The daughter of late philanthropist David Rockefeller Peggy Dulany is what you call a problem-solver: she knows how to observe and analyze complex situations, determine who will be best positioned to tackle them and follow through. She developed her approach by engaging people to achieve real social impact.

Peggy Dulany is Chair of the Synergos Institute, a global nonprofit organization that brings people together to solve complex problems of poverty and creates opportunities for individuals and their communities to thrive. She has also been a member of over thirty nonprofit and corporate boards, including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Africa-America Institute, and she runs two socially responsible businesses.

Philanthropy was a dinner-table topic when I was growing up, because both of my parents were very concerned with the well-being of people. And not just in the United States, but around the world... I was also given the opportunity to visit and explore communities less privileged than my own which opened my eyes to the injustices in the world and led to my commitment to dedicate my life to figuring out ways to overcome them. - Peggy Dulany

And though the specifics of how each member of our family approaches philanthropy differ, we all share the same values of trying to create a better and a better, just world.

Read the full article by Alexandre Mars about family philanthropy from Medium