2022 Corporate Philanthropy Institute

Caroline is the Founder and CEO of Platypus Advisors, a diverse team of change agents passionate about accelerating social impact across sectors. She has led partnerships for a software startup, designed a bicycle powered rice thresher for small-acre farmers in Burma, led Level Playing Field Institute, and created the blueprint for Taproot Foundation. Caroline has also built game-changing programs such as HP’s “Matter to a Million” partnership with Kiva, which has made over $12m of loans to over 350,000 people globally. As Head of Philanthropy and Community Outreach at Twitter, she launched the Twitter NeighborNest, a neighborhood learning center supporting low-income families by providing access to technology, classes and resources to learn, connect and grow with the guidance of Twitter volunteers. Wherever she goes, Caroline brings a platypus mindset, helping stakeholders across sectors collaborate for maximum impact.

Her work has earned her recognition including: Most Influential Women in Business List (2016, SF Business Times), 40 Under 40 (Silicon Valley Business Journal), and The Hoffman Prize from the State of California. She was an Aspen Institute First Mover and currently sits on the boards of the Global Fund for Women and The Hamlin School.

Caroline received her BA from Vassar College and was a Sloan Fellow at Stanford University Business School.

Georgette leads the trust-based grantmaking strategy and nonprofit partnerships on the Zoom Cares team.  Zoom Cares, the social impact arm of Zoom, leverages the full strength of its business to foster equity, democratize opportunity, and advance systemic justice. Zoom Cares envisions a more just society for people and the planet we all share. 

Georgette’s path to Zoom includes roles that allowed her to work across sectors in purpose-driven organizations.   She recently served as the Senior Director of Grantmaking and Capacity Building at Tipping Point Community, a nonprofit committed to investing in the most promising poverty-fighting solutions in the Bay Area. 

Before joining Tipping Point Community, Georgette was the Founding Director of the San Francisco Foundation’s Partnership for the Bay’s Future, a cross-sector collaborative effort to address the interconnected and urgent crises in affordable housing, transportation, and economic opportunity.  Georgette also worked in corporate social impact in the financial services industry.  Most recently, she served as the West Region Executive for Global Philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase overseeing the grantmaking and partnerships strategy for a combined grantmaking portfolio of $20 million to over 150+ nonprofits in eight states. 

Victor Cordon is the Senior Manager of Social Impact at Okta, where he leads the company's global employee impact, community partnerships and strategic philanthropy work. He has over a decade of experience working across the social sector in fundraising, partnerships, employee engagement and philanthropy roles. Prior to Okta, Victor led grantmaking and employee engagement at CSAA Insurance Group (AAA), including building and scaling the company's pro bono volunteerism program, and redesigning its strategic grantmaking priorities. Before CSAA, he managed corporate partnerships for the American Red Cross, and started his career supporting fundraising and events at Samasource. 

A proud San Francisco native, Victor is passionate about activating individuals and organizations to do their most strategic good, believing that a more just and equitable world requires thoughtful and intentional participation in community. He is Chair of the Corporate Community Relations Consortium, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at CounterPulse, and serves on the Member Engagement Committee of Northern California Grantmakers. Victor previously served on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter. He holds a BA from UCLA, where he studied dance, performance studies and globalization studies.

John Harper, Managing Director,is the newest member of FSG’s senior leadership team, bringing an explicit focus and commitment to racial equity and uplifting the voices of historically marginalized communities. His work focuses on the intersecting systems impacting the lives of individuals, and as such, he works with an array of foundation, corporate, and nonprofit clients in education, youth development, and cross-sector collaboration. John helps social change agents clarify their vision for impact and develop the strategies to support that vision, blending authentic stakeholder engagement and strategic design thinking to help leaders achieve their goals for change.

Prior to joining FSG, John worked as a consultant with a variety of clients including the New York State Education Department, Facebook Education, and the Roddenberry Fellowship. For more than a decade, he has worked with some of the nation’s leading voices in education reform and youth development, including senior leadership and development roles with America’s Promise Alliance and Turnaround for Children. He began his career in public charter schools, working with Friends of E Prep Schools (now Breakthrough Schools) and Uncommon Schools, where he helped to support the growth and expansion of both networks

Tolu Lawrence is the Managing Director of Programs and Partnerships at JUST Capital. She leads the Programs team in developing cross-sector collaborations with America’s largest companies to advance just business practices. Tolu has over a decade of experience bringing together leading brands, nonprofits, and foundations to improve corporate performance on stakeholder issues, shape narratives, and develop mission-driven initiatives that further social good.

