About Sean Stannard-Stockton

Sean Stannard-Stockton is a wealth advisor who specializes in serving philanthropic families. His firm, Ensemble Capital Management, is located in Burlingame, CA, midway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. In addition to writing the Tactical Philanthropy blog, he is a columnist for the Chronicle of Philanthropy and contributes regularly to the Stanford Social Innovation Review. He is currently taking a sabbatical from writing.

Sean is a sought after public speaker on many different philanthropic issues. He has spoken across the United States, as well as in Canada and the UK at leading social sector gatherings. You can find more information about booking Sean as a speaker here. His writing has appeared in the Financial Times, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, and the book Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy as well as a number of other publications. You can find an archive of past columns here.

Sean is a member of the Alliance for Effective Social Investing. He serves on the advisory boards of IDEO.org, Charity Navigator and the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy program. He is also a former member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Philanthropy and Social Investing.

Sean is quoted regularly in the media and his work has been the subject of various media coverage. He has been quoted or referenced in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, BusinessWeek, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and many other media outlets as well as in the books We Are the New Radicals, CauseWired, Leap of Reason and Giving 2.0. You can find a list of press mentions here.

Sean holds a degree in economics from the University of California, Davis as well as the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP) designations.

He is married with two young children who keep him on his toes.