Wednesday – September 23rd

Speaker Session 1 : Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

The queen of philanthropy is coming to CS 90SI.



Laura is the Founder and President of the Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Foundation (LAAF.org), a private operating foundation with a mission to inspire, educate and empower people to give in a way that matters more. Operating as a philanthropic innovation lab, LAAF uses technology innovations to globally scale philanthropy education–creating and disseminating resources that advance the field of philanthropy.



Laura has taught Stanford Graduate School of Business’ first course on Strategic Philanthropy since 2000 and teaches Stanford University’s courses on philanthropy and social innovation, design thinking applied to philanthropy, collaborative grantmaking as well as technology’s disruption of social change. She is also the Founder and Board Chairman of Stanford PACS (Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society), a global research center committed to exploring ideas to create social change.



Her New York Times bestselling book, Giving 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Our World (Wiley/Jossey-Bass, 2011), empowers individuals of all backgrounds, ages and passions to make their giving matter more.



Please note that the entry to this talk will be restricted to 90SI students only. You can read her crazily impressive bio here.

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