Chris was a high-level strategy, technology, and marketing consultant to Global 1000 companies in our former lives. For over a decade, he helped clients like Microsoft, Novell, American Airlines, and many others worldwide innovate and grow.
Prior to joining Breezio, Ben held various roles ranging from Sales Manager to Director of Client Services at Avectra (now Abila) as well as Vocus (then publicly traded as VOCS before being acquired by Cision). Following that he founded and co-founded multiple successful companies providing technology-focused products and services to associations and nonprofits. Ben is always balancing his strategic and entrepreneurial mindset with learning new technologies while remaining focused on the people and relationship-building elements of business. Ben is an active volunteer, member, committee member, and speaker with multiple associations and nonprofits including the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), the Society for Information Management (SIM), the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), is a member of the NVTC Executive Circle and also serves on the Board of Directors for the Rochester Ataxia Foundation (RAF) based out of his hometown in Western New York.
Jennifer S. Rubin is a dynamic leader and innovative development and marketing strategist with more than two decades supporting non-profits in achieving financial and organizational growth through integrated marketing and communications strategy, fundraising campaigns, tactical partnerships and positioning, donor cultivation, and overseeing team development and organizational infrastructure. She has served as the Vice President of Partnerships and Special Projects for the American Society of the University of Haifa (ASUH), Senior Development Executive for American Friends of The Hebrew University (AFHU) and Vice President of Development and Marketing for YRF Darca.
Katy Abram is a Partner Success Manager at Tatango. Katy’s current role is instrumental in understanding Tatango’s existing agency partners and growing their overall usage of its platform, both in number of customers and overall sending volume. She develops and implements plans to influence and educate General Consultants to ensure increased usage of the platform. By providing agencies and GCs with the tools, resources, skills and knowledge necessary to improve overall effectiveness and efficiency, Katy works to improve partner productivity and ROI. She takes point to initiate, drive, support and execute partner enablement efforts to expand meaningful partner usage of Tatango.
Dan Kowitz is the Founder & CEO of JSB Partnership Consultants. He is a mindful leader with 31 years of revenue acceleration, client leadership, staff management and business operations. He is a professional with deep experience in fast-paced team environments within the association, brand, cause, cultural, entertainment, nonprofit, retail, sports and other sectors. His professional experience includes positions at IEG, the American Bar Association, the Museum of Science and Industry, Target and Ameritech. JSB’s recent clients include ASAE, American Academy of Pediatrics, Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, Food Bank for NYC, International City/County Management Association and many others.
Alexis Miller is the Donor Engagement and Strategic Partnerships Lead at Endaoment.org, the first 501(c)3 community foundation built on the Ethereum blockchain. Endaoment manages and encourages the charitable giving of crypto and NFTs, powered entirely by smart contract infrastructure. Alexis facilitates the relationship between nonprofit organizations looking to receive crypto donations, and crypto donors looking to contribute. Before joining Endaoment, Alexis worked as a philanthropic advisor in the donor-advised fund space. She earned a Masters in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania, an undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and now lives in the Washington DC area.
Conor Hughes is a SHRM-CP certified HR professional with over a decade of experience,
currently serving as an HR Consultant at RealHR Solutions and a board member of the
Westchester Human Resource Management Association. His expertise lies in transforming HR
operations through strategic development, leadership coaching, and employee engagement.
Known for his ability to align HR strategy with business goals, Conor has a track record of
success in implementing effective policies and procedures that enhance organizational
performance. His strategic and bottom-up approach to HR solutions, coupled with his
commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, positions him as a leading figure in the human
resources community.
Marilyn Foster Kirk, CFRE, is a fundraising professional, consultant and educator with more than 35 years’ experience. Her expertise includes fundraising analysis, planning, and performance; strategic planning; board development; executive and fundraising staff development; major and principal gifts; and fundraising ethics.
She has held the following professional fundraising leadership positions: associate vice chancellor of development at the University of Illinois at Chicago and associate vice president of the University of Illinois Foundation, chief development officer for the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Northwestern University, assistant chancellor for university relations at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and executive officer of the UW-Parkside Foundation. She also served as a development officer for Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Carroll College, and the Kansas State Historical Society.
James Martin is a 3x tech founder and servant leader with over two decades of experience working in the social sector. As the founder of Rally Corp, he helps charities and causes rally passionate supporters with a human-centered text messaging platform built exclusively for nonprofits.
Bruce Rosenthal has advanced corporate partnership programs for more than 20 years. He is a strategic advisor, consultant, and educator to associations and not-for-profit organizations, creating corporate partnership programs that increase revenue, add membership/constituent value, and foster organizational sustainability. He demonstrates leadership in identifying and cultivating sponsorship and partnership best practices, opportunities, and solutions as Convener of the Partnership Professionals Network (PPN), a national sponsorship/partnership organization.
