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Michael Chatman

Community Foundation of the Ozarks
Senior Vice President for Philanthropy
Springfield, Illinois

Michael Chatman is on a mission to give a voice to the everyday philanthropist and raise the level of generosity across the world.

Chatman was voted America's Maverick Philanthropist and one of the nation's leading social media influencers in philanthropy, Michael Chatman is Senior Vice President for Philanthropy at Community Foundation of the Ozarks, and serves as Chief Generosity Officer for Look to the Stars, global network of celebrity charity advocates and philanthropists.

With more than 300,000 followers on Twitter, his weekly Twitter talk show #WHYIGIVE is the fastest-growing generosity movement in social media. An accomplished professional speaker, Michael Chatman has personally spoken to more than 75,000 next generation philanthropists from families with household net worth of $1 million to $10 million - and more than 25,000 mission-related philanthropists from families with household net worth of $10 million to $100 million.