Leading Lights:
Connection, Community & Courage

This year's Annual Meeting will arrive at a critical juncture for our region and country. Amid a time of division, we will look to our Leading Lights: Connection, Community & Courage to help us navigate the challenges ahead, embrace shared goals, and work toward a brighter future for the South and all its people.

Honoring Janine Lee

The 55th Annual Meeting is dedicated to the memory of Janine Lee – our leader, mentor and friend. Janine's life, work and legacy will be woven throughout our agenda, including a special Opening Keynote where a few of the many people who benefited from her guidance will share their favorite memories of Janine and reflect on how each of us can carry her work forward – scroll down for more details!

We are planning other tributes to Janine throughout the Annual Meeting – more information about these will be announced soon.
 

Why We Must Work Together... and How

This year's featured speakers will highlight the many ways philanthropy can bring people together, find common cause, and lead work toward a just and equitable South – we'll discuss not only why we must overcome divisions, but also how.

This year's keynote and plenary speakers include:

Opening Keynote: Janine Lee & A Legacy of Courageous Leadership

Phil Buchanan President, The Center for Effective Philanthropy	Brittany Collins Executive Director, Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation	Regan Gruber Moffitt Former Philanthropy Southeast Board Chair Vice President of Community Investments, St. David's Foundation

Marcus Walton President & CEO, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations	Kathleen Enright (moderator) President & CEO, Council on Foundations

Closing Keynote: Alice Randall
Author and Songwriter

Thursday Morning Plenary Speaker: Edgar Villanueva
Author of Decolonizing Wealth

Thursday Afternoon Plenary Speaker: Mónica Guzmán
Author of I Never Thought Of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations
in Dangerously Divided Times


 

Friday Morning University Presidents Panel: Finding Common Ground on Campus

Agenia Walker Clark President, Fisk University	Daniel Diermeier Chancellor, Vanderbilt University
L. Gregory Jones President, Belmont University	Michael Murray (moderator) President, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations