CONFERENCE KEYNOTE & PANEL SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dien Yuen, JD, LLM, CAP®, AEP®
CEO of Daylight Advisors
As CEO of Daylight, Dien helps advisors build their confidence, competency, and cultural dexterity to elevate the practice of philanthropic advising and support their passion for growth, service, and philanthropic impact.
Daylight's professional development programs, including the Impact Philanthropy Advisor (IPA), set a new standard of impact and training in philanthropic planning. Daylight's work extends to Asia, as Dien is also the lead faculty for philanthropy at the Wealth Management Institute (WMI) in Singapore. She was inducted into the 2023 National Association of Charitable Gift Planners (CGP) Hall of Fame and recognized for her academic leadership with the Distinguished Faculty Award from WMI.
Previously, Dien founded the Center for Philanthropy and Social Impact at The American College of Financial Services, where she also developed and taught courses as the Blunt-Nickel Professor in Philanthropy for the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® (CAP®). Earlier in her career, Dien worked for several wealth management firms and held executive positions in regional and global development organizations. Today, she serves on the boards of MyriadUSA and Giving Compass.
Dien Yuen, JD, LLM, CAP®, AEP®
CEO of Daylight Advisors
As CEO of Daylight, Dien helps advisors build their confidence, competency, and cultural dexterity to elevate the practice of philanthropic advising and support their passion for growth, service, and philanthropic impact.
Daylight's professional development programs, including the Impact Philanthropy Advisor (IPA), set a new standard of impact and training in philanthropic planning. Daylight's work extends to Asia, as Dien is also the lead faculty for philanthropy at the Wealth Management Institute (WMI) in Singapore. She was inducted into the 2023 National Association of Charitable Gift Planners (CGP) Hall of Fame and recognized for her academic leadership with the Distinguished Faculty Award from WMI.
Previously, Dien founded the Center for Philanthropy and Social Impact at The American College of Financial Services, where she also developed and taught courses as the Blunt-Nickel Professor in Philanthropy for the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® (CAP®). Earlier in her career, Dien worked for several wealth management firms and held executive positions in regional and global development organizations. Today, she serves on the boards of MyriadUSA and Giving Compass.

PLENARY PANEL SPEAKER
Rehana Abbas
Chief Philanthropy Officer,
San Francisco Foundation
Rehana brings more than 15 years of nonprofit experience to her role as San Francisco Foundation’s Chief Philanthropy Officer. At SFF, she utilizes her expertise in fundraising and nonprofit strategy to raise funds and engage donors in the Foundation’s commitment to social justice and racial equity throughout the Bay Area.
Before joining the Foundation, she served as the Chief Philanthropy Officer at the Oakland Museum of California, where she successfully led their $85 million campaign and worked to center anti-racist fundraising principles in the Museum’s fund development.
Previously, she was SFMOMA’s Senior Director of Individual Giving during its $650 million campaign and reopening in 2016. She is the chair of the board of Children’s Council of San Francisco. She has a BA from Wake Forest University, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.
Rehana Abbas
Chief Philanthropy Officer,
San Francisco Foundation
Rehana brings more than 15 years of nonprofit experience to her role as San Francisco Foundation’s Chief Philanthropy Officer. At SFF, she utilizes her expertise in fundraising and nonprofit strategy to raise funds and engage donors in the Foundation’s commitment to social justice and racial equity throughout the Bay Area.
Before joining the Foundation, she served as the Chief Philanthropy Officer at the Oakland Museum of California, where she successfully led their $85 million campaign and worked to center anti-racist fundraising principles in the Museum’s fund development.
Previously, she was SFMOMA’s Senior Director of Individual Giving during its $650 million campaign and reopening in 2016. She is the chair of the board of Children’s Council of San Francisco. She has a BA from Wake Forest University, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

