roux
Len le Roux is Director for Partnerships in Southern Africa at the Synergos Institute. Before joining Synergos, Len was the director of the Rössing Foundation in Windhoek, Namibia.
Nigeria
 Babatunde Ahonsi
Babatunde Ahonsi is a senior program officer for sexuality and reproductive health at the West Africa office of the Ford Foundation in Nigeria.
Northern Ireland
 Avila Kilmurray
Avila Kilmurrary is Director of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, a grant-making organisation that supports community action and influences social justice policies.
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Pakistan
 Sadiqa Salahuddin
Sadiqa Salahuddin, as the Executive Director of the Indus Resource Centre, builds the capacity of grassroots organizations in Pakistan and implements a rights-based agenda around service delivery for essential basic needs.
Palestine
 Nora Murad
Nora Murad is the Executive Director of the Dalia Association, a community foundation founded by members of the Palestinian community from the West Bank, including Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, Israel, and the Diaspora.
Philippines
 Roberto Calingo
Roberto Calingo is the Executive Director of the Mirant Philippines Foundation, the corporate social responsbility arm of the Mirant Philippines Corporation.
 Marissa Camacho-Reyes
Marissa Camacho-Reyes is Executive Director of Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS), the global network of grantmaker associations and organizations that promotes and supports philanthropy.
 Marilou (Malu) Erni
Marilou G. Erni is currently Executive Director of the Petron Foundation and the chairperson of the League of Corporate Foundations in the Philippines.
 Eugenio (Eugene) Gonzales
Eugenio (Eugene) Gonzales, as an independent consultant, provides strategic planning, development, and management services to international NGOs, major donors, and private companies.
 Sandra Libunao
Sandra Libunao is an independent consultant with experience in designing training curricula, leading training sessions, and preparing and consolidating participant evaluations.
 Sixto (Sixdon) Macasaet
Sixto (Sixdon) Macasaet is Executive Director of the Caucus of Development NGO Networks in the Philippines, with over 2,000 affiliated civil society organizations nationwide.
 Felicitas (Fely) Rixhon
Felicitas (Fely) Rixhon is the Executive Director of the Philippine Center for Population and Development.
 Felicidad (Fely) Soledad
Felicidad (Fely) Soledad is the Executive Director of the Philippine Council for NGO Certification, a nonprofit corporation authorized by the Philippine government to certify NGOs for donee institution status.
 Julio Tan
Julio Tan is the Executive Director of the Foundation for the Philippine Environment in Quezón City, Philippines
 Aurora (Rory) Tolentino
Aurora (Rory) Tolentino is the Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium, an association that promotes the flow and effectiveness of philanthropy in the Asia-Pacific region.
Puerto Rico
 Nelson Colón
Nelson Colón is the President of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, the first community foundation created in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Russia
 Vadim Samorodov
Vadim Samorodov is the Program Manager of the Global Fund for Community Foundations, a recently established programme of the Worldwide Initiative for Grantmaker Support (WINGS).
South Africa
 Achmat Dangor
Achmat Dangor is CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa and a widely published author of five books.
 Anne Emmett
Anne Emmett works as an independent consultant affiliated with the Ackerman / Pick 'n Pay Foundation, and was formerly the Executive Director of the Equal Opportunity Foundation (EOF) in South Africa.
 Beulah Fredericks
Beulah Fredericks is Director of the Community Development Foundation-Western Cape, an organization that strengthens relationships and builds partnerships within communities.
 Christa Kuljian
Christa Kuljian, currently an independent development consultant and writer in Johannesburg, opened and led the Mott Foundation's program in South Africa.
 Ann Lamont
Ann Lamont, currently an independent consultant and the Director of Convene Venture Philanthropy, formerly led the Mindset Network in South Africa.
 Teboho Mahuma
Teboho Mahuma is the CEO for City Year-South Africa, a programme founded by President Mandela to promote youth service in the country
 Joy Mills-Hackmann
Joy Mills-Hackmann, currently the Foundation Director for Kearsney College in Johannesburg, was formerly the development manager for the South African Sugar Association.
