Speakers

More than 150 speakers from the philanthropic community and beyond will inspire and inform with their expertise and passion. Premier speakers you can expect include: The Bridgespan Group, Global Philanthropy Forum, Nonprofit Finance Fund, Social Venture Partners, Stanford Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society, and TCC Group. In addition, we will have speakers from 46 ASF member foundations and 58 local organizations.

Speaker information for each session can be found by clicking to sessions through the schedule, or download all speaker bios (47 pages, PDF).

Speakers Spotlight

Opening Keynote Speaker

Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, author of The New York Times bestselling book Giving 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Our World, will kick off the conference at Sunday’s opening lunch with a talk that promises to illuminate and inspire. Pulling from her wide-ranging experience as a philanthropist, educator, and social entrepreneur, Laura will speak to the power of proactive, strategic, and collaborative philanthropy, and leveraging technology and innovation to magnify social impact.

Laura is founder of SV2 (Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund) and Stanford PACS (Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society), president of the Marc and Laura Andreessen Foundation, director of the Arrillaga Foundation, and lecturer in Philanthropy and Social Innovation at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and Stanford University.

Lunch Plenary Speaker

David Bornstein will tell stories about creative solutions to major social problems, particularly the practical and human elements of social innovation: Who’s solving what and how. Listen to a preview

David Bornstein is a journalist and author who focuses on social innovation. He co-authors the Fixes column in The New York Times Opinionator section, which explores solutions to major social problems. He is the founder of Dowser, a media site that trains young journalists to cover social innovation, and co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network. His books include How to Change
the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, and Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know.

Closing Keynote Speaker

Sal Khan, one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, is the founder of the Khan Academy, a nonprofit that provides free, high-quality education for “anyone, anywhere” in the world.

After graduating with three degrees from MIT in 1998, followed by an MBA from Harvard Business School, Sal started working as a hedge fund analyst. On the side, in 2003, he began tutoring his young cousin in math, communicating by phone and using an interactive notepad. He posted videos of his hand-scribbled tutorials on YouTube and demand took off. In 2009, he quit his day job to commit himself fully to the Khan Academy, now the most-used library of educational videos on the web.

Sal will share his inspirational story about following his passion and how a few great people can make a big difference.

Sal will be available for signings of his newly published book, The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined, on Tuesday, October 9, 1:30 - 2:00 P.M.