Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy: Causes and Consequences of the Transfer of Wealth

Susan U. Raymond, PhD, is Senior Managing Director of Research, Evaluation, and Strategic Planning for Changing Our World, Inc. and its philanthropy division, Archimede Philanthropy Partners. She has extensive experience in research, analysis, and planning, most recently with the prestigious New York Academy of Sciences. At the Academy, she created the first technology and public policy program, and then became Director of Strategic Planning and Special Projects. Prior to this, Dr. Raymond was a project officer at the World Bank and a senior consultant to the U.S. Agency for International Development and to various private organizations including the Carnegie Corporation, specializing in healthcare and international economic research.

Mary Beth Martin, Esq., is a Senior Managing Director at Changing Our World, Inc. and its philanthropy division, Archimede Philanthropy Partners, overseeing the firm's Boston office. With nearly twenty years' experience in the fundraising field, she has done extensive work in higher education, focusing primarily on planned giving, major gifts, and capital campaigns. Since joining Changing Our World, she has provided planned giving advice to numerous clients, in addition to providing fundraising strategy and capital campaign oversight. She has addressed both national and regional organizations as well as numerous nonprofit boards and development professionals on the topic of planned giving.