Democratizing Philanthropy
About the Webinar
Until recently, many corporate giving decisions were made behind closed doors among a small group of insiders. Today, vanguard corporate philanthropists are drawing on the collective wisdom of customers, stakeholders and communities being served in order to address their concerns and engage them in decision-making. On this call, Net Impact and the Association of Corporate Contribution Professionals team up for a joint webinar on how corporations are adopting innovative giving practices to take advantage of social media and crowd sourcing.
Dr. Kellie McElhaney is the Alexander Faculty Fellow and the founding Faculty Director of the Center for Responsible Business at the Haas School of Business at the UC, Berkeley. Professor McElhaney teaches courses on Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility at Haas and consults to several Global 1000 companies in developing integrated CSR strategy, bridging her academic focus with the practitioner world. She serves on the Sustainability & Environmental Advisory Committee (SEAC) for the Dow Chemical Company, the Advisory Council for SustainAbility, and the Boards for Globescan, VolunteerMatch, and Soul of Haiti.
Megan Wood serves as Southwest Airlines’ Senior Manager of Community Relations and Giving. Megan’s team facilitates both corporate charitable contributions and Employee volunteer efforts throughout the company. Last year alone, her team fielded nearly 17,000 requests for support and donated over $13.9 million in combined cash and in-kind contributions to nonprofits nationwide. Prior to joining Southwest in 1998, Megan held several positions in the nonprofit sector.
Dean Kephart has spent his entire career involved in education and learning. He began as a high school English and speech teacher and was selected as an Outstanding Speech Coach of the Year in Iowa before moving into the corporate world holding roles at Control Data Corporation, MECC and Connors Communications. Today he serves as Target’s Group Manager of Community Relations, supporting initiatives in K-3 reading. Target’s giving initiatives totals more than $3 million a week.