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Nancy Bacon co-authored Chapter1. What is a Nonprofit?, and Chapter 2. Are You
Sure Want to Do This?

Putnam Barber
Putnam Barber is a retired leader of nonprofit organizations and a former member
of the Secretary of State’s Charities Advisory Council. He has taught courses on
nonprofits at Seattle University and the University of Washington and written
several published papers about the history and scope of the regulation of
charitable solicitations. He has also served on several boards of directors for
Washington state and national nonprofits.

Putnam Barber authored Chapter 19. Sarbanes-Oxley – Document Retention and
Protections for Whistleblowers, Chapter 47. Nonprofit Mailings, and Chapter 50.
Liquor and Cannabis at Nonprofit Events.

Joanna Plichta Boisen
Joanna Plichta Boisen is chair of the firm’s Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt Organizations
group and focuses her practice on the unique issues facing these organizations,
including qualification for tax exemption, maintaining tax-exempt status and
navigating board governance issues. Her clients include family and corporate
private foundations, community foundations and social service and arts
organizations. Joanna also directs the firm’s nationally recognized and award-
winning Pro Bono Practice, which she founded in 2005. She manages Foster
Pepper’s wide-ranging pro bono cases and projects and is responsible for the firm’s
corporate social responsibility initiatives.

Joanna Plichta Boisen, Lead Editor, co-authored Chapter 58. Working with Others,
Chapter 59. Fiscal Sponsorships, and Chapter 60. Joint Ventures And Other
Contractual Collaborations.

Jeff Brennan
Jeff Brennan worked in the telecommunications field for over 30 years. His areas of
responsibility ran from sales and marketing to responsibility for launching a new
wireless network and running a wireless region in the Northwest. Jeff has an
Associate Degree in Radio Communications Technology from the Community
College of the Air Force, a BA and MBA in Management from Angelo State
University in West Texas, and a Law Degree from Seattle University. Jeff is a
member of the Washington State Bar Association. He currently focuses on
business and privacy law and holds Certified Information Privacy Professional
credentials for both the U.S. and Europe from the International Association of

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