Removing Our Blinders: Conversation with Gage Weekes of Hollingsworth Funds
RESCHEDULED! New Date - September 15th
Join us as Gage Weekes helps us consider how to advocate for racial equity change at a rate people can absorb.
Gage Weekes
President & CEO, Hollingworth Funds
Having served as President & CEO of the Hollingsworth Funds since 2018, Gage will start by sharing the personal and professional experiences that have helped evolve his understanding of racial equity, including:
- The values instilled at a young age that guides his leadership;
- Stories of personal and professional reflection on the blinders he had to the issues of race and the need for racial equity; and,
- The impact those experiences have had on his approach to leadership at Hollingsworth Funds and the change Hollingsworth hopes to inspire in Greenville.
As leaders, we can be impatient when it comes to the pace of change in the field of philanthropy and our communities. We often forget that to get to the “change we want to see,” we must first understand and acknowledge how our personal views and experiences can impact our decisions and actions. One of the greatest challenges in leading is determining the pace of change needed for our organizations and communities. What will work best - persistent, incremental change? Or bold inspiring leaps?
Realizing that leadership is about creating change at a rate that people can absorb, Gage has offered to give an open and honest assessment of his own struggles and successes to date in pushing the accelerator versus pumping the brakes when advocating for advances in racial equity at Hollingsworth Funds and in the Greenville community they serve.
Hollingworth Funds' VP for Strategic Initiatives, and Together SC Board member, Tamela Spann, will also join us and share her reflections as a colleague.
Attendees (166)
Justine Allen
Program & Event Coordinator
Ten at the Top
Nate Barber
CEO
SCCLF
Sharon Beaty
Volunteer & Prevention Coordinator
Rape Crisis Center of Horry & Georgetown Counties
Barbara Black
Founder/CEO
Lydia's Bowels of Mercy Home, Inc
Gina Blohm
Community Foundation of Greenville
Laura Bogardus
Co-founder
Noble Aim Consulting
LaTonya Boyd
Executive Director
Chester County First Steps
Gina Bridges
Arts and Education Director
Hispanic Alliance
LaVanda Brown
Executive Director
YWCA Greater Charleston
Richmond Brown
Ambassador of Culture
Engaging Creative Minds
Dymon Bryant
CEO
Pink DYMONS
Debra Buffkin
Executive Director
Winyah Rivers Alliance
Jess Burgess
Chief Executive Officer
Greenville Center for Creative Arts
Catriona Carlisle
Executive Director
Meals on Wheels of Greenville
Claudia Cohen
Director
Pee Dee Community Project
Debbie Cooper
Director of Community Impact
Community Foundation of Greenville
Jamie Cooper
CEO
Communities In Schools of South Carolina
Amanda Crisp
finance team
United Way of the Piedmont
Wallace Daniel
VP of Development
Carolina Youth Development Center
Catie Davis
Director, Spartanburg
Children's Museum of the Upstate
Jennifer DeWitt
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Lowcountry Food Bank
Christine Ellis
Deputy Director
Winyah Rivers Alliance
Jackie Gaffney
Accounting & Compliance Manager
CommunityWorks Carolina
Betty Gardiner
Director of Grantmaking and Development
South Carolina First Steps
Kristin Garner
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Communities In Schools of South Carolina
Heather Gatchell
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Rebecca Geigel
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Kaky Grant
Principal
Grant Philanthropic Advisors
Lynda Guess
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Kathryn Harvey
Founder
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Natosha Hayward
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SC Thrive
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Leeza's Care Connection
Dean Hybl
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Ten at the Top
Sally Ingles
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Chloe Jacobs
Epidemiology Intern
OneWorld Health
Hannah Jarrett
Director of Economic Mobility Strategy
United Way of the Piedmont
Teresa Johnson
Director of People & Culture
Lowcountry Food Bank
Alana Jordan
Development & Marketing Director
Together SC
Sandy Jordan
Director of Employment Programs
Able South Carolina
Tamara Joseph
