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As president and CEO of Blackbaud (BLKB), the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good, I’m focused on delivering unmatched value and innovation to organizations and individual change agents that build a better world. I believe success stems from: • Putting customers at the center of everything we do -- every day. • Fostering an inclusive, purpose-focused culture for our team -- where every voice matters. We have recently been listed as the 18th largest Cloud applications company worldwide by IDC, and we are powering the digital transformation of the social good community through purpose-built, comprehensive cloud solutions that drive impact and outcomes for our customers. Every day I’m energized to see the results of our software, services, data intelligence, and expertise in addressing the unique needs of our millions of users in 60 countries -- including nonprofits, foundations, faith based institutions, companies, education institutions, healthcare organizations, and the individual change agents who support them. I’m especially proud to lead an organization that holds spots on Forbes’ lists for best employers for diversity and best employers for women. And while Blackbaud already produces significant social good thought leadership we have exciting work ahead with our new Blackbaud Institute Advisory Board to take that conversation to new heights and new potential for all we serve. In conjunction with leading Blackbaud, I also serve on public and mission-based boards, including the Clemson University President’s Advisory Board, Teradata, and the International African American Museum Board. I'm passionate about advocating for innovation in the tech sector that can help good take over.

Patrick Donovan is based in Phoenix, Arizona. He has worked as Director of Finance at QCSI, Chief Financial Officer at Axway, and Chief Executive Officer at Axway. Patrick studied at UCCS between 1999 and 2002 and Arizona State University between 1991 and 1993.

Leslie Stretch joined the Board of Directors in February of 2021. Mr. Stretch, who has had a storied career leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) organizations, is currently president and chief executive officer at customer experience (CX) management leader, Medallia, which he took public in 2019. Mr. Stretch joined Medallia in 2018 and guided the company to a successful IPO in July 2019. The company has emerged as a leader in the Customer and Employee Experience management platform market; in December, the company was named a Leader in Gartner’s first Magic Quadrant for Voice of the Customer and has an enterprise value north of $7 billion. Prior to Medallia, Mr. Stretch was the President and CEO of Callidus Software, an early leader in the sales commissions space, for 11 years. Callidus was acquired by SAP for $2.6B in 2018.

Deron Pearson is a CEO/Co-Founder at Nexus Is Inc.

Kevin Ogrodnik is a Chief Executive Officer, President & Board Member at Sherpa Software and is based in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania.

Gary Kovacs (born 1963 or 1964) is a San Francisco Bay Area technologist. He was the chief executive officer of AVG Technologies. Kovacs has worked for Mozilla Corporation, Adobe, SAP, and IBM, and led Zi Corporation, a mobile text messaging company.

Senior executive skilled at scaling technology companies from startup to profitability and ultimately successful exits. Partner successfully with management teams, boards and staff to systematically develop corporate strategies, build teams, and subsequently drive execution with performance based metrics, systems, and processes. Front line customer engagement skills on both a direct and channel basis across all geographies. Domain experience in banking, healthcare IT and hardware and application and infrastructure software, ( both SaaS and perpetual business models) with both operating and financial roles. Responsible for raising over $300M in equity and debt capital in both public and private markets along with $100M+ buy and $2B+ sell side M&A experience.