ABOUT KEN SCHUTZ Ken Schutz is the executive director of the Desert Botanical Garden, a living collection of 52,000 desert plants, a 50,000 specimen herbarium and a 6,500-volume research library. During his Piper Fellowship in 2003, Schutz spent 3 months in a...
ABOUT KATHRYN BLAKE “What is the relationship between the museum and external experience?” After working in the Phoenix Art Museum for 23 years, Kathryn Blake used the Piper Fellowship to travel the U.S. and abroad, studying museum exhibitions and educational programs...
ABOUT EDMUNDO HIDALGO In 2008, Edmundo Hidalgo visited nonprofits across the country to gain insight on their successes and develop his leadership skills in order to benefit his organization, Chicanos Por La Causa. “If you don’t invest time in yourself, how can you...
ABOUT PATRICIA KLAHR In 2013, Piper Trust Fellow Patricia Klahr completed three prestigious leadership courses to influence her work as the CEO of the domestic violence organization Chrysalis. Along the way, she explored her personal obstacles to leadership. “This...
ABOUT BUCHANAN STORIES / BUCHANAN CHANGE Buchanan Mall is five consecutive blocks of public parkland in the heart of San Francisco’s Western Addition. 7,000 low-income residents who live adjacent to Buchanan Mall face acute challenges: recent, rapid gentrification and...