Executive Director
Transgender Awareness Alliance
Bethany Kern
Director of Development
Children's Museum of the Upstate
Karen Kimmel
Human Resources / Accounting Assistant
SOS Care
David Laird
Able South Carolina
Kelley Laird
Energy Ambassador
Dominion Energy, Energy Wise
Maura Langston
Director of Sales
Turn90
Millicent Lann
Development & Outreach Coordinator
Justice 360
Dawn Lavoie
Executive Director
Little Steps
Jannie Lincoln
Community Engagement Coordinator
Molina Healthcare
Terri Lottchea
Operations Manger
Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation
Charm Lowe
Administrative Assistant
Spartanburg Community College Foundation
Lauren Luneckas
Executive Director
Children's Museum of the Upstate
Michael Mahaffey
Director of Global and Regional Initiatives
Harvest Christian Ministries
Lyndsey Marchman
Grants Development Coordinator
Children's Trust of SC
Lisa Maronie
General Communications Director
Institute for Child Success
Tessa May
Executive Director
Loaves & Fishes
Ryann McCall
Donor Engagement Associate
United Way of the Piedmont
Jeff McCormack
Executive Director
SC Physicians Care Charity
Yolanda McCray
President & CEO
Black River United Way
Tish McCutchen
Director
Jolley Foundation
Madeleine McGee
Former President/CEO, Together SC
Together SC
Sarai Melendez
Board Member
Hispanic Alliance
Adela Mendoza
Executive Director
Hispanic Alliance
Jamie Moon
President
Institute for Child Success
Stella Moraes Gutberlet
Guest Services Manager
Children's Museum of the Upstate
Bob Morris
Community Foundation of Greenville
Karen Nichols
Vice President of Philanthropic Services
Spartanburg County Foundation
Mamie Nicholson
President
The Self Family Foundation
Annah Nieman
Operations Coordinator
Florence Crittenton Programs of SC
Jennifer Olmert
Executive Director
Upstate Mediation Center
Kay Phillips
Executive Director
Children in Crisis of Dorchester County dba Dorchester Children’s Advocacy Center
Duchett Polite Hylton
Executive Director
Jasper County First Steps
Catherine Puckett
Program Director
Greater Good Greenville
Shelli D Quenga
Chief Innovation Officer
Palmetto Project, Inc.
Omme-Salma Rahemtullah
Interim Executive Director
FoodShare SC
Filippo Ravalico
Director of Operations
South Carolina Environmental Law Project
Elmire Raven
East Cooper Community Outreach
Carol Reeves
Executive Director
Just Say Something
Amanda Richardson
VP for Brand Experience and Resource Development
United Way of the Piedmont
Brooke Robertson
Director of Strategic Communication & Member Experience
Neue South Collective
Caroline T. Robertson
Executive Director
Greer Relief and Resources Agency, Inc.
Jennifer Rogers
Former Executive Director
PAALS
Laurie Rovin
Nonprofit Consultant/Interim Executive Director
Laurie Rovin, LLC
Allison Safford
Strategic Initiatives Officer
Hollingsworth Funds
Geales Sands
Executive Director
Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation
Tiffany Santagati
VP. Operations
Greenville Housing Fund
Minor Mickel Shaw
Chairman
Daniel-Mickel Foundation
Katy Sides
Director of Learning
Hollingsworth Funds, Inc.
Mandy Smen
Operations Manager
Neighbors Together
Katy Smith
Executive Director
Greater Good Greenville
Diane Smock
Board Member and Community volunteer (former elected official)
Community Volunteer
Tamela Spann
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Hollingsworth Funds
Paige Stephenson
President & CEO
United Way of the Piedmont
Aaron Stroud-Romero
VP of International Operations
OneWorld Health
Norma Jean Suarez
Executive Director
Unity Health on Main
Tom Swanciger
Executive Director
Father to Father, Inc.
Margaret Tillman
Administrator
SC Commission for Minority Affairs
Terri Towle
Director of Fund Development
Leeza's Care Connection
Natalia Valenzuela Swanson
Senior Program Director
Mary Black Foundation
Timothy VanDenBerg
Attorney
VanDenBerg Law Firm LLC
Gage Weekes
President & CEO
Hollingsworth Funds
Alexis Whitmire
Grants Administrator
Spartanburg Regional Foundation
Rochelle Williams
Executive Director
Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities Foundation
Tamika Williams
The Duke Endowment
Ericka Wooten
Sisters of Charity Foundation of SC
Stephanie Yelder
Outreach Worker
Nurse-Family Partnership
Bryson Young
Chief Advancement Officer
Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired SC
Greta Young
Executive Director
The Parenting Place
