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Ellen Remmer
Board Chair

Ellen Remmer is a Senior Partner of The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI), a nonprofit working to increase the impact of philanthropy in society through the promotion of strategic philanthropy, and a consulting practice which helps family, foundation and corporate donors move up the philanthropic curve. Since starting at TPI in 1993, Ellen has worked with dozens of private, corporate and community donors on making their giving more effective, developed a variety of initiatives aimed at growing high impact philanthropy in the United States and abroad, and is a frequent speaker and writer on the subjects of family philanthropy, strategic giving and women donors. She served as President and CEO of TPI from 2007- 2012. Ellen is on the Board of Directors of the Remmer Family Foundation, the Board of Visitors of the Lilly School of Philanthropy where she chaired the Women’s Philanthropy Institute for many years, Prosperity Catalyst and the Leadership Council of Oxfam America. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.