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Iowa Community Philanthropy Academy - Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Hotel Fort Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa

“Creating Excellence in Making a Difference”

Welcome

  • Honorable James Erb, J.D., Board Chair, Community Vitality Center Mayor of Charles City
  • Steve Schaaf, President, Iowa Council of Foundations Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
  • Richard Bender, Office of Senator Tom Harkin, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

A. Strategic Grant Making Issues and Practices

  • Susan Skora, President/CEO, Community Foundation of the Great River Bend, Davenport
  • Craig Hertel, CVC Philanthropy Coordinator and Greene County Extension Education Director

B. Outreach Activities: Marketing, Education, & Wealth Transfer

  • Angie Dethlefs-Trettin, Director, Iowa Council of Foundations
  • Rita Frahm, Advisory Chair, Ida County Community Betterment Foundation

Lunch Keynote: " Growing Iowa's Assets: Leading Tactics for Endowment Building"

  • Janet Topolsky, Director, Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group
    Keynote Address sponsored by the Iowa Area Development Group Community Foundation, Greater Des Moines Community Foundation, and the Iowa Community Affiliate Network (ICAN)

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

C.  CVC Best Practice Awards Showcase

D.  Iowa Community Foundation Website Workshop

  • Angie Dethlefs-Trettin, Director, Iowa Council of Foundations
  • Ashley Canney, Director of Affiliates, Greater Des Moines Community Foundation

Celebrating First Year Successes

  • Mike Miller, Investment Management Team Leader, Division of Community Development, IDED
  • Angie Dethlefs-Trettin, Director, Iowa Council of Foundations

Economic Impacts of Iowa's Nonprofits

  • Dr. Jude West, Co-Director, Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center & Professor Emeritus, Management and Organizations, Henry B Tippie College of Business Administration, The University of Iowa
  • Jill Smith, Research Specialist,  Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center

Legislative Update and Building Legislative Relationships

  • Johnny Danos, President, Greater Des Moines Community Foundation
  • Leann Jacobsen, President & CEO, Capital Gains

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