 | Lana Volftsun | Lana Volftsun is the One Percent Foundation's first Executive Director! She also founded jenerocity, a giving circle project for young Jewish professionals in Washington, DC and is a member of the Slingshot Fund, a collective fund which provides support for a subset of innovative organizations featured in the Slingshot Guide. In addition, Lana sits on the Issues Committee for the National Center for Family Philanthropy and the Steering Committee for the Nexus Global Youth Summit on Innovative Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship. Previously, she facilitated the Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute (JYPI) program in Northern Virginia and served on the Young Leadership Board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Prior to joining OPF, Lana worked as a Technology Consultant at Deloitte Consulting. She has a BSBA and Master's Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Washington University in St. Louis. Lana enjoys skiing, sky diving, wearing bows, and watching the show Glee! |
 | Maya Enista Smith | Maya Enista Smith joined Mobilize.org in July 2005 as Chief Operating Officer. Today, she is the Chief Executive Officer of a growing and innovative Millennial organization whose mission is to improve democracy by investing in Millennial-driven solutions. Maya began her career as the East Coast Coordinator for Rock The Vote at age 17, a position in which she registered over 30,000 young people. She continued her voter registration work when she accepted the position of National Field Director for the Hip Hop Civic Engagement Project, a project that grew out of the successful National Hip Hop Political Convention in Newark, NJ. In addition to her work with Mobilize.org, Maya serves on the Advisory Board for CIRCLE, the Working Group for the Civic Health Index of the National Conference on Citizenship, and the Board of Directors for BoardSource. For her leadership, Maya has been awarded a YouthActionNet Fellowship, the Independent Sector NGEN American Express Fellowship, Utne Reader’s 50 Visionaries Changing Your World Award, WIN’s Young Women of Achievement Award and Gelman, Rosenberg + Freedman 20011 EXCEL Award for Excellence in Non-Profit Management. Most recently, Maya was awarded the competitive Prime Movers Fellowship of the Hunt Alternatives Fund, a multi-year fellowship program for emerging and established social movement leaders working at the national level. Maya, very proud of her Jersey roots, grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey and attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ and Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. She currently resides in Washington DC with her husband, David and her two black labs, Hudson and Zinny. |
 | Dan Lack | “Family First.” Those were the last words Pablo Escobar’s brother left Dan Lack with in an exclusive interview when asked what matters most. Dan has gone on to create a new family for top flight entrepreneurs and industry leaders: Meeting of the Big Minds (MBM). MBM is a "summer camp for adults" style event company that produces, hosts, and curates 4 day retreats bringing together 15 of the country's biggest dreamers and doers at a time to connect and collaborate. From Hollywood producers and actors, to social entrepreneurs and philanthropists, MBM is an intimate Summit Series like experience for TED type visionaries. Dan also created Pushing Beyond, an interview series focused on helping young leaders follow their passions, served as the Managing Director for Keith Ferrazzi's annual Big Task Weekend, worked internationally for the Ecuadorian American Chamber of Commerce in Quito, was the youngest president in 89 years of the Atlanta Jr. Chamber of Commerce, and was honored as an Atlanta Power 30 Under 30 awardee. |
 | Benjamin Swig | Benjamin Swig is a Public Health Preparedness and Response consultant currently working as a Public Health Subject Matter Expert for Cabezon Group in the Office of the Surgeon General. He is responsible for strategic planning, and coordinating execution of the Community Health and Service Missions (CHASM) program recently initiated by the Office of Force Readiness and Deployment. Projects include organizational development, leadership development and training, strengthening local health infrastructure, increasing cultural fluency, and providing direct medical care to underserved and vulnerable populations within the United States. He has nearly ten years of experience working with nonprofit and volunteer organizations having worked with various levels of government and tribal nations. Benjamin has been an active member of Slingshot since 2010. Benjamin has an MPH from the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Bachelor's degree from Trinity College. |
 | Marissa Lifshen | Marissa Lifshen is a Lead Educational Adviser at the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, located just outside of Washington, DC. As an Adviser, she provides comprehensive mentoring and financial support to high-achieving, low-income high school students from across the country. Previously, Marissa served as a College Access Specialist in the Atlanta Public Schools as part of a reform initiative called Project GRAD, whose mission is to increase high school graduation rates and college attendance in the most at-risk and underserved communities. She spent three years as the Director of College Counseling at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, an academically rigorous and socially diverse public school in Manhattan, where she was responsible for the creation and growth of their college counseling program. She also spent time living in Chicago, where she worked at two Jewish educational organizations in various capacities related to student services and outreach. Marissa has served as a panelist at several national and regional conferences, presenting on topics specifically targeted at orienting new professionals to the field of college admission counseling. She is also active in supporting the Multiple Sclerosis Society and has been recognized as a top fundraiser for each of the last five years. A native Texan, Marissa earned an Ed.M. in Counseling from Columbia University’s Teachers College and a dual B.A. in Psychology and Judaic Studies from Brown University. |
