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Our April Fireside Chat will feature Nancy Lindborg, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Packard Foundation, and Sushma Raman, CPNL’s Waldemar A. Nielsen Philanthropy Fellow.

The Packard Foundation’s vision is a just and equitable world where people and nature flourish. The conversation will focus on trends in global philanthropy and development that affect local communities around the world, impacts of recent shifts in public policy and funding streams on philanthropy, and how the Packard Foundation is balancing continuity and change in meeting this moment.

Join us in person at Georgetown University for lunch and conversation at 500 1st Street NW, Washington, DC 20001.

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Learn More about the Fireside Chat Series Here

Join us to learn more about our Fall 2026 Executive Certificate in Philanthropic Leadership. You will get the chance to meet our faculty, hear about the curriculum, network with other nonprofit leaders, and have your questions answered. Please RSVP Here for the virtual Information Session.

The Philanthropy Certificate is designed to strengthen the leadership capacity of philanthropic practitioners working in private foundations, community foundations, corporate foundations, donor advised funds, and other philanthropic organizations. The Certificate gives philanthropic leaders the opportunity to learn about groundbreaking strategies being used by funders large and small, local and global, and to think more broadly about the unique role philanthropy is called to play in our societies.

Designed as an experiential leadership lab, this program provides a stimulating and supportive climate for reimagining philanthropy today.

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