Dispatch from ACCP 2025: Andrea Bell & Sam Caplan on how CSR is adapting

Andrea Bell is the Director of CSR Learning Programs at ACCP. As part of the Content and Learning Team, her role is to support members’ content needs by leading key education and learning programs and developing customized training on current trends and topics of interest across the field.  

Before joining ACCP, she served as the Community Engagement Specialist at Qualcomm and Executive Director of the Qualcomm Charitable Foundation, managing charitable giving, global employee volunteer programs, and disaster relief giving strategy. Before Qualcomm, she had progressive experiences as a CSR practitioner at Pathward (formerly MetaBank), Motorola Solutions Foundation, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University, and Illinois Campus Compact.

Andrea holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Rhodes College and a Masters in Nonprofit Administration from North Park University.  

Sam Caplan is the Vice President of Social Impact at Submittable, a platform that foundations, governments, nonprofits, and other changemakers use to launch, manage, and measure impactful granting and CSR programs. Inspired by the amazing work performed by practitioners of all stripes, Sam strives to help them achieve their missions through better, more effective software.

Sam formerly served as founder of New Spark Strategy, Chief Information Officer at the Walton Family Foundation, and head of technology at the Walmart Foundation. He consults, advises, and writes on social impact technology, strategy, and innovation.

Connect with or follow Sam on Linkedin, listen to his podcast Impact Audio, and subscribe to his bi-weekly newsletter The Review.