Eight funder networks host new resource to help funders invest in communities most impacted by climate change. Led by the Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN), the toolkit development team included: Jeff Wise, HEFN Director of Strategic Programs; consultant Kathy Sessions, Principal, Leaven Partners; consultant Shalini Gupta, SGupta Consulting; and Matthew O’Malley, Grand Junction Design.
KEY PERSONNEL CHANGES
KATHY SESSIONS
Stepped down from her position as executive director of the Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN) July 31, 2019. She had worked there for twenty years, says an announcement. The coauthor of three Health Affairs GrantWatch peer-reviewed articles, Sessions has opened a consultancy named Leaven Partners, LLC.
An essay for the Grantmakers In Health (GIH) 2019 conference, reflecting on years of collaboration between GIH and the Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN). Authored by Kathy Sessions.
Julia Travers’ 2019 interview with Kathy Sessions in Inside Philanthropy’s “The Foundations that Work on Environmental Health — With an Eye on Building Power.”
This November 2016 article in the peer-reviewed journal Health Affairs provides a summary of foundation investments aimed at improving health and equity outcomes by improving environmental conditions. Co-authored by Kathy Sessions, Karla Fortunato, Philip R.S Johnson, and Amy Panek.
This report, published by ecoAmerica and the Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN), is designed to introduce grantmakers to issues and opportunities that lie at the intersection of climate change and health. It provides a brief review of climate change basics and the impacts of climate change on health, as well as a review of the landscape of philanthropic opportunities, from reducing climate health threats to accelerating climate solutions to collaborating to build climate resilience and transform communities. Co-authored by Karla Fortunato and Kathy Sessions