Donor-Advised Funds: Flexible, Efficient Donor-Centric PhilanthropyDonor-Advised Funds: Flexible, Efficient Donor-Centric Philanthropy

Edward Jay Beckwith is a partner with BakerHostetler LLP in Washington, D.C. He leads the firm’s Tax-Exempt and Charitable practice team and for 37 years has served as an adjunct tax professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Donald Kent is a Principal and Financial Advisor in Bernstein’s private client group for the past 20 years. He designs comprehensive strategies for high-net-worth families, working closely with their professional advisors, including wealth transfer techniques and tax-wise charitable giving. 

Steven Woolf is Senior Tax Counsel at The Jewish Federations of North America. In his position he is the chief lobbyist on tax and charitable giving issues for JFNA and works closely with the endowment professionals throughout the federation system on planned giving issues.