 Katharine Miszewski
Katharine Miszewski is the Executive Manager of the Old Mutual Foundation, one of South Africa's leading corporate foundations.
 Kgotso Schoeman
Kgotso Schoeman, a well-known community development activist in South Africa, is the CEO of the Kagiso Trust.
 Afsaneh Tabrizi
Afsaneh Tabrizi is Chief Operating Officer of Shisaka Development Management Services in Johannesburg.
South Korea
 Won Soon Park
Won Soon Park is the Executive Director of the Beautiful Foundation in Korea, a public fund run by participation and assistance from a broad range of supporters.
Taiwan
 Hui-Jung Chi
Chi Hui-Jung is the Chief Executive Officer of The Garden of Hope Foundation in Taiwan and has launched the first anti-child prostitution social movement there.
Tanzania
 Olive Damian Luena
Olive Damian Luena is currently the CEO of the Tanzania Gatsby Trust, an organization established in 1992 for the relief of poverty and the advancement of education.
Thailand
 Benjamas Siripatra
Benjamas Siripatra is the Director of the Local Development Foundation in Thailand, enhancing the effectiveness of Thai nongovernmental organizations and community development programs for the poor.
 Sukich Udindu
Sukich Udindu, currently a private consultant, was formerly the Director of Resource Development at CARE Thailand - Raks Thai Foundation.
Uganda
 Chebet Maikut
Chebet Maikut is Vice-President of the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) and a senior advisor at the Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE).
United Kingdom
 David Bonbright
David Bonbright is founder and Chief Executive of Keystone, an initiative that seeks to influence development practice through a model of civil society accountability.
 Steven Burkeman
Steven Burkeman, currently an independent consultant, writer, and lecturer, was formerly the Secretary of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust in the United Kingdom.
 Caroline Hartnell
Caroline Hartnell is the Editor of Alliance, a quarterly magazine that focuses on philanthropy and social investment worldwide.
 Gaynor Humphreys
Gaynor Humphreys is E xecutive Director of London Funders, a membership organization working with funders and investors that support London's voluntary and community organizations.
United States
 Emmett Carson
Emmett Carson, President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, has been named by The Nonprofit Times as one of the 50 most influential nonprofit leaders in the United States.
 John Davies
John Davies, as President of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, was at the forefront of the Hurricane Katrina emergency relief efforts in Louisiana.
 Gilda Haas
Gilda Haas is Executive Director of Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, a popular education organization dedicated to building economic power for working class people in Los Angeles.
 Etha Henry
Etha J. Henry is founder and President of the EJH Alliance, providing consulting services in organizational development.
 Peter Hero
Peter Hero is Senior Advisor and former president of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
 Paula Johnson
Paula Johnson, a Senior Fellow of The Philanthropic Initiative and a Research Fellow of the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard University, leads efforts to understand, strengthen, and support global philanthropy and its impact on global development.
 Joseph (Joe) Lumarda
Joseph (Joe) Lumarda, currently with the Capital Guardian Group, was formerly the executive vice-president and chief operating officer of the California Community Foundation.
 Joyce Malombe
Joyce Malombe is the Program Officer for Education at ELMA Philanthropies. Formerly, she was a program officer at the Ford Foundation's International Fellowships Program.
 Juraj Mesik
Juraj Mesik is a Senior Community Foundation Specialist at the Social Development Department of the World Bank.
 Jacqueline Novogratz
Jacqueline Novogratz is founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a global nonprofit venture fund serving the four billion people living on less than $4 per day.
 Carla Roberts
Carla Roberts, as Vice-President of Affiliates for the Arizona Community Foundation, brings together donors, nonprofits, beneficiaries, foundation staff and professional advisors.
 Shannon St. John
Shannon E. St. John, Senior Advisor to the Synergos Institute, was founder and former Executive Director of the Triangle Community Foundation in North Carolina.
Zimbabwe
 Inviolatta Moyo
Inviolatta Mpuli Moyo is the Executive Director of the Community Foundation for the Western Region of Zimbabwe, the second community foundation to be founded in sub-Saharan Africa.
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