He became the director of graduate programs at IU’s Center on Philanthropy in 2011 and helped transform it into the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, the world’s first school focused on the scholarly study of societal impacts of giving and best practices of philanthropy. At the school, he teaches the history of philanthropy, a grant-making course in which students award $10,000 locally, and a course on German philanthropy and public policy that focuses around a trip to Berlin. Born in New Jersey, he has adopted Indiana as his home and last year was proud to chair a conference on Indiana philanthropy as part of the state’s bicentennial celebration. He is currently working on two books: one on the history of philanthropy in Indiana and another on the reaction of nonprofit organizations to the attacks of September 11.