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Glen Galaich
Executive Director
Mr. Galaich began his career in strategic philanthropy in 2001 as the Director of Development and Donor Relations for the Global Philanthropy Forum. He served on the team responsible for launching the first and second Conferences on Borderless Giving. Both conferences were attended by hundreds of leaders in philanthropy, nongovernmental organizations, and international institutions. In 2004, he joined The Philanthropy Workshop West to develop and launch an alumni program for over forty graduates of the nationally recognized program. Mr. Galaich also served at Human Rights Watch as the Deputy Director for North America where he had strategic oversight of the North American region of the Human Rights Watch Council, a network of supporters and opinion leaders committed to raising money for, and awareness of, human rights in five major cities. Human Rights Watchs North American offices generate over 65% of Human Rights Watchs $44 million budget. Mr. Galaich also had a brief career in AM talk radio as the founding Political Director of Working Assets Broadcasting, a national internet radio network, based in Boulder, Colorado, committed to social change media. Mr. Galaich holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder in Political Science, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at San Diego. He has written and published on the role of ethnicity in the formation of political parties, human rights, and in the use of political violence and repression in sub-Saharan Africa.
Program Director
Ms. Jorstad has been with The Philanthropy Workshop West since June 2008. She brings to this role more than twelve years of leadership in managing projects and operations. Prior to joining TPW West, she served in an executive role as Managing Director for the California Association for Microenterprise Opportunity (CAMEO), a non-profit statewide association of organizations, agencies and individuals dedicated to furthering microenterprise development in California. She joined CAMEO in 2001, and managed the day-to-day operations of the organization, planned and implemented new programs, controlled finances and budget, and worked with the CEO to develop the strategic direction of the organization. Prior to her position with CAMEO, she served as Program Manager for Bay Area Entrepreneur Association (BAEA), a non-profit dedicated to providing business education, networking and support to small business owners. In this role, she worked with board members and managed all operations, program planning and fundraising. Earlier in her career, she was part of a small team that was hired by the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse to conduct market studies for a new environmental products business and an international hydraulics company. She spent two years as an AmeriCorps VISTA member (domestic Peace Corps). In her first year, she conducted environmental restoration work in environmentally sensitive habitats of the Presidio and surrounding Bay Area. Her second year introduced her to BAEA. Prior to starting her non-profit career, she worked in fine-dining restaurant management and event planning. Ms. Jorstad has a B.S. in Marketing and International Business from the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse.
Program Manager
Ms. Albert is the newest member of The Philanthropy Workshop West team, joining in 2010. She comes to the organization with a significant history of work in the non-profit sector. Prior to joining The Philanthropy Workshop West as Program Manager, she was the Manager of the California Committee North for Human Rights Watch, where she worked closely with the philanthropic community on fundraising, advocacy and outreach initiatives for the organization in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley. She was part of a dynamic team that in spite of a difficult economic climate, broke the million dollar fundraising mark for the first time in the region for their annual dinner. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch in 2007, she worked for several years in non-profit arts. She primarily worked as the Program and Administrative Manager for The Flaherty/International Film Seminars in New York, where among other things, she worked to organize and execute their annual documentary film festival. She also worked for New York Women in Film and Television, IFP, and the New York Film and Video Coalition. She has a B.A. in Sociology/Media Studies from Pitzer College and a Masters degree in Media Studies from The New School, where she focused on collective memory and the power of film to create social change.
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