Sharna Goldseker

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Sharna Goldseker

Founder & Vice President

Sharna Goldseker is today’s leading expert on next generation and multigenerational family philanthropy and—as a next gen donor herself—offers a trusted insider’s perspective. As founder of 21/64, a nonprofit practice serving ultra and high net worth individuals and families and the advisors who support them, Sharna has mastered and developed the industry’s gold-standard tools for transforming how families who give will define their values, collaborate, and govern in the decades ahead.

She has been a leading and consistent presence in the philanthropic field for over two decades and is known for her quiet gravitas and insight. Today, prominent nonprofits, philanthropic networks, and foundations look to Sharna for her expertise in training, facilitation, and as a keynote speaker, regarding next generation engagement and multigenerational advising.

Sharna is the co-author of the award-winning, best seller, Generation Impact: How Next Gen Donors Are Revolutionizing Giving published by Wiley. She chairs the Goldseker Foundation, founded by her great-uncle, and serves as non-family trustee on the Felicity House board and Leonard & Helen R. Stulman Charitable Foundation. She is married, with two children and lives in Baltimore.

Education and Affiliation:

Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania
Master in Public Administration in Nonprofit Management, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University – Charles H. Tenney Fellowship
Postgraduate course work at the Ackerman Institute for the Family
Center for Creative Leadership Coaching Program
Group Intervention Training at Gestalt institute of Cleveland
Collaboration for Flourishing Families

Achievements & Honors:

In 2024, co-authored with Andine Sutarjadi, Grand Street: Twenty Years: A longitudinal Study of Next Gen Donors.
In 2022, wrote the foreword for Kristin Keffeler’s book The Myth of the Silver Spoon: Navigating Family Wealth and Creating an Impactful Life published by Bloomberg.
In 2022, co-authored the chapter “Values That Matter” in Tom McCullough and Keith Whitaker’s book Wealth of Wisdom: Top Practices for Wealth Families and their Advisors, published by Wiley.
In 2021, co-author with Michael Moody, PhD. The second edition of Generation Impact: How Next Gen Donors Are Revolutionizing Giving published by Wiley.
In 2019, won alongside Michael Moody, PhD, the AFP/ Skystone Partners Research Prize for Excellence in Academic Research
In 2017, won the Family Wealth Report’s Award for Philanthropy Advice
In 2016, acknowledged as a “Women of Influence” by New York Business Journal
In 2014 honored as a “Women to Watch” by Jewish Women International
RayLign Foundation Family Well-Being Award
J.J. Greenberg Memorial Award for extraordinary leadership in Jewish philanthropy
Written for such publications as Forbes and Philanthropy Impact and featured in the New York Times, Business Week, Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Huffington Post and The Chronicle of Philanthropy.