PLANERY PANEL SPEAKER
Roger Doughty
President of Horizons Foundation
Roger has led Horizons Foundation since 2002. During this time, the foundation has experienced significant growth in grantmaking, assets, and Horizons’ LGBTQ Community Endowment Fund. The foundation has committed itself to realizing the overwhelming potential in legacy giving for the Bay Area’s large, diverse, and dispersed LGBTQ population. In recent years, Horizons has also led development of a first-ever initiative to help LGBTQ communities across the country realize this opportunity as well.
Roger has been an activist and leader in the LGBTQ movement for more than 35 years, dating back to the most difficult years of the AIDS epidemic. Prior to Horizons, he served as executive director of the Chicago LGBTQ Center, now known as the Center on Halsted. Under his leadership, the center tripled in size and impact. He also served as director of programs for the L.A. LGBTQ Center, the world’s largest LGBTQ organization. Roger's San Francisco background includes his tenure in the law firm of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, where he specialized in refugee, immigration and asylum cases involving gender-related persecution and sexual orientation. Roger also has served as president of the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance in Washington D.C. and Associate Director of the Coro Foundation. He has served most recently on the boards of OutRight Action International, including a period as board chair, and Northern California Grantmakers. Roger has a BA from Williams College, a Masters of Public Policy from U.C. Berkeley, and a JD from the U.C. Berkeley School of Law.
Roger Doughty
President of Horizons Foundation
Roger has led Horizons Foundation since 2002. During this time, the foundation has experienced significant growth in grantmaking, assets, and Horizons’ LGBTQ Community Endowment Fund. The foundation has committed itself to realizing the overwhelming potential in legacy giving for the Bay Area’s large, diverse, and dispersed LGBTQ population. In recent years, Horizons has also led development of a first-ever initiative to help LGBTQ communities across the country realize this opportunity as well.
Roger has been an activist and leader in the LGBTQ movement for more than 35 years, dating back to the most difficult years of the AIDS epidemic. Prior to Horizons, he served as executive director of the Chicago LGBTQ Center, now known as the Center on Halsted. Under his leadership, the center tripled in size and impact. He also served as director of programs for the L.A. LGBTQ Center, the world’s largest LGBTQ organization. Roger's San Francisco background includes his tenure in the law firm of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, where he specialized in refugee, immigration and asylum cases involving gender-related persecution and sexual orientation. Roger also has served as president of the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance in Washington D.C. and Associate Director of the Coro Foundation. He has served most recently on the boards of OutRight Action International, including a period as board chair, and Northern California Grantmakers. Roger has a BA from Williams College, a Masters of Public Policy from U.C. Berkeley, and a JD from the U.C. Berkeley School of Law.

PLANERY PANEL SPEAKER
Sujata Srivastava
Chief Policy Officer for SPUR
Sujata Srivastava is the Chief Policy Officer for SPUR, a public policy organization based in the Bay Area. Sujata leads policy research and advocacy for the organization, specializing in downtown revitalization and housing affordability strategies. Sujata has over 20 years of experience directing research and policy analysis for cities and regions across the United States and in Latin America.
Before joining SPUR, she was a consultant at Strategic Economics and at AECOM | Economics Research Associates, where she advised public and private-sector clients on affordable housing, transit-oriented development, small business development, and real estate development in the U.S. and Latin America. Sujata holds a Master’s in city planning from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College.
Sujata Srivastava
Chief Policy Officer for SPUR
Sujata Srivastava is the Chief Policy Officer for SPUR, a public policy organization based in the Bay Area. Sujata leads policy research and advocacy for the organization, specializing in downtown revitalization and housing affordability strategies. Sujata has over 20 years of experience directing research and policy analysis for cities and regions across the United States and in Latin America.
Before joining SPUR, she was a consultant at Strategic Economics and at AECOM | Economics Research Associates, where she advised public and private-sector clients on affordable housing, transit-oriented development, small business development, and real estate development in the U.S. and Latin America. Sujata holds a Master’s in city planning from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College.

PLANERY PANEL MODERATOR
Alexis Madrigal
Co-host of KQED Forum
Alexis Madrigal is a journalist in Oakland, California. He's the co-host of KQED’s current affairs show, Forum, and a contributing writer at The Atlantic, where he co-founded The COVID Tracking Project. Previously, he was the editor-in-chief of Fusion and a staff writer at Wired.
His new book, The Pacific Circuit, is coming out in March 2025 from MCD x FSG. He is the proprietor of the Oakland Garden Club, a newsletter for people who like to think about plants. Madrigal authored the book Powering the Dream: ThePhoto credit: Miya Hirayabashi.History and Promise of Green Technology. He's been a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Information School and UC Berkeley's Center for the Study of Technology, Science, and Medicine as well as an affiliate with Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
He was born in Mexico City, grew up in rural Washington State, and went to Harvard.
Photo credit: Miya Hirayabashi.
Alexis Madrigal
Co-host of KQED Forum
Alexis Madrigal is a journalist in Oakland, California. He's the co-host of KQED’s current affairs show, Forum, and a contributing writer at The Atlantic, where he co-founded The COVID Tracking Project. Previously, he was the editor-in-chief of Fusion and a staff writer at Wired.
His new book, The Pacific Circuit, is coming out in March 2025 from MCD x FSG. He is the proprietor of the Oakland Garden Club, a newsletter for people who like to think about plants. Madrigal authored the book Powering the Dream: ThePhoto credit: Miya Hirayabashi.History and Promise of Green Technology. He's been a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Information School and UC Berkeley's Center for the Study of Technology, Science, and Medicine as well as an affiliate with Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
He was born in Mexico City, grew up in rural Washington State, and went to Harvard.
Photo credit: Miya Hirayabashi.
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS (In alphabetical order by last name)