• CORPORATE CONNECTIONS | VIRTUAL

    Corporate funders discuss the many ways they support nonprofits

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Corporate Connections

Virtual educational workshop featuring corporate funders

2026 Schedule

August 13 | September 10 | October 8 | November 12 | December 10

Thursday August 13th, 2026

Company: VISA

Speaker: Brian Mattos

Topic: Learn the ways that VISA supports the community, financial and otherwise. Gain insights into what isn’t on the website.

Date and Time: Thursday August 13th from  12 pm – 1 pm PT ( 3 pm – 4 pm ET)

Format: This will be a virtual, interactive event via Zoom meetings. Attendees are able to ask questions and network.

Who should attend? Nonprofit fundraisers, grant writers, special events manager, nonprofit boards and corporate funders.

Fee: No charge for Passholders: $35 for others.

For more information: Contact Joy Stephens at joy@corporategn.com or (425) 653-1575.

Contact: Joy Stephens at 425.653.1575 or joy@corporategn.com,  for more information or for sponsorship opportunities.

Past Speakers

Thank you to our past speakers

Lydia Schmeltzer

Target
January 8, 2026

Kim Van Syoc

Banfield Foundation, BluePearl Cares, VCA Charities
December 5, 2025

Arthur Karuletwa

Chobani 
August 14, 2025

Max Finberg

Chobani
August 14, 2025

Aaron Sato

Costco
June 24, 2025

Laura Collins

KPMG
May 8, 2025

Esther Richmond

US Bank 
April 8, 2025

Leslie Cherry

Bank of America
December 12, 2024

Ashley Fosberg

Seattle Sounders FC
July 11th, 2024

Steven Shaw

Verizon
June 13th, 2024

Teresa Pelletier

Fidelity Investments  
May 16th, 2024

Shanda Vangas

Corebridge Financial 
April 11th, 2024

Francie Richards

Allstate Insurance
February 8, 2024

Erica McIntire

Bank of America
January 11, 2024

Phoebe Thums

Umpqua Bank
November 9, 2023

Amanda Hein

Crane Aerospace & Electronics 
October 12, 2023

Ty Cordova

State Farm Insurance
September 14, 2023

Aldrinana Leung

Starbucks
August 10, 2023

Kristen Ragain

REI Cooperative Action Fund

July 13, 2023

Natalie Randall

Nordstrom

April 13, 2023

Elizabeth Lorenzo

Wells Fargo
January 12, 2023

Noelle Nausin

Alaska Airlines
November 10, 2022

Molly Moon Neitzel

Molly Moon’s
October 13, 2022

Michelle Sievers

Paper Crane Factory

September 8, 2022

Samantha Holcomb

Zillow Group
August 11, 2022

Noah Salata

American Family Insurance
June 9, 2022

Tobi Shannon

American Family Insurance
June 9, 2022

Paul Hollie

Premera Blue Cross
May 12, 2022

Joy Stephens

Corporate Giving Network
January 13 & April 14 2022

Susan Bell

Woodland Park Zoo
November 11th, 2021

Julia Curns-Welch

Seattle Opera
November 11th, 2021

Shawn Harris

Forterra
November 11th, 2021

Meghan Barnes

AT&T
October 14th, 2021

Cheyenne Gillooly

Keller Williams
August 12th, 2021

Christine Wood

Windermere Foundation
August 12th, 2021

Jesse Rhodes

Amazon

Kevin Purcell

Event Caddy
May 13th, 2021

Dana Segal

MC Consulting
April 8th, 2021

Ryan Potts

Oxfam
March 11th, 2021

Kevin Henry

Sound
February 11th, 2021

Lee Hunter

Lee Keller, The Keller Group

The Keller Group
February 11th, 2021

Junelle Kroontje

Washington State Government
January 14th, 2021

Kristen Ragain

REI

Tracy Wort

Symetra

Kevin Henry

Sound Health

Nick Anderson

Columbia Bank

Pearl Leung

Vulcan, Inc.

Helene Andersen

Vulcan, Inc.

Kristen Ragain

REI

Dwight Prevo

Wells Fargo

Sara Osborne

Safeway

Gina Breukelman

The Boeing Company

Milt Doumit

Verizon

Cassandra Mitchell

KeyBank

Shannon Boldizsar

Starbucks

Christopher Wiggins

Safeco Insurance

Paul Hollie

Paul_Hollie

Premera Blue Cross

Diem Ly

Comcast

Zach Stratton

QFC

Alice Shobe

Amazon

Pamela Baade

Holland America Line

May 10, 2018

Erin Moyer

Laird Norton Wealth Management

Jennifer Butler

Zillow Group

Jane Broom

Microsoft Philanthropies

Katherine Cheng

Expedia

Trip Switzer

Museum of Flight

Linda Peffer

Corporate Social Responsibility Consultant

Joe Filoseta

Joe_Filoseta

SigniaDocs, Inc., DepotPoint

Tim Heimerle

Northwest Kidney Centers

Kathy Parks

KPCoaching

Mike Cheever

College Success Foundation

Ania B-Alyson

Seattle Animal Shelter

Jeannette Privat

Jeannette Privat

King County Library System

Debra Holland

Debra Holland

Pacific Continental Bank

Ryan Hicks

Ryan Hicks

Seattle Symphony

Holly Hoag

Holly Hoag

KCTS 9
2014

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