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Viken’s passion is to motivate to excel. He thrives on personal development, marketing, branding and getting your message out. He is also the founder of PlannedGiving.Com and Philanthropy.Org

MEREDITH SOSSMAN

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Meredith has raised over a billion. She is an attorney and consults on best practices, board training, capacity building, capital campaigns, major gifts, and development infrastructure.

JOE GARECHT

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Joe has over 20 years’ experience as an executive director, development director, and non-profit fundraising consultant. He’s a world recognized fundraising expert, author, and speaker.

SPENCER CASSIDY

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Spencer Cassidy is Co-founder & CEO of LifeLegacy. He started his career at Google on the Knowledge, Infrastructure & Tools team (gKIT) before co-founding his previous startup, Balto, backed by YCombinator and acquired by a publicly-traded company, fuboTV in 2020.

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