Meeting the Moment Philanthropy + Nonprofits, The Power of Partnership
The 2025 Nonprofit Leadership Conference—Meeting the Moment: Philanthropy + Nonprofits – The Power of Partnership—united nonprofit and philanthropic leaders for a day of reflection, connection, and inspiration. Together, we explored what’s possible when collaboration drives change and discovered new ideas to strengthen our collective impact moving forward.
Our Keynote Speaker
Carmen Rojas, PhD CEO & President of the Marguerite Casey Foundation
Hope Is A Discipline: Organizing for a Vibrant Multiracial Democracy
The moment demands more than incremental change. In this keynote, Dr. Carmen Rojas, president and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, moved beyond diagnosis to offer a blueprint for courageous action—uplifting how funders and nonprofits are pivoting from the playbooks of the past to build real power and plant the seeds of a liberated future.
Under her leadership, the foundation launched the prestigious Freedom Scholar Award and, since 2020, has granted more than $165 million to organizations shifting power to those historically excluded from it. Before joining the foundation, Dr. Rojas co-founded and led The Workers Lab, an innovation lab that partners with workers to develop bold ideas that help them succeed and flourish.
Meeting the Moment Panel
Moderator Dr. Akilah Watkins, President & CEO, Independent Sector
Beth Schiavo, Executive Director & Board President, Center for Puppetry Arts
Brittany Collins, Executive Director, Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation
Frank Fernandez, President & CEO, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Julio Carrillo, CEO, Hope Atlanta
Fireside Chat
Moderator Kim Anderson, Principal, Chrysalis Lab
Kyle Waide, President & CEO, Atlanta Community Foodbank
Althea Broughton, Board Chair, Atlanta Community Foodbank
Special Guest
Julia Houston, Chief Legal Officer, Equifax
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