Advisory Board

We are lucky to count on a broad network of amazing friends and advisors. This trusted and experienced board of advisors has been kind enough to offer up their time and talent to help guide our work. As a small organization, we rely on the expertise and ideas of others, and this group of individuals play a particularly vital role, informing the direction and strategy of the Foundation.

Perla Ni is the founder and CEO of GreatNonprofits.org. Previously, she was the founder and former publisher of the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), the leading journal on nonprofit management and philanthropy. While at the Review, she also launched the successful ssireview.org Web site and blog. Prior to her work at SSIR, Ni co-founded and was editor in chief of Grassroots.com, a nonprofit advocacy Web site named by Forbes as “Best of the Web.” A frequent speaker on nonprofits and philanthropy, Ni continues to blog at ssireview.org. She has a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She has been named a “Top Game Changer in Philanthropy” by the HuffingtonPost.