Robert F. Sharpe, Jr. was CEO of Encore, a leading philanthropic management consulting firm. Sharpe was chair of the philanthropy editorial board of Trusts & Estates magazine, and his remarks have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes, Smart Money, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Trusts & Estates and Kiplinger’s. He lived in Memphis, TN before his death in 2022.