Patrick Alderdice & Aaron Parker
Presenting FFE Keynote: Our State of the Industry – By the Numbers | Tuesday, Aug. 20 from 8 – 9:15 a.m.
Patrick Alderdice, CEO of Pennington & Company
Under Patrick’s leadership as CEO, Pennington has become a fraternal foundation leader raising more than $1.1 billion in support of fraternities and sororities. Patrick has served Delta Chi Fraternity as a Leadership Consultant, Director of Chapter Development and Director of Chapter Services, and was elected International President in 2022. He’s been recognized with interfraternal service awards from FarmHouse, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Chi, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Kappa Psi and the NIC. He is a past president of the Fraternity & Sorority Political Action Committee, and he chaired the Fraternities Matter Campaign and The Campaign to Defend the Fraternity & Sorority Experience. Patrick lives in Indianapolis, and he proudly serves his Alma Mater as the Chairman Elect of the Ball State University Foundation Board.
Lindsay Boccardo
Presenting FFE Keynote & NIC Educational Symposium III: Every Generation Wins: Why Building Multi-Generational Teams is the Future | Monday, Aug. 19, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Lindsay Boccardo
For more than a decade Lindsay has been coaching, researching and developing programs for professional growth and emotional health on college campuses and in the workplace.
As a nationally-recognized generational expert, Lindsay has partnered with organizations such as Roche, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, Carpenter Realtors, and the Indiana Supreme Court. She is also a frequent keynote speaker and longtime partner of many fraternal industry associations, having worked with sorority and fraternity members and headquarters staffs all over the country.
Lindsay is also the co-founder of Careerhouse which focuses on helping sorority leaders break through the pay and leadership gaps for women by translating their experience in college into a career they love.
Lindsay earned a degree in psychology and public communication from Syracuse University, and a professional coaching certification through the International Coach Federation.
By providing education through keynote speeches around the country, podcasts and her YouTube channel, Lindsay empowers organizations to maximize the talent of their diverse workforce and helps individuals find the joy in understanding why every generation matters.
Nathan Chappell, MBA, MNA, CFRE
Presenting FFE Keynote: Tuesday, Aug. 20 from 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Chief AI Officer at DonorSearch AI, Co-Founder of Fundraising.AI Collaboration
Nathan, a renowned thought leader, AI inventor, and award-winning author, one of the world’s foremost experts on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and generosity. He is founder of Fundraising.AI, an open-source initiative responsible for publishing the world’s first Framework for Responsible and Beneficial AI for Fundraising for the Global Fundraising Community. As the Senior VP of DonorSearch AI, he leads AI deployments for major nonprofits. He’s also the co-author of the award-winning book, “The Generosity Crisis: The Case for Radical Connection to Solve Humanity’s Greatest Challenges”.
His expertise is regularly featured in Forbes, Fast Company, the Chronicle of Philanthropy and more. Nathan serves as an advisor for the OpenAI Users Forum, the AI for Good Foundation, the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS), and the Forbes Technology Council and holds a Masters in Nonprofit Administration from University of Notre Dame, an MBA from University of Redlands, a certificate in International Economics from University of Cambridge, a certificate in Artificial Intelligence from MIT and a certificate in Philanthropic Psychology from the Institute of Sustainable Philanthropy.
Dr. Jean M. Twenge
Presenting NIC Educational Symposium III: iGen: Guiding the smartphone generation and understanding the challenges of high school and college men today. | Monday, Aug. 19 from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University and Owner of Generation Me
Jean M. Twenge, Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, is the author of more than 190 scientific publications and seven books, including Generations: The Real Differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers and Silents—and What They Mean for America’s Future and iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy–and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood.
Dr. Twenge frequently gives talks and seminars on generational differences based on a dataset of 39 million people. Her audiences have included college faculty and staff, high school teachers, parents, military personnel, camp directors, and corporate executives.
Her research has been covered in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, and The Washington Post, and she has been featured on Today, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Fox and Friends, NBC Nightly News, Real Time with Bill Maher, and National Public Radio.
She holds a BA and MA from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She publishes her latest analyses and updates on the Generation Tech substack.
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