Bridging Divides: Fortifying Civic Leadership for a Stronger Democracy. Natalie Samarjian is President and CEO of Coro Southern California. Coro’s mission is to strengthen the democratic process by preparing emerging leaders for effective and ethical leadership in public affairs.

Leah Henck is the President of Freedom Firm USA. After she completed her MBA from Regent University in 2008, she joined her husband, an attorney, in India in 2009. Together they spent the next 7 years serving with Freedom Firm to end child sex trafficking in India. Upon returning to the U.S., Leah continued to support these anti-trafficking efforts as Freedom Firm USA’s President.

Our guest in this episode is Greg Warner, the author of Engagement Fundraising and CEO and Founder of MarketSmart, a revolutionary marketing software and services firm that removes friction from the philanthropic giving process for wealthy people who are passionate about causes. The system helps high value major donors lean in and qualify themselves. Once self-qualified, it helps those donors receive follow-up messages and arrange meetings with gift officers so they can build trusting relationships and, ultimately, make consequential gifts.

In this Building Trust Video series episode, we talk with Rick Lofgren, President and CEO of the Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA). Read our full report on this BBB Accredited Charity Seal Holder here, https://bit.ly/3xl3KWr

This week’s guest is Alyson Niemann, the Executive Director of Mindful Philanthropy. Mindful Philanthropy is dedicated to connecting funders and organizations in the mental health and substance abuse spaces, advocating for increased funding, and supporting impactful initiatives.

In this episode, our host and CEO of BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Art Taylor, reviews an article that appeared in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, entitled, “Hacking Nonprofit Collaboration.” Originally written in 2017, Art provides updates and his latest insights on the developments of collaboration in the non-profit sector since then.