Monday, Oct. 14

• 11:30 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Registration and Check-in
    Foundation Hall Lobby

    Registration and Check-in

    Foundation Hall Lobby

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    3395 Airport Road
    Pinehurst, NC 28374
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• 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Market Updates and Current Trends - VP and Executive Directors Luncheon
    Pam Gorake, Samuel Michalove
    Foundation Hall, 1003A

    Market Updates and Current Trends - VP and Executive Directors Luncheon

    Foundation Hall, 1003A

    Pam Gorake, Samuel Michalove

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    Pam Gorake

    

    Relationship Manager PNC Institutional Asset Management

    Bio

    Pam is a relationship manager with PNC Institutional Asset Management®. She is responsible for coordinating the delivery of products and services to nonprofits, foundations, endowments, and corporations throughout the Triangle and Eastern North Carolina.

    Pam has a deep experience working with CEOs, CFOs, HR Directors, Boards and Managing Directors in helping them with their organizations, including meeting their financial responsibilities and overseeing their investments. Her responsibilities include driving asset allocation decisions, fiduciary support, investment manager selection and overall investment strategy. Prior to joining PNC, Pam served over 23 years at Truist as a senior director within Institutional Services.

    Pam graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Campbell University and with a Graduate Certificate in trust and wealth management from Northwestern University. Pam is a member of The National Charity League and has previously served as the VP of Philanthropy.

    Samuel Michalove

    

    Investment Market Director PNC Institutional Asset Management

    Bio

    Mr. Michalove is an investment market director for PNC Institutional Asset Management® (PNC IAM) responsible for overseeing the consistent execution of PNC IAM’s investment experience, portfolio activities and risk management across markets. He collaborates with investment advisors, market directors and PNC IAM senior leaders to provide a consistent high quality client experience with a special focus on PNC’s OCIO (Outsourced Chief Investment Officer) solutions. Mr. Michalove provides support and functional oversight to a team of investment advisors working within PNC IAM, assisting in the implementation of investment strategies for client relationships. In addition, He is responsible for maintaining and growing AUM and for providing portfolio and relationship management services to a select number of sophisticated clients with complex accounts.

    Mr. Michalove has spent his career helping organizations and institutional investors design and implement multi-asset investment portfolios. His expertise is in areas of alternative assets, risk management, portfolio construction, investment policy design, and sustainable investing. Prior to joining PNC, Mr. Michalove served as the Director of Investment Strategy & Portfolio Management for Arizona State University Enterprise Partners’ $1.5B investment program. He was responsible for the development and implementation of investment strategy, portfolio construction, risk analytics, and alternative investment due diligence. Mr. Michalove started his career at Vanguard where he joined a leadership development program, ultimately landing a role as an analyst in Vanguard’s Institutional Investment group where he worked with non-profit, healthcare, corporate, and pension clients.

    Mr. Michalove graduated with a Bachelor of Science in finance from Arizona State University. Mr. Michalove holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations. Mr. Michalove is an investment committee member of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix and previously a board member of the Phoenix CFA Society.

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• 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
  • A State and National Perspective of Philanthropy in Community Colleges (Opening Keynote)
    John Denning, Nation Hahn
    Foundation Hall, 1003B

    A State and National Perspective of Philanthropy in Community Colleges (Opening Keynote)

    Foundation Hall, 1003B

    John Denning, Nation Hahn

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    John Denning

    

    Senior Advisor John M. Belk Endowment

    Bio

    Dr. John D. Denning has worked in a variety of roles at the intersection of education policy, philanthropy, and economic development. John currently serves as the Senior Advisor to the John M. Belk Endowment after almost ten years as a Senior Program Officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Committed to driving impact in transitions from high school to college and improved outcomes for students and teachers, John also served as North Carolina’s State Director for K-12 and Postsecondary Alignment and the NC Ready for Success initiative. In that capacity and through a joint appointment across the University of North Carolina, the NC Community College System and the NC Department of Public Instruction, John directed communication and policy alignment efforts across all sectors of K-12 and postsecondary education. After attending Elon University as a NC Teaching Fellow, John taught American history and government at Wake Forest Rolesville High School. Since earning an MA in Public Policy from Exeter University in England and a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy from UNC-Chapel Hill, John has worked in other organizations such as the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, All Kinds of Minds, the NC New Schools Project and the NC Teaching Fellows Commission. John also currently serves as a member of various boards and organizations such as the Elon University Jo Watts William School of Education Advisory Board, the National Advisory Board of the William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, the Advisory Board of the Public School Forum of North Carolina, and the myFutureNC Advisory Board of Commissioners.

    Nation Hahn

    

    Senior Advisor and Consultant Nation Co.

    Bio

    Nation Hahn is a senior advisor and consultant with extensive experience in change management, design thinking, strategic communications, public policy, and philanthropy.

    As the former Chief of Growth at EducationNC (EdNC), he was instrumental in engaging North Carolinians on education issues from the organization's launch in 2015 through 2024.

    At EdNC, Hahn pioneered innovative strategies combining theory of change, leadership development, and "go and see" opportunities for philanthropists and policymakers. His efforts built relationships with local leaders across all 100 North Carolina counties and raised over $18 million for EdNC's work. He drove postsecondary and community college coverage, including the award-winning Awake58 weekly newsletter. He also visited all 58 of the state's community colleges and all 100 of North Carolina's counties.

    Since 2019, he has coached media organizations in change management through the Table Stakes program with the American Press Institute and CISLM at the UNC-Chapel Hill’s Journalism School.

    Hahn was named to the Triangle Business Journal's 40 Under 40 list in 2017, received the Citizen of the Year award from IndyWeek in 2015, and was named a Southerner of the Year by Southern Living magazine in 2016. He is an Aspen Ideas Fest Fellow and has served on various boards focused on education, homelessness, and food security.

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• 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
  • Finding the Balance
    Germaine Elkins
    Foundation Hall, 1003C

    Finding the Balance

    An in-depth look at how NC Development Officers are working to balance the needs of donors and the needs of the institution while supporting our college’s mission, priority needs, and students.

    Foundation Hall, 1003C

    Germaine Elkins

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    Germaine Elkins

    

    Vice President, Engagement and Executive Director Sandhills Community College

    Bio

    Germaine Brandt Elkins is the Vice President of Engagement at Sandhills Community College. Germaine has been a member of the Foundation staff for over 16 years and Foundation Executive Director since 2015. In her current role, she has oversight of the Sandhills Community College Foundation, Inc., the Bradshaw Performing Arts Center (BPAC), the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens, Flyers Athletics, personal enrichment and lifelong learning programs, community and cultural engagement in Moore and Hoke counties, global and international programs, and college-wide marketing and website.

    Since assuming her leadership role in 2015, Germaine has assisted in growing the Foundation’s net assets from $23 million to over $50 million and has successfully overseen a $15 million capital campaign. During her time at Sandhills, she has assisted many donors in establishing estate gifts, creating charitable gift annuities, and structuring many other major and planned gifts. She has presented at local, state and national professional conferences on these topics.

    In 2017, Germaine earned her Certificate in Fund Raising Management from Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and subsequently obtained her Certified Fund Raising Executive status from CFRE International. She has an MBA from UNC Pembroke, BA in Sociology from UNC Wilmington, and her Associates in Arts from Sandhills Community College. She is currently enrolled in a doctoral program at North Carolina State University’s School of Education and the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research.

    Germaine is originally from Savannah, Georgia; however, since before she can remember her family visited Southern Pines because of their long-time ties to horse country—she is the great-grandniece of renowned equestrian, Virginia Walthour Moss. In 1988, her family moved to Moore County full-time. While no longer an active rider and foxhunter, Germaine still enjoys being a social member of the Moore County Hounds. Her mother, Virginia Thomasson, sister, Rosalind Brownback, and brother, Casey Thomasson are well-known local CPAs. In her free time, she enjoys spending quality time with her family, her husband of over 21 years, Phill, and their eleven-year-old daughter, Virginia.

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• 5:30 pm
  • Welcome Dinner (Sponsored by North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation)
    Dempsey Student Center (follow directional signage)

    Welcome Dinner (Sponsored by North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation)

    All attendees should wear their new NC CORD green t-shirt for a group photo!

    Dempsey Student Center (follow directional signage)

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