Gioia Perugini is the Director of Philanthropic Services at Hemenway & Barnes, LLP, a Boston-based legal and fiduciary firm. She works with individuals, families, advisors, charitable trusts and foundations to provide a range of philanthropic advisory and client services. She works with clients to design and implement charitable giving strategies, research particular charities, negotiate gifts of cash and/or tangible assets (with a specialty in gifts of fine art) and coordinate family meetings. Gioia is a frequent speaker, writer and panelist on issues relevant to philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. She co-authored a Family Office Exchange publication “Sitting on a Nonprofit Board: What to Consider Before Saying Yes” and authored “It’s All About the Money…Or Is It? Creative Strategies for Charitable Giving.” Gioia lives in Brookline with her husband Jamie Bakum and two children, Nina and Alex.
