Pictured: The NEPA Grantmakers Leadership Team with Speaker Kris Putnam-Walkerly. From left to right: Kurt Bauman, Executive Director, Northeastern Pennsylvania Nonprofit & Community Assistance Center; Jeffrey Box, President & CEO, NEPA Alliance; LaTida Smith, President & CEO, Moses Taylor Foundation; Megan Kennedy, Executive Director, First Federal Charitable Foundation; Kris Putnam-Walkerly, President, Putnam Consulting Group, Inc.; Laura Ducceschi, President & CEO, Scranton Area Foundation; John Cosgrove, Executive Director, AllOne Foundation & Charities; Charles Barber, President & CEO, The Luzerne Foundation.
The NEPA Grantmakers Forum was held on April 20, 2016 at the Glenmaura National Golf Club. Foundation staff and board members from over 20 foundations gathered for a presentation by Kris Putnam-Walkerly, Founder and President of the Putnam Consulting Group. Ms. Putnam-Walkerly spoke about “The 5 Best Practices of Extraordinary Grantmakers,” which included discussion about innovation, mentality, operations, intentional learning, and collaboration.