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Jamie McMahon, Bill Generett Jr., Tony Macklin, and Michelle McMurray

September 29, 2023 11:30 AM | Anonymous

Jamie McMahon, CFRE is chief executive officer of the Educational Foundation at the Community College of Allegheny County and has 20 years of experience in fundraising and nonprofit management. He previously worked at Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, the University of Pittsburgh, and as a fundraising consultant for Ketchum. Additionally, he is an adjunct faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University where he teaches fundraising in the Master of Arts Management program. From 2009-2015, he served on the national Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development of the Episcopal Church USA, with three years as its chair; from 2011-2013 he served as vice-chair of the board of directors of the Tracing Center on the Histories and Legacies of Slavery; and from 2011-2021 as a board member at Calvary Episcopal Church in East Liberty, with three years as secretary and four years as chair. He currently serves a board member of Forward Movement. McMahon holds an A.B. in English from Dartmouth College, an M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and is presently completing a doctorate in Higher Education Management at the University of Pittsburgh.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-r-jamie-mcmahon-cfre-9936b13/


William Generett Jr. serves as the senior vice president of civic engagement and external relations at Duquesne University. He oversees the university’s office of community engagement, the office of corporate and foundation relations and its government affairs function. Generett is an executive-in-residence in Duquesne's School of Business and an adjunct professor in the School of Law. His current board and advisory committee memberships include The Pittsburgh Foundation, Eden Hall Foundation, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Carnegie Museums, Center of Life, Shady Side Academy and the Business Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Pittsburgh Chapter. In 2018, Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf appointed Generett to the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority. In 2014, he was appointed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Pritzker to the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In 2016, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Carlow University. Generett earned his J.D. from Emory University and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Morehouse College. He is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and Georgia. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wgenerett/


Michelle McMurray, MSW, is a seasoned leader with more than 20 years of professional experience, including academic research, clinical practice, policy advocacy and organizational leadership. Throughout hercareer, she has been committed to serving low-income communities, working to eliminate racial inequities across systems, and strengthening the capacity of small, community-based nonprofits. Currently, Michelle is the vice president of Program and Community Engagement at The Pittsburgh Foundation where she is responsible for the strategic direction, development and management of the Foundation’s grantmaking programs and community outreach efforts. Michelle joined the Foundation in 2014 and has served in multiple roles of increasing responsibility, including senior program officer and director of grantmaking. Over her tenure, she has led the creation of innovative initiatives, which include Small and Mighty and the Social Justice Fund and has embedded equity practices across the Foundation's grantmaking portfolios which have significantly increased access to funding for small, community-based nonprofits and Black and Brown-led organizations.Under the Foundation’s new strategic plan, Michelle will steward its commitment to invest $50 million of its unrestricted grant-making pool over the next five years to advance racial equity and racial justice. Michelle is the recipient of several awards recognizing her work to advance equity, including the national 2018 Emerging Leader in Philanthropy Award from the Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE). In 2020,she was also recognized for her advocacy for Black communities by the Pennsylvania Governor's Commission on African American Affairs.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-mcmurray-43328333/


Tony Macklin is a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® and independent philanthropic advisor. He helps wealthy families, grantmakers, and their advisors and associations with issues of purpose, resources and vehicles for social impact, strategy, assessment, and governance and family dynamics. In four years as executive director of the Roy A. Hunt Foundation, he facilitated changes in visioning, impact investing, grantmaking, trustee education, and operations for a multi-generation family. In twelve years and four roles at the Central Indiana Community Foundation, he led grantmaking and community change initiatives, advised generous entrepreneurs and families on philanthropic tools and strategy, attracted $39 million in assets and co-investments, and co-founded a social enterprise. Tony is also a Senior Consultant with Ekstrom Alley Clontz & Associates, Senior Consultant with the National Center for Family Philanthropy, and Senior Advisor to the Impact Finance Center. He is a member of the Purposeful Planning Institute and National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers, and he’s volunteered for more committees, task forces, and boards than he can remember.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonymacklin1/

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