Since 2008 Michael has served as the ASPCA’s director of its grants program, which doles out over $5 million annually to animal welfare organizations in the United States. Michael began his career in philanthropy in 1999 as a volunteer in Oregon at Our House of Portland, a resident AIDS care facility, where he later served as their interim development director. He worked at both Oregon Health Sciences University Foundation and Marylhurst University, also in development, and later served as the marketing director for Triangle Productions, a regional theater. He simultaneously worked as a marketing director for an AXA Financial insurance consultant with an emphasis on using insurance products as charitable instruments. He spent 2007 as part of the consulting team at the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers doing research for two publications: The Donors’ Guide to Gulf Coast Relief and Recovery and Best Practices in Disaster Grantmaking.
Vic has been the president of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation since 2000. Established in 1947, the Foundation promotes a sustainable and just social and natural system. It supports grassroots organizations nationally and in New York City. Vic joined the Foundation in 1991 as a program officer. Vic is a board member of the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers and the Funders Network for Population, Reproductive Health and Rights. He serves on the Advisory Board for the Diversity in Philanthropy Project and the Council on Foundation’s Committee on Family Philanthropy. A former VISTA Volunteer, Vic was the director of the Ironbound Community Corporation, a Newark community-based organization. He is a founding and current board member of New Jersey Citizen Action. Vic is serving his third, three-year term on the Maplewood Township Committee (NJ), currently serving as Mayor.
As Director of Programs at the New York Women`s Foundation, Jacqui oversees the Foundation’s grant–making and public education initiatives. Before joining the Foundation, Jacqui held positions within Citigroup`s Global Community Relations Division as Regional Director for the Northeast and Puerto Rico and Vice President & Director of U.S. Partnerships and Program Development where she developed programs and managed partnerships with local, regional and national nonprofits. Jacqui has over sixteen years experience in NYC`s nonprofit sector, as a former Vice President for Community Investment at United Way of New York City, Child Welfare Policy Analyst at the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Director of United Neighborhood Houses’ Staff Development Initiative; Director of Program Development and Quality Assurance at the Society for Seamen’s Children (Staten Island), and Director of Development at Harlem United Community AIDS Center. Jacqui holds a M.S. in Policy Analysis and Public Management from SUNY Stony Brook.
Dr. Landsman has worked in his current position for the past for seven years. He is responsible for growing a grants program that drives science forward and encourages the translation of research results to the greater spinal cord community. He manages a research portfolio of approximately $12M representing 90+ active grant contracts and more than $4M in new grants awarded each year. Prior to joining the Reeve Foundation, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania (Dept. of Neuroscience) and he received his doctoral degree in neuropharmacology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Location
The Summit will take place at NYU's Kimmel Center located at Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. The Kimmel Center is just minutes away from subway and train lines (see directions below).
The full address is: Kimmel Center 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012
Registration will be in the lobby. Directions by Subway Lexington Avenue Subway (6 Train) Local to Astor Place Station. Walk west on Astor Place to Broadway, then south on Broadway to Waverly Place, and west on Waverly Place to Washington Square. Broadway Subway (R,W Trains) Local to Eighth Street Station. Walk south on Broadway to Waverly Place, then west on Waverly Place to Washington Square. Sixth or Eighth Avenue Subway (A, C, E, F, V Trains) Express to West Fourth Street-Washington Square Station. Walk east on West Fourth Street or Waverly Place to Washington Square.
Christopher Street-Sheridan Square/Seventh Avenue Subway (1 Train) Local to Christopher Street-Sheridan Square Station. Walk east on West Fourth Street to Washington Square. By Bus Fifth Avenue Bus Buses numbered 2, 2A, 3 and 5 to Eighth Street and University Place. Walk South to Washington Square. Bus numbered 1 to Broadway and Eighth Street. Walk south on Broadway to Waverly Place and west to Washington Square. Eighth Street Crosstown Bus Bus numbered 8 to University Place. Walk south to Washington Square. Broadway Bus Bus numbered 6 to Waverly Place. Walk west to Washington Square. By PATH Train Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) To 9th Street Station Walk south on Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) to Waverly Place, then east to Washington Square. By Car From Brooklyn Take the Manhattan Bridge. Off the Bridge, take Canal Street West to Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue). Take 6th Avenue North to West 4th Street and travel East to Washington Square. From Queens Take the 59th Street Bridge. Travel West to Fifth Avenue. Turn South on Fifth Avenue. Fifth Avenue ends at Washington Square. From Staten Island Take the Staten Island Express across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge crossing into Brooklyn. Take the Belt Parkway (West). Continue on the Belt Parkway to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (East). Take the Manhattan Bridge exit and follow the instructions above to Washington Square. From the Bronx, Westchester County, and Upstate N.Y. Take The New York State Thruway (I-87), which becomes the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. Continue to the Willis Avenue (Third Avenue) Bridge. Then cross to the FDR Drive in Manhattan. Travel South on FDR Drive to Houston Street, then west to La Guardia Place and North 3 blocks to Washington Square. From New Jersey by way of the New Jersey Turnpike Holland Tunnel: Travel North on the Avenue of the Americas (also known as 6th Avenue) to West 4th Street. Turn Right onto West 4th Street to Washington Square. Lincoln Tunnel: Travel East to 5th Avenue; turn Right, going South. Fifth Avenue ends at Washington Square. From George Washington Bridge Take the Henry Hudson Parkway South to 14th Street. Then East to 5th Avenue. Turn South on 5th Avenue which ends at Washington Square. From Long Island Take the Long Island Expressway (also known as the L.I.E. or I-495) to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. Drive East on 37th Street to 5th Avenue. Take 5th Avenue South to Washington Square
Parking - We highly recommend that you use public transportation, as parking is limited.
WASHINGTON SQUARE VILLAGE GARAGE – About 4 blocks from Kimmel Center 2 Washington Square Village (between 3rd Street and Bleecker Street) 212.253.9061 Parking Cost (Cash or Credit Cards) Up to 10 hrs: $27/day
WASHINGTON SQUARE GARAGE (Across Washington Square Park and down a block) 2 Fifth Avenue (between 8th Street and Washington Square Park North) 212.533.8312 EIGHTH STREET PARKING CORP. (Across Washington Square Park and down two blocks) 11 8th Street (off Fifth Avenue) 212.475.9562
Hotels
Most hotels near the Summit venue are within the $235-$309 per night range. The following hotels are within a one-mile radius of the venue:
Our unique one-on-one mentoring sessions offer you the opportunity to sit down with an experienced fundraising professional for 30 minutes to discuss any questions that are specific to your organization. Mentoring sessions cover the same topics as the seminars, and we will assign you a mentor based on his/her availability at your requested times.
Mentoring sessions are available for the cost of $70.00 per session. If you register for a full Summit pass, 2 mentoring sessions are included in the pass.
Below is a list of mentors who will be available at the Summit. Please note that you must register to attend at least one seminar in order to sign up for a mentor.
Upgrade to a Full Summit Pass for only $475.00, which includes 2 free mentoring sessions.
Breakfast -Prior to panel discussion, participants and experts become acquainted over a continental breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Lunch -Participants and experts registered for the next session make new contacts over lunch
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Networking break -Mid-afternoon refreshments are served to attendees registered for the next session
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
$ 75.00
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Breakfast -Participants registered for the first session become acquainted over a continental breakfast
Networking break -Participants registered for the next session are served mid-morning refreshments
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
$ 145.00
1:45 PM - 5:00 PM
