Breaking the Mold - Keynote Panel and Dinner

John Kania ‘83

Over the last 30 years John has been a practitioner, researcher, writer, teacher, and speaker on how organizations, communities and collectives can achieve change together. John is currently the Executive Director of the Collective Change Lab, focused on advancing the practice of transformational social change. For 17 years, he ran FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm and think tank working globally across issues and sectors to support social and environmental changemakers. John holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BA from Dartmouth College.

Dan Lucey ’77, MED ’81/’82, P’12

Daniel Lucey is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Infectious Disease adjunct Professor at Georgetown Medical Center, and a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Global Health Committee. He served as a volunteer to outbreaks overseas including Ebola patient care in Sierra Leone and Liberia (Doctors without Borders)

Ben Beisswenger ‘09

https://www.linkedin.com/in/benbeisswenger/

An engineer at heart, Ben Beisswenger navigated the nexus of tech and social impact at places like Emerson Collective and Salesforce.org. His journey includes hundreds of tech infrastructure projects across nonprofits, startups, and larger companies, aimed at amplifying impact. Off-duty, I serve on a charter school board and enjoy skiing, musing over philosophy, and puzzling. On-duty, I am the Senior Director of Internal Technology at the Collective.

Alex Bernadotte ‘92

Alex is the founder and CEO of Beyond 12, a tech-enabled nonprofit that “helps institutions provide their students with the academic, social, and emotional support they need to succeed in higher education.” She has more than 18 years of executive management and strategic development experience in the nonprofit and private sectors. Alex received her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth and earned a master's degree with a concentration in policy and organizational leadership from Stanford.

Brad Drazen ‘90, P’20

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-drazen-7483676/

Brad is Vice President of Communication and Marketing at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Previously, Brad spent 20 years as a television news anchor, reporter and producer. Brad has served on boards of organizations focused on human services, education, community wellness, and the arts. He majored in Drama and English at Dartmouth and is currently Co-President of the Class of 1990 and a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council. He also holds a Master’s of Business Administration from UCLA Anderson.

Oliver Edelson ‘18

https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-edelson/

Oliver Edelson serves as Legislative Director for Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and manages Rep. Pappas’s service on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Oliver has held several legislative and campaign positions on the Hill since 2019, including serving as Policy Director for the Chris Pappas for Congress campaign and two years in the office of Congressman Mike Levin (CA-49) where he advised on energy and environment policy. Oliver graduated from Dartmouth in 2018, where he majored in Environmental Studies. At Dartmouth, Oliver served as Student Director of Growing Change with DCSI!

Erin Fitzgerald ‘20

Erin is a Senior Analyst at the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) in Cambridge, MA, on the Assessment and Advisory Services team. Prior to joining CEP, Erin worked for an investment consulting firm in Boston and held volunteer roles for the Red Cross, SCORE, and Embolden (a Dartmouth-alumni-led effort). Erin also serves on the Steering Committee of the Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy Boston Chapter, and is the Dartmouth Class of 2020 Alumni Treasurer. She graduated from Dartmouth College in June 2020 with a B.A. in Anthropology and Development Economics.

Sean Garren '07

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seangarren/

Sean is the Chief Program Officer for Vote Solar, a non-profit advocacy group working across the country to use solar as a tool for climate progress and energy, environmental and economic justice. Prior to joining Vote Solar, he was the Legislative Director at Fair Share, an economic justice non-profit, where he was lead lobbyist and set policy strategy for the organization. He also ran the federal clean energy program as Clean Energy Advocate at Environment America. Sean lives in his hometown of Boston with his husband and son. At Dartmouth, Sean majored in Government.

Sophia Gawel ‘22

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophia-gawel-75a264183/

Sophia Gawel joined LISTEN Community Services as a Service Coordinator in 2022. In addition to her direct services work, Sophia manages LISTEN’s social media and incredible volunteers. While at Dartmouth, Sophia participated in several DCSI programs including a Cohort Internship in Philadelphia and an ’82 Upper Valley Community Impact Fellowship with COVER Home Repair. While originally hailing from Michigan, Sophia feels most at home in the Upper Valley. She volunteers as a crisis line advocate for WISE and serves as a youth mentor for The Mentoring Project of the Upper Valley. She lives her life in memory of her brother Sam Gawel (D’23).

Susan Horrell ‘06

https://www.linkedin.com/in/susangordo/

Susan Gordon Horrell (she/her) builds and develops cross-sector partnerships and collaborations that accelerate cures for rare cancer patients at the Rare Cancer Research Foundation. Susan has many years of experience in partnership development and has worked with companies including Starbucks and Under Armour, as well as nonprofits and over 400 other partners. Prior to entering the nonprofit space, Susan worked as an ICU and Emergency Department nurse. Susan is originally from Minnesota and she has a BA from Dartmouth College, a BSN from Duke University School of Nursing, and is currently pursuing her MPH at Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Kevin Peterson ‘82

Kevin recently served as the Director of Economic Development, New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority. At NH CDFA, a state-chartered, nonprofit development finance agency based in Concord, Kevin and his team annually deployed ~$16M in debt and equity capital to support place-focused community- and economic-development projects across New Hampshire. Prior to NH CDFA, Kevin spent 15 years with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Kevin received a Geography degree from Dartmouth College in 1982 and is involved with the DCSI ‘82 Upper Valley Community Impact Fellowship.