Entrepreneurship
Assessing Philanthropic Need: The Sandgaard Foundation Finds its Funding Focus by Listening and Learning
As some of you will remember, last spring I announced that Hammer & Associates had launched and was managing The Sandgaard Foundation, a new private Denver-based foundation that aims to make a national impact on the opioid crisis. Founder Thomas Sandgaard—an entrepreneur, business leader, and musician—had discovered the devastating impact of opioid use disorder, and…
Q&A with Percy Barnevik: Turning Passion into Impact
Percy Barnevik is a Swedish business executive, best known for running some of the biggest companies in the world, such as Swedish construction giant Skanska, Swiss engineering firm ABB Ltd and UK-based pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca plc. In the U.S., he sat on the boards of DuPont and General Motors. In 2004, he founded Hand in…