Whitney Ball served as founding President and Chief Executive Officer of DonorsTrust from 1999 until August, 2015. Before launching DonorsTrust, Whitney served as Executive Director of The Philanthropy Roundtable, as well as Director of Development at the Cato Institute. She was also Director of Finance for the Education and Research Institute and Circulation Manager of Consumers’ Research Magazine. Additionally, Whitney consulted with a number of nonprofit organizations and served on governing boards and committees of local volunteer organizations, including Donors Capital Fund, the Foundation for Teaching Economics, and the State Policy Network. After a long battle with cancer, Whitney passed away August 17, 2015. For more on her life and work, please see Remembering Whitney Ball.