Kari Alterman

Kari Alterman is the founder of Good Name Advisors, where she helps individuals and families advance their philanthropic dreams and preserve their good name through meaningful charitable giving. She also partners with and leads giving circles, designing programs that elevate communal giving through education, shared experience, and collective responsibility.

Kari spent nearly a decade at the William Davidson Foundation, where she led the Foundation’s Jewish giving portfolio for eight years before becoming its Director of External Affairs and a Senior Advisor. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2015, she served as Detroit Regional Director for the American Jewish Committee, and spent 11 years with the Jewish Federation of Detroit, concluding her tenure as Leadership Development Director.

A proud graduate of the University of Michigan, Kari holds a B.A. in History, an M.S.W., and a Certificate in Jewish Communal Service. She is a 21/64 Certified Philanthropic Advisor and Certified Impact Philanthropic Advisor through Daylight. In her active volunteer life, Kari serves on the boards of Clover Hill Park Cemetery, OneTable (as board secretary), the Zekelman Holocaust Center (where she is also a second-generation speaker), Boundless, The Jewish Fund, and the Jewish Federation of Detroit. She is a founding member and former executive committee member of the Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit, and a past board member of JPRO.