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Aug 01 , 2006 Special Report:NPT’s Power and Influence Top 50 2006
Rain. Fire. Pestilence. Civil unrest. Pandemics. Gloom of night. What’s next? Locusts? In some parts of the world, yes.
Audrey Alvarado Nonprofits at the state level are doing the sector’s heavy lifting and Alvarado leads the umbrella organization for them all. She also is leveraging that clout with a nonprofit Congress in Washington, D.C., later this year. Nan Aron Aron continues, even after 30 years, as a key player in public Diana Aviv Aviv has become a lightning rod for both organizations that want to work more closely with Congress on charitable reform and those that don’t. Some say she helped to stave off draconian changes in the law while others believe she was complicit in the sector Gary Bass Nobody is better at divining what legislative fine print means to the charitable sector, getting the translation out to leadership and rallying advocacy. Nothing slips by him. Nothing.
Daniel Ben-Horin Technical assistance is taken to the sector as it should be by Ben-Horin and his team via TechSoup and TechSoup Stock. He has built the organization into the “must go first” site for information on nonprofit hardware, software and the sharing of information on every possible tech topic. Susan Berresford With operations and funding around the globe, Berresford has a leadership role in how foundations will fund projects and behave in the world community. According to Forbes magazine, she is one of the 100 most powerful women in the world. Shay Bilchik Bilchik is a top lobbyist who heads the 900-member CWLA, which educates legislators that protecting vulnerable children is a family matter. CWLA’s Framework for Community Action is a blueprint for those in the sector and elected officials to use. Jerr Boschee A founder of the social entrepreneur movement, he is a thought leader for strategic marketing and teaching nonprofit managers that, in actuality, they are all social entrepreneurs. It’s a state of mind, not just finance. Paul Brest Co-convener of the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector, Brest is the
Kelly Browning A powerhouse insider on high-profile direct response boards and behind the scenes, little happens at nonprofit organizations that deal with direct response fundraising and regulation without Browning having a say in the outcome or direction of the strategy. Emmett D. Carson Carson is a master at developing collaborative relationships with all elements of the sector and segments of the communities in which they work, as well as with other organizations nationwide. There’s a reason he’s been on every major nonprofit umbrella board. Rick Cohen One sector leader referred to Cohen as incorruptible. He leads an organization where the research on foundation and other giving practices does the talking. The work takes guts because it often bites the hand that feeds it.
Carla Dearing Disenchantment with national organizations has donors turning to put more personal capital to work in their own communities. Dearing is pioneering how financial products and process can be Dr. James Dobson Nobody is better at dancing along the tightrope of 501(c)(3) status and the political process than Dr. Dobson. What he and the Robert Egger The last angry man routine actually works for him as he preaches that nonprofits must stop chasing money and start focusing on the true work at hand. He’s an ideas guy who puts them into practice and makes them national models. David Eisner Eisner is moving CNCS to be the major federal touchstone for working with the nonprofit sector, particularly with the void at the White House with the faith based office being without leadership. Karl Emerson There is little doubt that charitable officials across the country look to see how Emerson handles particular issues. He is a bellwether for fellow regulators and has won the respect of attorneys who deal with charitable regulation at a national and state level. Sara L. Engelhardt Engelhardt thinks big when it comes to providing resources and even though some efforts fail, such as trying to land Lester Salamon for a new center, she puts the organization in a unique sector Mark Everson He’s serious when he says that he believes charities need more oversight and he’s doing something about it. He’s gone after the credit counseling agencies, seeking additional audits and accountability. But, he’s made himself more available to charities than any commissioner in recent memory. Israel L. Gaither He’s the shepherd of thousands of volunteers who scramble to places others are running away from. And with billions of dollars to work with in communities across the nation, SA’s influence is felt locally and in the halls of Congress. Brian Gallagher Gallagher is re-establishing the UWA as a political player in Washington, D.C., and at a national level. It’s about time. His message is simple: it’s bottom-line results, the lives that are changed and the communities that are shaped. Melinda Gates Melinda Gates is the driving force behind the initiatives of the world’s richest foundation. She’s an activist leader who sets priorities and doesn’t take her hands off the process. The foundation expects results from its grantees, but also understands that change takes risk. Robert K. Goodwin Goodwin has become a statesman of the volunteer community. The network of volunteers POL has cobbled together spans just about every corner of the nation. The next goal is shaping it into a greater, more effective resource during national emergencies, such as hurricanes and other natural disasters. Charles Gould Many brand-name charities, after Katrina, have learned that John H. Graham IV Graham makes the tough decisions and clearly articulates why everyone else should also do so. After pulling ASAE back from Charles Grassley So, what happened? After telling the public via every available Steve Gunderson He’s starting to shake up the way foundations think about funding in the more encompassing concept of philanthropy versus the ideal of simple charity. David R. Jones Jones has trained his sights on affordable housing and poverty and every elected official in New York City knows about it. CSS is one of the nation’s largest human service organizations so Jones has input in almost every social service pot at the local and national levels.
