The NGen program has been made possible with generous support from the following program and scholarship sponsors:

Program Sponsors

• Comcast (Underwriter)
• CCS
• Commongood Careers

Scholarship Sponsors

• Comcast
• Bank of America
• The California Wellness Foundation
• Marguerite Casey Foundation
• The Rasmuson Foundation
• Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation
• El Pomar Foundation

Learn how to become an NGen sponsor and view the sponsors for the 2008 Annual Conference.

*Please note: All NGen scholarships for this year have been assigned.

NGen Advisory Group

The NGen program planning process has received significant support from the members of our Advisory Group:

• Caroline Altman Smith, program officer, The Kresge Foundation
• Steve Bauer, director, Initiative for Nonprofit Sector Careers, American Humanics
• Maia Blankenship, managing director, Washington, DC, Education Pioneers
• Meg Busse, high school and college coordinator, Action Without Borders/Idealist.org
• Kristen Cambell, program associate, Case Foundation
• Kate Goodall, assistant director of annual giving, American Association of Museums
• Melissa Johnson, field director, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
• Michael Smith, manager, Social Investment, Case Foundation
• Trish Tchume, national board member, Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) and director of civic engagement, Building Movement Project at Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action
• Natalie Thompson, senior program associate, National Human Services Assembly
• Rosetta Thurman, director of development and special programs, The Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington
• Christopher Waters, external president, Philadelphia's Young Nonprofit Leaders
• James Weinberg, founder and CEO, Commongood Careers

"Philadelphia's Young Nonprofit Leaders and I are proud to be part of the Independent Sector's NGEN Initiative. Philadelphia's Young Nonprofit Leaders views the NGEN Initiative as a way to prepare the next generation of nonprofit leaders and connect to national organizations that are focused on improving the nonprofit sector.”

-- Christopher Waters, external president, Philadelphia's Young Nonprofit Leaders.