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GFE 11th Annual Conference

Planning Committee

  • David Cournoyer (Co-Chair), Lumina Foundation for Education
  • Stephen Patrick (Co-Chair), New Mexico Community Foundation
  • Lori Bezahler, The Edward W. Hazen Foundation
  • Al Castle, Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation
  • Nicole Gallant, The Atlantic Philanthropies
  • Monica Martinez, KnowledgeWorks Foundation
  • Peggy Mueller, The Chicago Community Trust
  • Helen Rosen, Arizona Community Foundation
  • Danny Shoy, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
  • Chris Stecklein, Care Foundation

Host Committee

  • Billie Blair, Santa Fe Community Foundation
  • Susan Cantor, New Mexico Association of Grantmakers
  • Jason Gaulden, The Daniels Fund
  • Susan Herrera, Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation
  • Owen Lopez, McCune Charitable Foundation
  • Diane Harrison Ogawa, PNM Foundation
  • Stephen Patrick, New Mexico Community Foundation
  • Steve Rasmussen, Messengers of Healing Winds Foundation
  • Dianne Rivera, Con Alma Health Foundation
  • Wynn Rosser, Greater Texas Foundation
  • Dolores Roybal, Con Alma Health Foundation
  • Bob Reid, J.F Maddox Foundation
  • Natalie Sanchez Campos, New Mexico College Success Network
  • Jennifer Townsend, J.F Maddox Foundation



  Read more and register for GFE's 14th annual conference, The Fierce Urgency of Now:  Fulfilling the Promise of Excellence and Equity. The conference is the nation's largest gathering of education grantmakers. 


  Read our new report From Access to Success:  A Funders' Guide to Ensuring More Americans Earn Postsecondary Degrees, which captures lessons from our recent member briefing.


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  Deepen your strategic grantmaking with Benchmarking 2009, GFE's annual report on trends in education philanthropy. Learn what Education Week says about the impact the report is having on the field of education reform.


Listen to Secretary Arne Duncan’s June 24th call with education grantmakers.


Access new GFE member benefits, including Philanthropy In/Sight, a dynamic mapping tool from the Foundation Center, and a discounted subscription to Foundation Review, the peer-reviewed quarterly from the Johnson Center for Philanthropy.


  View GFE's web seminar: Expanded Learning Opportunities: A Key Lever to Turn Around Low-Performing Schools. 07/15/2010 (~ 1 hr)

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  Watch provocative suggestions from Secretary Arne Duncan, Professor Nichole Pinkard, Matt Miller, and Larry Keeley on how grantmakers can transform education, by transforming their own funding strategies.


Access resources from recent GFE programs. Stream audio, view slides, watch video and read presentations from GFE web seminars and our annual conference.


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