Women's Networking Series
You are cordially invited to join us as we continue our Women's Networking Series, focused on the betterment of our community and the gifts we receive both personally and professionally.
We believe that when women engage, they inspire collaboration, empowering others to be their best self.
Thursday, June 7th
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Burke Lakefront Airport, Conference Room
Beyond Writing a Check - Tax Benefits of Philanthropy
Ginger Mlakar
Senior Counsel & Director, Donor Relatoions, The Cleveland Foundation
As Senior Counsel & Director, Donor Relations, Ginger Mlakar oversees the Cleveland Foundation’s donor stewardship program. In this role, she connects donors to their charitable interests. Additionally, she serves as in house legal counsel on charitable gifting and estate administration issues, and facilitates the acceptance of complex charitable gifts. She came to the Cleveland Foundation in July 2009 after 16 years practicing law in the area of estate and charitable gift planning and administration.
Ginger has served on the boards of several area organizations, including the Girl Scouts of Lake Erie Council, the Estate Planning Council of Cleveland, the Bay Village Education Foundation, the Bay Village Foundation, the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland, and as treasurer for the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation and Bay Soccer Club. She was the president for the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation.
Ginger has been named among the Best Lawyers in America and the Top 50 Female Ohio Super Lawyers List by Law and Politics magazine. Ginger has received the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association's Women in Law Making a Difference and President's Awards, and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation's Outstanding Leadership Award. She graduated summa cum laude from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and earned her juris doctorate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
This networking series is sponsored by the Circle of Strength and the Circle of Hope, a women's philanthropic group who support the mission of Recovery Resources.
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
Please consider a token donation of help to offset meeting and refreshment costs. Click here to donate now
Mark your calendar for our next networking event
with Katie O'Toole Smith
October 4th, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
