Summit 2023 - United Way of Westchester and Putnam

Watch the 2023 Nonprofit Leadership Summit Recap

Morning Keynote Speaker Recap

Asha Curran

Asha Curran, founder and CEO of Giving Tuesday is the morning keynote speaker. She serves as Chair of the Board of Guardian.org and is a Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society and a Marla and Barry Beck Visiting Social Innovator at the Social Innovation and Change Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School. She was a Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Finalist in 2021 and was named to the Nonprofit Times’ Top Fifty Power and Influence list in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

She was interviewed by Tom Gabriel, President and CEO of United Way of Westchester and Putnam.

Afternoon Keynote Speaker Recap

Carla Harris

Carla Harris’ 2018 TedTalk about mentorship has over 4.7 million views. She is an internationally renowned public speaker, and the author of the books Strategize to Win (2014), Expect to Win (2009), and the newly released, Lead to Win (2022). Carla is a Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley and as Vice Chairman of Global Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley from 2013 to 2021.

She was introduced by Michelle A. Nicholas, Founder and CEO of The Nico Consulting, Inc. and Former SVP, Chief Diversity Officer and Director of Community Development, PCSB Bank.

Recaps from the Other Sessions

Yes, You Can. Yes, You Should Advocacy Panel

Carola Bracco, Executive Director, Neighbors Link
Kathy Halas, Executive Director, Child Care Council of Westchester, Inc
Cindy Kanusher, Esq., Executive Director of the Pace Women’s Justice Center

Allison Lake, Executive Director, Westchester Children’s Association
Moderator – Jan Fisher, Executive Director of Nonprofit Westchester

Collaborating in the Nonprofit Sector to achieve More TED-Style Talk

Cynthia Knox, Chief Executive Officer, Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill
Anahaita Kotval, Chief Executive Officer, Lifting Up Westchester
Introduced by Alison Paul, Co-president of Grant Professionals of Lower Hudson

Learning to Lead Leadership Development Panel

Victoria Bruno, Business Development Manager, Kings Capital Construction (BCWs Star Power Graduate and Alumni Association Manager)

Dante Hudson, Chief Operating Officer, YWCA White Plains and Central Westchester (NPW’s Emerging Leaders Graduate)
Carmen Martinez Lopez, Dean, School of Business and Professional Careers at Westchester Community College (Volunteer New York! Leadership Westchester Graduate)
Moderator — Valerie Mason Cunningham, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Mason & Rice LLC