Maria Bryan

Maria Bryan is a trauma-informed storytelling trainer. She helps nonprofit leaders tell powerful and impactful stories that resist harm. Maria has over fifteen years of experience in marketing communications in the public sector. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration, a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, and Professional Certificates in Trauma & Resilience, Trauma-Informed Space Holding, and Somatic Embodiment & Regulation. She believes that storytellers play a crucial role in making the world a better place.

Estefania Mulvey Videla

With over 12 years of experience in community development and social justice, I am committed to helping marginalized communities achieve greater civic engagement and empowerment. My work has focused on ensuring that the least disadvantaged members of society receive the rights and resources they are entitled to, and I strive to leverage my experiences to create a brighter future for those in need. I am dedicated to building capacity and empowering individuals and organizations to make positive changes in their communities.

Scott Craig

Scott Craig is the Senior Vice President of Product & Strategy at Softdocs, the process automation platform for schools. He has over 20 years of experience in the document management and automation space for education and government. Scott is passionate about delivering software that helps organizations achieve exceptional results.

Jack Halpern

Jack’s passion for identifying top-tier developers, fundraising professionals, & experienced customer service providers has led InstaRaise to become the industry-leading fundraising platform. With his management team, he has helped thousands of schools & non-profits raise tens of millions of dollars yearly.

InstaRaise’s SaaS fundraising software is also helping other companies to do the same. Jack is dedicated to finding simple solutions for everyday fundraising & business challenges, improving the user experience, & firmly believes that “data tells the whole story.”

Under his leadership, InstaRaise has created a culture of excellence and innovation, with a commitment to data-driven decision-making to help schools, charities, & fundraising companies increase their bottom line. Jack continues to improve InstaRaise’s products, services, & customer experience to ensure it remains the go-to fundraising platform.

Brian Joseph

Brian has 20 years of leadership experience in both for-profit and non-profit industries. Throughout his career, Brian has focused on building national sales channels and cultures based on a set of core principles, as well as corporate strategy development and execution.

As CEO of RevJen Group, Brian leads a dynamic team of professionals who are dedicated to the empowerment of non-profit leaders through effective, high-impact solutions. Brian wakes up each day eager to share RevJen’s vision.

He is a speaker and author and has served on for-profit and non-profit boards. He is based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area where he enjoys spending time with his family, reading, and chasing his dogs around. He holds an Executive MBA, with honors, from Southern Methodist University.

Danielle Rocheleau

As CEO, Danielle leads the Laridae team, driving the future growth of the company, ensuring we have a strong, values-based workplace culture, and that we continue to prioritize our clients’ experiences. The foundation of Danielle’s professional experience, career, and passion has been rooted in community development. An entrepreneurial, strategic thinker, Danielle deploys collaborative approaches to problem-solving. She leads some of Laridae’s highest-profile strategic planning, governance, communications, and branding projects.

Kevin Spykerman

As the Director of Business Development, I lead my team with a passion to serve the customer but also serve my team. Understanding that results are the product of diligent work executed over periods of time, I am able to break down the sales process into manageable goals. I have a passion to help my team achieve their personal, professional and financial goals.

Andy Choi

Andy is the Founder and CEO of Do Good Points, a digital platform that’s working to bridge the gap between nonprofits and individuals seeking to make a difference in the world. Though he never imagined starting a business in the social impact space, starting Do Good Points felt like answering a calling to give back. An entrepreneur at heart, Andy started his first business at 14 painting address numbers on sidewalk curbs for homeowners across the Bay Area. Within the first two years, the business was operating in three cities, with 21 employees. Since then, he’s led multiple ventures including two separate retail food & beverage businesses, an international eco-manufacturing company, multiple e-commerce lines, and an international business development consultancy. Before starting Do Good Points, he worked at a global market research company, partnering with top blue-chip brands in travel, retail, and digital marketing industries on customer loyalty, affiliate marketing, market research, programmatic marketing, and monetization.

Michael Peterman

Founded VeraData in 2007, a next generation, machine learning analytic solution for the direct marketing and fundraising community. Named on DM News’ 40 Under 40 list of most influential and talented entrepreneurs whose efforts are shaping the direct marketing industry. VeraData serves over 450 organizations, is a Google Partner, builds hundreds of prescriptive and predictive models and has developed best in class omni-channel analytic technology running on a Tflop scale. Prior to VeraData: Partner at AccuData, a top direct and integrated marketing corporation. Built and led a senior team of over 150 data experts who consult and advise direct marketing professionals on data and related solutions for their clients’ marketing initiatives. Responsible for the acquisition, growth and development of major accounts such as Starwood, John Deere, Hyatt, AOL and Sprint.

Kurt Worrell

Kurt Worrell is the Senior VP of Donor Engagement and Nonprofit Strategies at StoryCause. He helps non-profits engage with their donors through stories, at scale, and build capacity. He’s a passionate fundraising professional dedicated to helping NPO’s maximize potential and impact.