PLANNING

PETER MURRAY

PRESIDENT

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Peter Murray has fifteen years of experience leading and supporting social ventures and nonprofits. Mr. Murray was the founder and president of the Empowerment Group, a business incubator and entrepreneurship training center in Philadelphia. For eight years, Mr. Murray was President of the Center for Progressive Leadership, a national training institute for nonprofit and civic leaders that has trained and mentored over 6,000 promising nonprofit and civic leaders. Mr. Murray is also a Fellow at the Tides Foundation.

Mr. Murray has also led social impact ventures: he was co-founder and executive vice president of the I Do Foundation, where he oversaw the merger of the I Do Foundation with JustGive.org into one of the largest online giving portals in the world, disbursing over $30 million to nonprofits every year. He was also CEO of Image Contractors, a community-based construction company in Philadelphia.

For his leadership in the nonprofit sector, Mr. Murray received the Eli Segal Entrepreneurship Award in 2002, the Eugene Lang Community Service Award in 1999, and was selected for Fast Company Magazine’s 2002 “Fast 50,” which honors 50 leaders from around the world who are reshaping their sectors.

DARRELL SCOTT

ONLINE ORGANIZING ASSOCIATE

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Darrell Scott joined the Accelerate Change team in June 2012. Prior to joining the team, Darrell was a Fellow with the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in North Carolina. While there, he helped further social justice grantmaking, coordinated its Nonprofit Internship Program, and worked on the racial equity capacity building team. A native of Little Rock, AR, he graduated from Davidson College in 2010 with honors in Sociology and an Ethnic Studies Concentration. For his commitment to public service, Darrell received the Harry S. Truman Scholarship in 2009.