Lou Cove is an author, speaker, and expert in the field on nonprofit fundraising. He has devoted his career to the intersection of creativity and capacity-building, helping launch and grow countless creative ventures (including his own memoir MAN OF THE YEAR).

Lou is the founder of CANVAS, a collaborative fund dedicated to a 21st Century Jewish Cultural Renaissance, and principal at Creative Capacity Network where he advises CEOs and boards of trustees at numerous national nonprofits, including the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, the The DiatTribe Foundation, American Institute for Architects, Represent.Us, Double Edge Theatre and Girls Leadership Institute.

In addition to coaching leaders and their teams on strategic growth and sustainability, Lou believes in putting his money where his mouth is: He has raised more than $75 million for the causes he cares most about.

Lou was Producer on the documentary film Four Winters: A Story of Jewish Partisan Resistance and Bravery in WW2 directed by Julia Mintz.

He is former Executive Director of Reboot, a network of leading young Jewish creatives devoted to “rebooting” modern Jewish culture: digital entrepreneurs at Google and YouTube; creators of TV shows and films like Lost, Orange is the New Black, Transparent, Anchorman and Star Trek; journalists from NYT, Wired, and WSJ, etc.

Lou was also Vice President of the National Yiddish Book Center, Senior Producer at MassLive.com/Advance Internet, and Associate Publisher at American News Service, and Editor-in-Chief of Optimist Publications.