Barbara DobkiN
Trustee, Dobkin Family Foundation; Founding Chair, The Dafna Fund; Founding Chair, The Hadassah Foundation
Trustee, Dobkin Family Foundation; Founding Chair, The Dafna Fund; Founding Chair, The Hadassah Foundation
A pioneer in the Jewish community as a donor-activist for programs to empower women and girls, Barbara Dobkin is one of the most visible and committed advocates for social change. She was the Founding Chair of Ma’yan, a program of The JCC in Manhattan, the Jewish Women’s Archive in Boston and the Hadassah Foundation. She was a founder of Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community and is the immediate past board chair of American Jewish World Service. She also served on the boards of The Women’s Funding Network, The White House Project, the Women Donors Network and Lilith Magazine. She presently Chairs the board of the Dafna Israeli Fund, a feminist foundation in Israel. A frequent speaker on women’s philanthropy and leadership, she is a significant supporter of and adviser to a variety of not-for-profits, both Jewish and secular in the U.S. and internationally. Barbara has been recognized by several organizations including the New York Women’s Foundation, the Jewish Funders Network and the Council on Foundations for her innovative philanthropic work.
Tuti Scott
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, Changemaker strategies
Tuti Scott serves as a “Chief Inspiration Officer” and guide to countless leaders and teams that are advancing social change. With more than 25 years of experience educating and energizing bold change makers, Tuti advises organizations and boards on strategic planning, succession planning, governance, fundraising, and leadership development. Whether as coach, strategic planner, or facilitator, Tuti helps teams navigate growth, define the scope and scale of their work, and achieve critical sustainability.
During her time at the Women’s Sports Foundation, Tuti engaged thousands of supporters to raise $70 million over 15 years to support women’s leadership and equal access to sports for women and girls. Since then, she has mobilized support for leading organizations in the women’s funding space and beyond including Equal Rights Advocates, Root Capital, Civil Liberties and Public Policy, Women’s Fund of Central Ohio, and more. She has assisted renowned founders, leaders, and fierce feminists including Barbara Dobkin, Billie Jean King, Geena Davis, Serene Jones, and Jane Sloane. In addition to her consulting work guiding coalitions like ReflectUs, The Equal Pay Today Campaign, and The Jewish Women’s Funding Network, Tuti also serves as the inaugural Money and Power Fellow at The Women’s Funding Network. As a strategic philanthropy and investing consultant, Tuti helps individuals and foundations resource critical work using a gender and racial justice lens. At core, Tuti coaches all of us to be more courageous and values-based in our leadership, team-building, and relationship to money and resources.
An energizing author and speaker, “Coach Tuti” invigorates audiences to insist on impact. Tuti serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Tides, a leading global foundation and nonprofit accelerator, and a founding board member of Women Win. Tuti approaches her work with the drive and commitment of a lifelong athlete and is an aggressive, competent, and goal-oriented gender equity warrior. She is a proud intersectional feminist and investor in women.
Contact: tuti@tutiscott.com
Liz Wolfson, the fourth child in a family of competitive athletes, was reared on a backyard basketball court where she learned how to use both hands for lay-ups and to never let her brothers knock her down. Always the quiet rebel, Liz decided not to settle on the career path in organizational management set before her. At age 40 with a newborn in her arms, she thought it the perfect time to start up her dream project that would model for her children what it would mean to vision, create, struggle, and succeed. Feeling that the educational opportunities for girls in America were insufficient to match the reality of growing up in today’s world, Liz became the Chief Visionary Officer of the Girls Athletic Leadership Schools Inc., a game-changing educational model focused on positive gender identity and integrated movement. Fast forward 13 years and Liz has left the schools in good hands has taken on the role of Managing Director at Changemaker Strategies, working with clients on issues of organizational development, communications and strategy development. In addition, Liz coaches emerging organizations and women entrepreneurs. In her personal time, Liz is writing her memoir for her daughters and anyone else who wants to read it.