 | Mike Berkowitz | Mike Berkowitz is co-founder & CEO of Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, LLC, a full-service philanthropic advisory and nonprofit consulting firm that specializes in designing and implementing innovative next generation philanthropic engagement opportunities for individuals, nonprofits, foundations, and businesses. Prior to founding Third Plateau, Mike served as Senior Vice President for Operations and Strategy at the Bonner Group, Inc., a nonprofit and Democratic political fundraising firm in Washington, DC. In this capacity, Mike served as a lead consultant to the Democracy Alliance, a partnership of the nation’s leading progressive philanthropists. Before joining the Bonner Group, Mike worked at Mammen, Pritchard & Associates, a Democratic direct mail firm on Capitol Hill. Previously, he was the Public Policy Fellow at the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, where he was responsible for a range of policy issues, including election reform, hate crimes, and welfare reauthorization. Mike serves on the Board of Advisors of Philanthrotopia, a venture philanthropy partnership focused on innovative community-based impact through smart, grassroots philanthropy. A native of New York City, Mike lives in San Francisco with his wife, Debbie Tuttle Berkowitz. They recently returned from a nine-month around-the-world journey to Australia/New Zealand, Asia, the Middle East, and parts of Europe. Mike has a B.A. in History, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Brown University. |
 | Sharon Su | Sharon manages strategic SMB partnerships for Yahoo! Prior to her current role, she managed publisher partnerships for Meebo in San Francisco, handled hedge fund relationships for Goldman Sachs in New York, performed business analysis for NASDAQ in Rockville, and did antitrust research for Economists Inc. in Washington DC. She hearts (in no particular order) environmental and agricultural responsibility, horse-sized dogs, single malt scotch, travel, running, pilates, windsurfing, and the outside. She dislikes cauliflower. Sharon has a B.A. in Government and Economics from Skidmore College. Originally from Taiwan, South Carolina, and Hong Kong, Sharon currently lives in the SoMa neighborhood of San Francisco. |
 | Betsy Uhrman | Betsy is a Consultant at the nonprofit consulting firm NPO Solutions, where she works to expand the capacity and impact of nonprofit organizations. A native Angeleno, Betsy returned to Los Angeles--after stints in New York City and San Francisco--to complete her Masters in Public Administration at USC. Not a stranger to philanthropy, Betsy previously worked at the Open Society Institute and Tides Foundation; her responsibilities included providing strategic consultation and coordination for grantmaking programs. Betsy received a B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She currently lives by the beach with her OPF Partner husband, Joel. |
 | Ryan Vaughan | Ryan is an aerospace engineer working in space systems engineering for NASA in the San Francisco Bay Area. He currently lives in Mountain View, CA. Ryan grew up in the Bay Area and has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from UCLA and an M.S. in Astronautical Engineering from USC. |
 | Dulcie Madden | Dulcie currently attends the MIT Sloan School of Management, where she is an MBA Candidate for the Class of 2013. Previously, she worked as a Program Officer for the Deshpande Foundation in Hubli, India and Boston, Massachusetts. She received her BS in Biology from Georgetown University and her MPH from Boston University, where she concentrated in epidemiology and international health. |
 | Jare Akchin | Jaré lives in Chicago, IL and serves as the Director of Annual Giving at JCC Chicago. Prior to her work at JCC, Jaré served as the founding Director of the Jewish Service Learning Project at the Bureau of Jewish Education, where she worked to engage teens and young adults in service and social justice. Jaré has also served as a consultant to Jewish Funds for Justice, the Regional Director for BBYO in Northern California and Teen Director at the JCC San Francisco. Jaré holds a BS in Environmental Science and Public Policy from the University of Maryland and a Masters in Public Administration with a focus in Nonprofit Management from San Francisco State University. Jaré is a Baton Rouge native and an avid LSU football fan. |
 | Scott Alter | Scott is the co-founder of Standard Property Company, a real estate investment and management firm based in Los Angeles, CA. Standard Property Company is a full-service multi-family investment firm, providing investment, development, and management services to owners, investment managers, and investors across a diverse platform of geographic locations. Prior to co-founding Standard, Scott was an investment professional at Stockbridge Real Estate Funds, a real estate investment firm, which at the time of Scott's departure, managed three real estate opportunity funds with over .7 billion of assets. Previously, Scott worked as a Financial Analyst in Merrill Lynch & Co.'s investment banking division. Scott received a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. |
 | Daniel Kaufman | Daniel Kaufman is the Co-Founder of the One Percent Foundation, an organization building a broad-based movement of next generation philanthropists by making giving accessible, engaging, and meaningful. He is also the Co-Founder of Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in designing and implementing innovative next generation philanthropic engagement opportunities for individuals, non-profits, foundations, and businesses. Prior to starting OPF and Third Plateau, Daniel worked as the General Counsel for Revolution Prep, an educational services and products company, and as an associate at Heller Ehrman, LLP in San Francisco. Previously, Daniel served as a Legislative Assistant for the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and the Interfaith Alliance, working on issues ranging from campaign finance reform to foreign policy. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Tutorpedia Foundation and as a representative on the Council on Foundations Next Gen Task Force. Daniel has a J.D. from UCLA School of Law and a B.A. from Stanford University. He lives in Sacramento, CA with his wife, Talia, and children, Mia and Eli. |
 | Abby Flottemesch | Abby Flottemesch is the Chief Development & Engagement Officer at Atlas Corps, an international network of nonprofit leaders and organizations that promotes innovation, cooperation, and solutions to address the world's 21st century challenges. Abby brings more than 10 years of experience in development, communications, and youth leadership development, which includes being a Class 2 Atlas Corps Fellow in Colombia. Abby also worked as a Development Strategist for the Inter-American Culture and Development Foundation (Washington, DC), Fundacion Escuela Nueva (Bogota, Colombia), and The Campus Kitchens Project (national). Abby is the DC Community Captain for the One Percent Foundation. She served as an AmeriCorps VISTA in Puerto Rico and organized community development efforts throughout the northern part of the island. Abby graduated with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Communications and Spanish with a minor in Marketing from the University of Minnesota Duluth and completed the Fundraising for Small Nonprofits course offered by The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. |