Judy Belk

Judy is a writer, speaker, and thought leader on philanthropic giving, social change, and nonprofit management.  Judy has held executive leadership positions in the government, corporate, and philanthropic sectors. She served as the President and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, on NPR, and in several literary magazines. Judy has served on the board of Surdna Foundation and the ACLU of Northern California. She currently serves on the board of Hedgebrook, a women’s writers’ retreat. Judy has been recognized as one of the nation’s 50 most influential nonprofit leaders by “The Nonprofit Times” and inducted in her hometown of Alexandria, Virginia’s African American Hall of Fame.