Philanthropy Innovation Summit 2025 | Salon Sessions

Missy Narula is the CEO of Crankstart Foundation and Crankstart Management LLC.  At Crankstart Management LLC, Missy manages the investments and business activities of the family office. Crankstart Foundation works with others to address social issues and their underlying causes, with a particular orientation towards Education, Economic Mobility, Democracy, Housing Security, Sciences and the Environment.  Crankstart’s work is place-based, with a primary focus on the Bay Area and a recognition that many components of a stable life are interdependent. She is passionate about the intersection of capitalism and social good.

Missy combines a community orientation with an investor mindset and the grit and creativity of an operator. Previously, her career spanned entrepreneurship, investing, and consulting. She is an experienced global finance executive with a track record of leveraging financial information to drive strategic insight. As an entrepreneur, Missy established herself as a thought leader and was published in Forbes and interviewed on ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC.

Missy holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where she graduated with high distinction as a Baker Scholar (top 5%). She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Yale University; during her college years, she was an Advisor to the Dean of Yale College and was the Head Tour Guide. Missy is a proud mom of 3 kiddos, ages 12, 9, and 5.  She was born and raised in Euclid, Ohio.

Terri Ludwig is CEO of Ballmer Group Philanthropy, shaping the organization’s funding strategy to expand economic opportunity and reduce systemic inequities in America. Working closely with the Co-Founders, Terri sets Ballmer Group’s vision and strategy, making actionable its commitment to kids and families. Since joining the organization in 2019, she has enacted a balanced approach: funding essential, direct services that invigorate communities today, alongside a steady focus on transforming systems for tomorrow. Terri has also spearheaded the organization’s growth both nationally and within Ballmer Group regions, bringing in key talent and expanding the organization’s focus areas by investing in new organizations and leaders. Terri brings to her leadership a deep understanding, coupled with a commitment to continuous learning, of how systemic inequities affect economic mobility, and she continues to strengthen and sharpen Ballmer Group’s focus on racial equity in our external grantmaking and internal processes.

Terri has devoted her career to expanding access for kids and families. In her previous role as Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Community Partners, Terri led the organization to develop innovative public-private partnerships, advocate for transformative policy, and facilitate more than $35 billion in affordable housing and community development investments across the country. Terri also served as Chair of the Board of Enterprise Community Investment, held global executive positions at Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, and was the Chief Executive Officer of ACCION New York.

A nationally recognized leader, Terri has been included on the Forbes Impact 30 List of top social entrepreneurs worldwide, named as a David Rockefeller Fellow, and served as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has also served on numerous executive and advisory boards, including as a presidential appointee to the U.S. Department of the Treasury CDFI Advisory Board.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in industrial psychology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Kim Meredith serves as Chief Executive Officer of the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation. She is chief strategist, fundraiser, grant maker, and advocate for one of the country’s top public hospitals, the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Since Meredith joined in June 2020, she oversees all aspects of the Foundation working closely with the SFGHF Board of Directors, and is actively involved in revitalization efforts for San Francisco.

After eleven years as the inaugural Executive Director of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) Meredith stepped down to join SFGHF as CEO. At Stanford PACS, she was responsible for expanding research initiatives and strategic growth including the acquisition of the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), and initiating programmatic initiatives such as the Philanthropy Innovation Summit.

Prior to Stanford PACS, Meredith served as the Chief Development Officer for Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) in New York City. Before joining PPFA, she served as the Chief Operating Officer at Planned Parenthood Golden Gate in San Francisco over seven counties. Meredith launched her career at AT&T for nearly a decade as part of AT&T’s prestigious Management Development Program.

Meredith serves on the board of directors for the George Lucas Educational Foundation and Trust for the Americas. She serves on the advisory boards of Stanford PACS, UCSF Rosenman Institute and The Primary School Advancement Council.

Meredith earned a BA in Economics from Stanford. She was a fellow at the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders, and sponsored at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Corporate Board Workshop.