An Evening in Conversation with Hali Lee

Tuesday, October 6th, 2026

Hosted by Justin & Rachael Alfond, Tess Gerritsen, and Carol Wishcamper

in Portland, Maine (address provided after registration)

Food and beverage will be provided. RSVP required and additional donations welcome.

Join us for a special evening with Hali Lee, one of the nation's most influential voices in philanthropy, and learn how you can help build the Maine Asian American Community Center. Justin & Rachael Alfond, Tess Gerritsen, and Carol Wishcamper are generously hosting the event.

In 2025, Hali Lee was named to the inaugural Time100 Philanthropy in recognition of her work building collective giving. In 2021, she was named to Forbes’ 50 Over 50: Impact in recognition of her work as a founder of the Donors of Color Network, the first-ever national network of wealthy folks of color, Philanthropy Together, a national collective giving support organization, and the Asian Women Giving Circle. Today, she leads a boutique consulting practice, Radiant Strategies, whose clients include Fidelity Charitable, the Gates Foundation, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Hali is a frequent public speaker, who in the last year has made appearances at more than fifty conferences and events. Her work has been covered by the Washington Post, New York Times, and Good Housekeeping, who called her “The Mindful Giver” and one of “10 Women Over 50 Who Prove It’s Never Too Late to Change the World.” Her first book, THE BIG WE, was published by Sweet July/ Zando in 2025. She lives in Brooklyn with her family, a big love of a dog, and rooftop honey bees.

The evening will also offer a closer look at the MAACC capital campaign. The Maine Asian American Community Center (MAACC) is leading a capital campaign to build the first facility of its kind in Maine, to be located in Greater Portland. It will serve Maine's fastest-growing population, more than 26,500 community members, with arts and cultural programming, workforce and English language classes, small business incubation, and social services.