Prior to joining JUST Capital, Tolu co-created and launched the San Francisco Foundation's Bay Area Bold initiative as well as SFF's Voice: Bay Area listening tour. She also led the expansion of the Workplace Advisors program at Promundo where she served on the Steering Group of the Parental Leave Corporate Task Force, and orchestrated social impact partnerships with Archewell Foundation, Cummins, L'Oreal, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, etc. Tolu is a member of the California Bar, and a former SF Bay Area resident.io

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Dwayne S. Marsh assumed the position of President and CEO of Northern California Grantmakers on September 9, 2020. He brings 27 years of experience in the public, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors with a career commitment to advancing racial and economic equity.

Dwayne recently completed a four-year turn as co-Director of the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) and Vice President of Institutional and Sectoral Change at Race Forward Race Forward. During his tenure, the membership network of local, regional, and state entities committed to advancing racial equity through the policies, practices, and public investments grew from just over 20 to nearly 200 participating jurisdictions.

Prior to GARE, Marsh spent six years as a senior advisor in the Office of Economic Resilience (OER) at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. There, he helped advance sustainable planning and development through interagency partnerships, departmental transformation, and funding initiatives managed through OER. He was OER’s principal coordinator for a $250 million grant program and led the development of capacity building resources that reinforced the work of pioneering grantees in 48 states and the District of Columbia. Under his leadership, OER prioritized equity as a foundational principal for its planning and investment initiatives.

Marsh brings to the movement his expertise and considerable experience in coalition building for regional equity and leadership development for policy change. He provides technical assistance and capacity building knowledge to equitable development initiatives that address continuing disparities in affordable housing, transportation investment, and environmental justice. Before HUD, Marsh spent a decade at PolicyLink, the national organization committed to economic and social equity. Before PolicyLink, he directed the FAITHS Initiative for eight years at The San Francisco Foundation, building a nationally renowned community development and capacity building program that continues to this day. His career has been defined by supporting communities traditionally marginalized from full participation in our economy and society to build power and leverage lasting systems transformation.

Shumeca Pickett is a Managing Director at FSG, and works across social impact areas with explicit focus on racial equity. She has more than 20 years of experience advising public and private sector clients on business strategy and social impact. Shumeca brings a keen attention and commitment to racial equity in her work with corporate and nonprofit clients across a variety of industries including information services, financial services, commercial real estate, public relations, art, media and entertainment, and education. She helps clients clarify barriers to advancing racial equity goals, and develop sustainable strategies to meet and move barriers.

Prior to joining FSG, Shumeca founded and led Alfred Dewitt Ard, a social impact consultancy. Prior to launching Ard, she held racial, equity, diversity, and inclusion and strategy, team, and business development leadership roles at JP Morgan Chase and PNC Bank. Shumeca also provided leadership of the City of Chicago’s economic development organization’s inclusive economic growth culture and agenda.

Adrian Schurr is the Regional Giving Lead for Google.org, which supports local nonprofit organizations innovating to provide greater access to opportunity for low-income and underserved communities. Prior to joining Google.Org, Adrian served as a program manager for Google Fiber supporting community engagement. Adrian received a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication and Chicano Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. A Bay Area native, he currently lives in the East Bay. 

Nico is a seasoned executive, with twenty years of experience driving social and environmental impact in the nonprofit and private sector. She is an independent Advisor and Managing Partner with Platypus Advisors. She drives corporate
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Sustainability, and Social Impact strategies and programs. A key focus of her work is driving integration across impact disciplines and functions, and optimizing leadership skills and talent to advance an equitable approach to corporate impact. One of her core areas of expertise in her current client work is leveraging corporate assets and strategic partnerships to advance climate equity in underserved communities.

Nico has held executive roles leading ESG and Corporate Responsibility functions at Fortune 500 technology companies in Silicon Valley. At SAP, she drove the implementation of the company’s first Corporate Responsibility (CR) strategy and launched the company's signature social impact initiative, an accelerator for social impact entrepreneurs in Brazil, Kenya and India. At Intuit, she built the company’s first ESG program, drove Intuit’s climate commitment to become net positive, and launched the Prosperity Fund to accelerate jobs in underserved communities.

Nico started her career in human rights at grass roots organizations like Amnesty International, then working to help end modern slavery in global supply chains at international monitoring firms like Intertek and Business for Social  responsibility (BSR). More recently she served as interim CEO at a social enterprise to end human trafficking.

Nicolette has a BA in Political Science from The Hague University, and an MA in International Relations from the  University of Amsterdam. She was born in the Netherlands, and has lived in Europe, Asia, and in the US, where she now resides with her husband and two children.