A brown-bag discussion with Jennifer McCrea, President, Sarvada Consulting
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 11th, 12:30-1:45 PM
Location: Hauser Center Conference Room, 5 Bennett Street (Charles Hotel complex)
Jennifer is the president of Sarvada Consulting, a firm she started to guide high net worth individuals and visionary leaders to build their philanthropic endeavors. Some of her current clients include the Harvard University School of Public Health, Millennium Promise, Columbia University, Quincy Jones Foundation, NPower New York, Veris Partners, and Preventive Medicine Research Institute founded by Dr. Dean Ornish. She’s also recently worked on projects with the Clinton Foundation, Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, Sterling Stamos Foundation and Acumen Fund. Prior to creating Sarvada, Jennifer spent nearly two decades as an academic fundraiser, first at Case Western Reserve University and then Washington University in St. Louis, where she served as Director of Development during their $2 Billion Capital Campaign. Most recently, she was Vice President for Development at Dickinson College.
Jennifer will be joined by John Megrue, who is CEO of Apax, a large private equity company based in London and NY. John is a active and longstanding philanthropist and, among his many board positions, he chairs the development committee at Millennium Promise. John will address the issue of fundraising in a difficult economic climate from the donor’s point of view.
New Leaders in Philanthropy Seminar Series
This seminar series brings new leaders from the major US charitable foundations to the Hauser Center for discussions with faculty, students, and other leaders about trends in US philanthropy and their ambitions for the nonprofit sector.Fall 2008 Seminars
October 1, 2008:
The Hon. David M. Walker
President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation
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November 12, 2008:
Luis A. Ubinãs
President of the Ford Foundation
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December 11, 2008:
Gara LaMarche
President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies
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