As the president of Iris Creative Group Inc., Beth Brodovsky works with nonprofit leaders to focus their audience and move them to action. For 26 years, Beth and her team have developed nonprofit branding, marketing and fundraising communication. She runs Nonprofit Toolkit, training programs to grow in-house marketing skills on staff, hosted the 200-episode Driving Participation Podcast and speaks on nonprofit marketing nationally.
Jim Wacksman is the Producer & CEO at Association Studios. The video production company he created for non-profit organizations in 2007. He continues to work with hundreds of associations across the country helping to produce over 1,000 videos every year.
Ashish Malik has recently taken the helm as the new CEO of 108 Ideaspace, a digital marketing company for non-profits, associations and membership organizations across North America. Before joining 108 Ideaspace more than 12 years ago, Malik worked at several of the world’s largest IT service firms providing and building solutions for Fortune 500 clients.
Rusty is the Co-founder of AnswerStage — a Boston-based provider of automated video collection and production services. AnswerStage is the most recent in a series of successful technology businesses that Rusty has helped start and grow including Delphi Internet, Prospero Technologies, and KnowledgeVision. Rusty’s passion is helping companies and organizations engage with their constituents and leverage the cost-efficiencies of user-generated content. With the rapid growth of video for marketing and education, AnswerStage works with clients to automatically collect, brand, and produce videos to promote events, serve as testimonials and showcase expertise.
Holman Gao is the Founder/CEO of BoostMySchool, the all-in-one fundraising platform for schools. He started his tech career in Silicon Valley as a senior software engineer at several venture-backed startups, one of which was acquired by Google. When his former high school needed to raise money to cover funding lost due to budget cuts, he built the first version of BoostMySchool to assist with their efforts. Since then, BoostMySchool has onboarded K-12 schools and universities coast-to-coast and helped them raise millions of dollars.
Rebecca is the SVP of Strategic Development at ShopRaise. She connects partners and accounts to the ShopRaise platform. With a proven record of 20+ years of fundraising and marketing success, Rebecca’s goal is to help organizations grow their revenue, thus allowing more time to focus on their mission. She is passionate about providing the best service and user experience for organizations and supporters.
Roger Devine is a Partner and Marketing Director at SchoolAuction. He is an experienced marketing professional, with a focus on helping small businesses, technology start-ups, and non-profit organizations. Roger has extensive experience in the software, merchant-processing and publishing industries.
Ethan Gray, CAE, Director of Association Management Services (AMS),has been in the nonprofit sector for his entire career beginning with post-college terms as a VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) and AmeriCorps member working for regional community development organizations. An Association Manager since 2006, he has worked in both the AMC and stand-alone environments and has extensive experience in membership, governance, and infrastructure development.
Leona Dalavai Scott is the President and Founder at JEP Marketing Communications. She helps associations and small businesses build profitable content to get and keep members/customers. Leona founded JEP Marketing Communications in 2018, after having worked for several national trade and professional associations in North Texas, both as an editor and also managing marketing and communications teams.
Morgan Wood is the Head of Community at Hivebrite. She’s a creative, high-energy individual who loves to approach new ideas, relationships, and challenges innovatively. Morgan is driven by the opportunity to leverage the power of community to create meaningful change, both professionally and personally. Her career has allowed her to create social change by developing programs, mentoring young leaders to become changemakers, and assisting communities to create conscious and equitable spaces.
