Director, Legacy & Gift Planning, Children's Medical Center Foundation

Recent winner of the Association of Healthcare Professionals "40 Under 40" award, Kelsey Picken, PhD, CFRE, CSPG currently serves as Senior Director of Legacy Giving at The Dallas Foundation, with prior experience in higher education, museums, and healthcare fundraising. Her award-winning dissertation examined the power of the multitude to better achieve the public good. Picken is also a certified Death Doula and is a newly, self-proclaimed ceramicist, actively striving to bring together the arts and humanities for a more equitable and caring world. Picken currently serves as a board member for the Dallas Council of Charitable Gift Planners.