Pete Bush, Horizon Wealth Management, Baton Rouge, La

John Ledford is one of the new breed of philanthropists, in that he loans money directly to poor people in emerging-market countries. Lending entrepreneurs money may not sound so philanthropic, but it actually is in developing countries where...

Roger Green considers his profession an ongoing community service project, educating the citizens of Duluth and surrounding communities in order to help them better plan for their futures

Linda Fitz is well known in the financial services community as co-founder of Kochis Fitz, created in 1991. (The firm then merged with Quintile in 2008 to create Aspiriant, based in San Francisco.)

In early 2006, Jack Schecter was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma. Perhaps finally diagnosed would be a more apt description

Todd Butson is cursed. Anytime someone asks for a volunteer or help, I have to step up to the job

Rob Mitchell has made the most of a rough start in life. Abandoned at the age of 3 by a mother who had neither the financial nor the psychological wherewithal to take care of him, he spent the next 14 years shuttling between one orphanage and the...