Judges Panel
Nick Allen, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Donordigital: Nick is the founder of Donordigital, the direct marketing company that helps organizations use the Internet to build their constituencies through fundraising, advocacy, advertising, and marketing. Nick has helped build large online programs for organizations including Amnesty International USA, Habitat for Humanity International, CARE, The Humane Society of the United States, the NAACP, Human Rights Campaign, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, and American Jewish World Service. He has also managed direct mail campaigns for Mal Warwick Associates, which acquired Donordigital in 2008.
John Danner, Senior Fellow, The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Haas Business School, University of California, Berkeley: John has extensive experience advising and managing both large, complex organizations and emerging startup ventures. His work has centered on helping organizations deal with the challenges and opportunities of unprecedented change in their operating environments. He currently teaches several MBA courses in venture development and business model innovation at the Haas Business School.
Kristin Grimm, President, Spitfire Strategies: Kristin has extensive experience conceiving, implementing and managing strategic communications efforts. As the founder and president of Spitfire Strategies, Kristen has helped hundreds of nonprofits find communications solutions to support their efforts to create positive social change.
Beth Kanter, Author, Beth’s Blog: How Networked Nonprofits Are Using Social Media to Power Change. Beth’s Blog is one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits. Beth is the CEO of Zoetica, a company that serves nonprofits and socially conscious companies with top-tier, online marketing services.
Daniel Katz, Environmental Program Director, The Overbrook Foundation: Daniel directs the Foundation’s environmental giving in the areas of international biodiversity and sustainable consumption and production. He is the Board Chair and former Executive Director of the Rainforest Alliance, which he co-founded. Daniel also helped found Catalog Choice and sits on the board of directors.
Holly Ross, Executive Director, NTEN – The Nonprofit Technology Network: Holly has spent more than seven years at NTEN, combing through all the technology fads and listening to the NTEN community to line up the webinars, conferences, and research that will help members use technology to make the world a better place.
Michael Stein, Senior Account Executive, Donordigital: Michael is a writer and nonprofit management consultant who works at the intersection of technology, marketing, and fundraising. Michael has provided strategic support to numerous organizations on Internet strategy covering tactics related to marketing, fundraising and advocacy, with a specific focus on email newsletters, Website content, blogs, and Internet vendor selection.
