Protected: Melissa Berman, Host

Melissa Berman is the founding president and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. (RPA), an innovative nonprofit philanthropy service launched by the Rockefeller family in 2002, whose mission is to help donors create thoughtful, effective philanthropy throughout the world. RPA provides services in planning, research, foundation management, donor collaboratives, regranting, and fiscal sponsorship.  RPA also publishes, convenes, and speaks about innovations in thoughtful, effective philanthropy.  
 
Berman has led RPA since its inception, building it into one of the world’s leading philanthropy services. An adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Business School, Berman is also a director/trustee of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, the Adrian Brinkerhoff Foundation and Candid, formerly the Foundation Center and Guidestar. She serves on the Advisory Boards of the Marshall Center for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship at the London School of Economics and the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia University. Berman holds a BA from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.