About Kris Putnam-Walkerly
Kris Putnam-Walkerly, MSW is a global philanthropy advisor and president of Putnam Consulting Group, Inc. For 20 years, top philanthropies have requested Kris' help to transform their giving and catapult their impact. Her clients include the Robert Wood Johnson, David and Lucile Packard, Annie E. Casey, Charles and Helen Schwab, Avery Dennison, Fujitsu and dozens of others. She's helped over 80 foundations and philanthropists strategically allocate and assess over $500 million in grants and gifts.
A globally recognized thought leader in philanthropy, Kris was named one of America's Top 25 Philanthropy Speakers for the past two years in a row and is the author of the award-winning book Confident Giving: Sage Advice for Funders; a regular Forbes.com contributor on philanthropy, and authored a chapter on "Transformational Giving: Philanthropy as an Investment in Change" in a new book on impact investing, The ImpactAssets Handbook for Investors. Kris is also a sought after expert providing commentary about philanthropy in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, NPR's Marketplace, Entepreneur.com, and other media. In 2017, Kris was inducted into the Million Dollar Consulting® Hall of Fame, one of only 75 consultants chosen worldwide.
Prior to forming Putnam Consulting Group, she was a grantmaker at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and an evaluator at the highly esteemed Stanford University School of Medicine.