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All meetings are held at 7:30 AM on Wednesday morning at the Tower Club in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
 

 
 

Programs 2010

May 19

APRIL 21- Annual Symposium
Sponsored by: Northern Trust
Northern Trust

March 17
New Decade Donors
Kristen Schultz, JD, LLM
sponsored by Holy Cross Hosptital

February 17
"Getting Back to Basics: The Essentials for Effective Planned Giving"
Moderator: FELICIA G. BELL, Esq., Director of Planned Giving, Memorial Foundation, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Foundation
Panel:
MARILYN BRUMMITT, Director of Development Miami Rescue Mission/Broward Outreach Centers
PEGGY CALHOUN, ACFRE, Principal Miller, Calhoun & Company
DAVID PAIKIN, Regional Director, Diabetes Research Institute Foundation

January 20, 2010
"A Professional Advisor's Bird's Eye Perspective on Creating a Gift Plan for Your Client"

Seth A. Marmor, Attorney Shapiro, Blasi, Wasserman & Gora, P.A., Boca Raton
Sponsored by: Raymond James Trust N.A.


Programs 2009

December 16, 2009
Sponsored by: Miller, Calhoun & Company

November 18, 2009
"To Roth or Not to Roth; That is the Question...IRA Roth Conversions"
Sponsored by:Broward Partnership for the Homeless, Inc.

October 21
"TOP TEN TIPS FOR INVIGORATING PLANNED GIVING RIGHT NOW"
Gail S. Meltzer, CFRE, CoreStrategies for Nonprofits, Inc.

September 16
"AVOIDING THE GRINCH – DRAFTING AND ENFORCING CHARITABLE PLEDGES"
William T. Hennessy, Gunster Attorneys at Law

May 20

April 15
Update on Legislative Action on the Estate Tax and A Primer on Life Insurance in Charitable Planning
Wayne Cooper, LLM., CLU, ChFC, CFP®, AXA Advisors

March 18
Women and Philanthropy - The Factors Behind Female Giving
Dr. Lisa A. Miller, Lynn University

February 18
17th Annual Planned Giving Symposium - Navigating the Choppy Waters of Planned Giving in the New American Society
Jeff Baskies, Katz Baskies LLC and Jerry Simon Chasen, Chasen & Associates, P.A.

January 21
"Is There Hope for Planned Giving?"
Tanya Howe Johnson, President and CEO Partnership for Philanthropic Planning, (formerly National Committee on Planned Giving)


Programs 2008

In honor of National Philanthropy Day

"How to Give Money Away While Laughing All The Way to the Charity"

Panel Discussion Moderated by David Paikin, Diabetes Research Institute Foundation and Felicia G. Bell, Esq., Memorial/Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Foundations

"Planting the Planned Giving Seed"

Leave A Legacy: How to Plant the Seed of Planned Giving
Paul Weigel, U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management
Barbara Witte, Community Foundation of Broward

The Board Walk: Roles & Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards
Mark W. Glickman, CFRE, Director of Planned Giving & Endowments, Simon Wiesenthal Center

Maximizing Your Donors' Art, Antiques and Other Valuable "Stuff" for the Benefit of Themselves, Their Heirs and the Charities They Support
Michael Mendelsohn, Briddge Art Strategies

Demystifying Endowment Fund Investments
Suzy Peterfriend Ross, CEO FamilyLegacy, Inc.

The Nuts and Bolts of Prospect Research
David Paikin, JD, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami
Marci Philbin, University of Miamis Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Making Your Voice Heard in Tallahassee and a Review of the Past Florida Legislative Session
State Senator Steven A. Geller


 15th Annual Symposium of the Planned Giving Council of Broward County

BACK TO SCHOOL: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PLANNED GIVING
William T. Marks, Esq., Senior Vice President, Northern Trust N.A.

Ethical Accounting for Tax Exempt Organizations
Gregory R. Tait, Berenfeld, Spritzer, Schechter & Sheer

Ethical Considerations when Charities Deal with Professional Advisors
Presented by C. Scott Rassler, JD, CLU

A Charities Permissible Role in the Political Process:
An Ethical Look at What Charities Can and Cannot do During Elections

Presented by Adam Scott Goldberg, JD, LL.M.


  PROGRAMS 2007

The Pros and Cons of Private Family Foundations vs. Donor Advised Funds
Henry H. Raattama, Jr., Akerman Senterfitt
Katherine N. Guida, Northern Trust

The Changing Face of Philanthropy in South Florida
Linda Carter, Broward Community Foundation

Grant Writing 101
Deanna Mcdermott

The Sentiment on Estate Tax on Capital Hill, A Legislative Update

The Religious Aspects of Charitable Giving
John Fisher, Christian Community Foundation
Keith Goldmann, Jewish Community Federation Foundatio

The Sentiment on Estate Tax on Capital Hill, A Legislative Update
Wayne Cooper, CLU, CHFC, CFP, JD LLM, AXA Advisors, LLC

Annual Symposium
Facing the Next Generation of Philanthropy Leaders: Advising the Children and Grandchildren

David E. Ratcliffe and Thomas O. Katz, Esq.
How Philanthropy and the Tax Law Combine to Benefit the Community and the
Donor

Francis B. Brogan, Jr., Esq.
Working with Family Philanthropy and Keeping Our Seats at the Table - The
Changing Role of the Professional

Joan K. Crain, CFP, CTFA, CISP, Gary W. Erhard and Robert B. Judd, Esq.


Top Ten Pitfalls of Charitable Gift Planning
Greg Schupra
Comerica


PROGRAMS 2005-2006

Economic Forecast and Its Impact on Investment of Charitable Funds
George King
Bernstein & Co.

Developing and Managing a Bequest Program
Tom Lawson
Bank of America

Governance Reform
Deborah Bussel

Donor Managed Investment Accounts
Mark Rakov
Winklevoss Consultants with AFP

Identifying Planned Gift Prospects
Jay Frost
Wealth I-D

SYMPOSIUM
14th Annual Symposium of the Planned Giving Council of Broward County
James B. Davis, Gunster Yoakley
John C. Maynard, Raymond James Trust Company
William Snyder, Snyder & Snyder PA
Sheldon Polish, Berger Singerman
Robert Weiss, Wealth Management Group, Bernstein Investment Research and Management

Real Estate in Charitable Gifts
Chuck Mahaffey
Wachovia National Center for Planned Giving

IRS Update on Charitable Giving
Martin Basson-Internal Revenue Service

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