Irv Katz Human services organizations are the backbone of American Sr. Georgette Lehmuth With a quiet calm and sense of purpose, Sister Georgette has restored NCDC to a leadership position. She was a key player in beating back most of the postal rate hike in 2005 and was a leader coordinating opposition to many of the recommendations of the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector. Paulette V. Maehara Maehara doesn’t just lead the largest and growing organization of fundraisers on the planet (yes, AFP is international), she is also sought after for the sector’s most influential boards, such as American Society of Association Executives and the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector. Jan Masaoka Although she has announced that she’s leaving her position later this year, there is no doubt that Masaoka is going to land in another influential spot. The consummate confidant, her counsel and message of greater collaboration is sought by leaders on both coasts. Let the bidding for her services begin. William C. McGinly Philanthropy is more than just giving and getting. It’s a strategy needed for strategic planning by both health organizations and donors. McGinly was among the first to insist on benchmarking and is always a leader in successfully fighting federal regulations that make no sense. Clara Miller She is arguably the most influential voice in the ongoing effort to reshape thinking and practice about nonprofit capitalization and relationship to debt. She has built NFF into a clear leadership position in the CDI Loan field and does stellar capacity-building with great intelligence and savvy. Janet Murguia With 300 community-based affiliates throughout the nation, Murguia uses her White House-honed political skills to help deliver capacity building at the state and local levels and for providing a Latino perspective in assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health. William D. Novelli There is no element of federal or state legislation that Novelli can’t influence via mobilizing his millions of members or writing a check from a lobbying war chest that’s in the tens of millions of dollars. A top communicator in the sector and with members, Novelli gets what his members want. Peggy Morrison Outon The queen of capacity building, she has started or run three Geoffrey W. Peters Collaboration in the charity world is often discussed but seldom practiced. All Peters did this year was get two major organizations in Washington, D.C. to combine forces. Also, Peters leads or is in the middle of every regulation fight. Jon Pratt Calling Pratt a public policy wonk is a disservice, since wonks are generally dour and Pratt could double as a member of Second City. He has built the best-regarded of the state associations and that has won him a seat on many of the sector’s important policy boards. Lester M. Salamon Salamon has always emphasized the concept of citizenship as the philosophical basis of the policy field. He’s the leading expert in the complex public-private partnerships and public problem-solving. John R. Seffrin He is, perhaps, the best executive at a major charity. The ACS Jill Schumann Social services and policy go hand-in-hand with providing community services. Under Schumann’s leadership, LSA touches roughly one in every 50 people through networks of members that have amazing clout in all of the roughly 3,000 communities in which they work. Lorie A. Slutsky It’s like living next door to someone and you’d never know they were rich – until it’s necessary. Slutsky runs the nation’s largest community foundation but believes in a charitable sector that knows the neighborhoods, the various populations and how to Roxanne Spillett Partner should be Spillett’s middle name. She takes leveraging the assets of government, business, nonprofit partnership to new levels every day. She is a role model for seeking deals that improve not only her 3,400-member network but also the sector as a whole. Patty Stonesifer Yes, the $29.1 billion was provided by Bill and Melinda Gates. But Stonesifer is the driving force in not just grant making but learning from the process and shares it with the broader charitable community – as if saving millions of lives via health initiatives in the developing world wasn’t enough. H. Art Taylor It seems that every day there’s a new “watchdog” organization trained on the sector. Under Taylor’s leadership, WGA has become the gold standard of seals of approval. He is respected as a responsible sector advocate who doesn’t seek to undermine the charity, but rather strengthen it. John Taylor There is nothing more important than health, food and shelter. Particularly on the fair housing and community reinvestment front, Taylor shakes the federal rafters and is coordinating force for the organizations seeking to represent those who need a decent place to call home. Eugene R. Tempel With every day, Tempel cements the CoP as the educational and research leader for real nonprofit executives, the ones actually doing the work and not just thinking about it. He brings factions together to develop practical solutions. M. Cass Wheeler Most people would call it a career after merging 56 state and metropolitan affiliates into 12 regional affiliates with a single corporate AHA structure. Wheeler was just getting started. He’s also a co-convener of the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector which seeks to provide an operational framework for all charities. Roy L. Williams It’s been a tough couple of years, with lawsuits from gay scouts and freak accidents resulting in deaths at scout camps. Through it all, Williams has led the organization as a model of standing up for what you believe and crisis management.
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