Day-to-day operations for LearnPhilanthopy are powered by a focused and committed Work Team, consultants experienced in and beyond philanthropy, with a combination of skills and expertise including project management and leadership, technology, action research, social media, network facilitation, communications, adult learning, and product development.
- Marcia Sharp, principal at Millennium Communications Group. Leads the work team. Oversees LearnPhilanthropy's outreach to the field and relationships with LearnPhilanthropy’s funders, Planning Committee and incubator organizations. More...
- Jessica Bearman, facilitates and consults with philanthropic organizations across the country. Bearman led the initial LearnPhilanthropy business modeling work, conducted the Learning About Learning initiative, and has since led the learner engagement and testing work for successive iterations of the platform. More...
- Barbara Demarest, strategy consultant and learning content designer. Demarest led LearnPhilanthropy’s early user research with grantmakers; since then has overseen the communications and social media strategy,and played a key role in the platform design. More...
- Allen Gunn, Executive Director of Aspiration in San Francisco, USA. Gunn has been LearnPhilanthropy’s technology lead from the outset; has principal responsibility for development of the LearnPhilanthopy prototype platform. More...
- Dara Major, philanthropy consultant based in New York City. Major leads LP’s Knowledge and Content, partnership strategy and conceptual data model work; builds relationships with Content Partners, as well as LearnPhilanthropy's taxonomy and collection of resources. More...
