Karen Houghton is the CEO and Founder of Infinite Giving, the asset management platform for nonprofits. Their mission is to leverage modern, financial technology to grow the world's giving by helping nonprofits invest reserve funds, create and manage endowments, and receive stock and crypto gifts easily with software that automates their investment strategy.

Jenn McEwen uses more than a 19 years of practical experience, education and expertise to help nonprofits become more effective in fulfilling their missions. Jenn McEwen’s specialty is creating systems and designing tools that empower nonprofit leaders to execute with excellence, based on sector research and best practices.

Committed to living by his personal motto, “Build As We Climb”,change agent, thought leader, entrepreneur and emerging philanthropist, James M. Bailey has dedicated his life to serving others.

James serves as President and CEO of the Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (RCIE). Honoring the great legacy and visionary business leadership of Herman J. Russell, Sr., he will lead the development of the largest center in America, driven by impact, dedicated to empowering Black entrepreneurs and small business owners; over 50,000 square feet designed to inspire ideas, create jobs, grow companies, and increase wealth in the community.

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Ted is the author of the recently published Culture Built my Brand, founder of BrandBoards and co-founder of Historic Agency, a brand strategy, innovation, and culture consultancy that helps ambitious brands do more good.

Peter Greer is the President and CEO of HOPE International. Peter’s favorite part of his job is spending time with the entrepreneurs HOPE serves—whether harvesting coffee with farmers in Rwanda, dancing alongside savings groups in Haiti, or visiting the greenhouses of entrepreneurs in Ukraine.

Kristina Jaskyte Bahr has an established record of service, teaching, and productive scholarship in the areas of innovation, change, creativity, design thinking, and governance in nonprofit organizations. Her work cuts across many traditional and innovative disciplines and has been cited in a wide array of journals, among them Public Administration Review, International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations (VOLUNTAS), Nonprofit Management and Leadership, and Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, and Governance.

Blake W. Howard is the creative director and co-founder of Matchstic, a brand identity house based in Atlanta that he started at the age of 22. A Nashville, Tennessee native, and University of Tennessee graduate, Blake has helped build an enthusiastic and focused branding firm, with national recognition, that serves global brands, courageous startups, and ambitious non-profits.