Co-chairs
Amanda Gigler is the Director of Philanthropic Partnerships and Communications of Mama Cash.
She has been mobilizing resources with women’s funds since 2002 in Latin America, the US and Europe. She holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Barcelona Institute for International Studies, as well as a BA in Comparative Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.
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As coordinator of the resource development programme at the Mexican women’s fund, Semillas, Amanda collaborated on the creation of a fundraising training program for small women’s organizations in Mexico. She also worked with the Central American Women’s Fund in the US and Nicaragua to raise awareness and funds to strengthen the region’s feminist and women’s movements.
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In 2009 Amanda co-founded Calala Women’s Fund in Barcelona and served as the fund’s first Executive Director, building a feminist donors network and developing a grantmaking programme to support migrant women’s organisations in Spain.
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In Memoriam​
It is with great sadness that we share news of the passing of Leslie Lowe. She was the Program Officer for Institutional Accountability & Individual Liberty of Rockefeller Family Fund.
Leslie was an attorney whose work focused on corporate and governmental accountability as well as environmental law and policy. She became more actively engaged in EDGE following her participation in a 2016 Just Transition Funder Retreat, and we were thrilled and inspired this summer when she agreed to serve as Co-Chair of our Annual Conference. In addition to her expertise and passion, we looked to Leslie to share with us her deep knowledge and links to foundations and activists in New Orleans, and to provide us with an understanding of local and regional contexts and sense of place.
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Conference team
The EDGE Conference 2018 is co-chaired by Amanda Gigler, from Mama Cash, and Leslie Lowe (In Memoriam), from Rockefeller Family Fund
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To organise the event, a team of funders and partners integrate the Conference Planning Committee [CPC].
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CPC
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Jackie Burton | Ford Foundation
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Ryan Canney | Wellspring Advisors
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Daniela Castagno | Fondazione Con il Sud
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Sarah Pugh | Bertha Foundation
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Flozell Daniels, Jr. | Foundation for Louisiana
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Tanya Dawkins | CarEth Foundation
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Emilienne de León Aulina | Prospera
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Jessica Garz | Surdna Foundation
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Daniëlle Hirsch | Both Ends
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Maria Amália Souza | CASA SocioEnvironmental Fund
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Dilhani Wijeyesekera | Comic Relief
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Pablo SolÏŒn | Solón Foundation
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Edouard Morena | University of London