STAFF AND CONSULTANTS

At Inspired Legacies we recognize that we need people with different areas of expertise to complete a whole and inspired legacy plan. Our staff coordinates with a core group of consultants to assist with administration such as project management, design, communications, marketing, website management, as well as expert subject matter advice.

Director, Founder: Tracy Gary
Tracy Gary is a philanthropist, nonprofit entrepreneur and legacy mentor who has worked tirelessly to help others experience the joy of giving charitable dollars to causes they care about. Through her eighteenth start-up, a nonprofit called Inspired Legacies, she consults with a diverse range of organizations to improve and expand philanthropy and volunteerism. Her latest venture is the Tipping Point Fund for which she is raising $20 million to shift poverty and the environment. She has appeared on The Today Show and Oprah Winfrey and been interviewed by The Washington Post, NPR, Time, The International Tribune, and others.

Ms. Gary is the author of "Inspired Philanthropy: Your Step by Step Guide to Creating a Giving Plan and Leaving a Legacy" (published by Jossey-Bass, Nov. 2007)
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CONSULTANTS

Pat Tiller, Administrative Coordinator
Pat is a native Texan who has many years of administrative experience at for-profit corporations in Houston, including Texaco, 3/D International, Mitchell Energy & Development, and Burk-Kleinpeter Engineering. She spent several years gaining non-profit volunteer experience as a youth facilitator for HATCH. For the last several years, Pat has served on the Board of Directors of AssistHers as Vice President-Outreach.

"Now that I am semi-retired, I am pleased to have quality time to serve AssistHers, as well as the opportunity to continue using my administrative experience for Inspired Legacies. It is indeed a pleasure to assist Tracy in working with donors to help them accomplish their goals."

Else Meyer
Elyse Meyer currently works for Logistical Solutions International, Inc.(LSI provides logistical support and cultural awareness training for the oil and gas industry) as an accountant and is the financial manager for IL. She began her tenure with IL while between jobs and has continued to support IL. Elyse has also served as Treasurer for several nonprofit organizations.

"I appreciate even more now the work that Inspired Legacies' does. My partner's mother just died and we are amidst all the issues of legacy and the transfer of family values and resources that this important organization deals with daily."

Writer/Interviewer: Karen Payne, Transforming Violence
Karen Payne has worked as a consultant, writer, filmmaker and workshop leader for over 25 years, focusing on issues of social and environmental justice, community development, anti-racism, violence prevention and social change philanthropy. She has worked as a consultant to Changemakers, Inspired Legacies, individual philanthropists and numerous social change nonprofits. Most recently she researched, wrote and coordinated the production of the Flow Funding website www.flowfunding.org. Her book, Between Ourselves: Letters between Mothers and Daughters 1750-1982, has been in print for over 20 years. She is the co-founder of Wild Zones www.wild-zone.net and Transforming Violence www.transformingviolence.org

Webmaven: Barbara Brust, Lucille Design
Design: Rick Russell, Spinorb
Design: Michele Melrose Design
Art advisory: The Quilt Complex
Writer/Interviewer: Elizabeth Share

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