1719 Results for “community”

Keith Swayne served as CEO of Case Swayne Co., a food processor, and after its sale to BestFoods, as CEO of its successor company International Food Solutions. Since retiring in 2000, Keith has remained active in the business sector serving or having served on the boards for more than a dozen companies including Trojan Battery, Mitchell Rubber Products and Fleischmann’s Read More

Kelly Chopus is a social responsibility and philanthropy executive with extensive experience in strategic external relations, corporate giving and community building.  She most recently served as the president and Chief Executive Officer of the Robins Foundation in Richmond, Virginia, where she was responsible for the operations, management and grant making for the one of the region’s largest family foundations. She Read More

Katherine Tyler Scott is the Managing Principal of Ki ThoughtBridge, a company specializing in an integrated adaptive approach to leadership development through change management, conflict resolution and negotiation skills. Ki ThoughtBridge’s mission is the transformation of individuals, organizations and communities. Katherine holds a bachelor’s degree from Ball State University, a Master’s degree in Social Work from Indiana University, and an Read More

Dr. Kathy Agard is the Executive Director of the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Kathy joined the Johnson Center in 2006. Before joining the Johnson Center, Kathy served as founding executive director of the Learning to Give (LTG) initiative for the Council of Michigan Foundations. A unique Read More

Kate Wolford became president of The McKnight Foundation in December 2006. The McKnight Foundation, a Minnesota-based family foundation, seeks to improve the quality of life for present and future generations through grantmaking, collaboration, and strategic policy reform in the following areas: arts, education and learning, environment, the region and communities, agricultural research, and neuroscience research. Prior to joining McKnight, Wolford spent Read More

Julie Fisher Cummings is vice chair of the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, a $250 million endowed family foundation based in Detroit, Michigan with funding areas that include: health, culture, Jewish life, and strengthening youth and families. She is also co-founder and chairman of the Lovelight Foundation, which exclusively focuses it’s grantmaking on improving the lives of underserved Read More

Justin Maxson manages the overall operations of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, leads staff in developing strategy and initiatives to accomplish its mission and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors. Before joining MRBF, Justin served for 13 years as President of the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED), a multi-strategy community economic development organization based in Berea, Kentucky. There, he managed Read More

Julia Kittross is the author of So You Want to be a Philanthropist and co-founder and principal of Philanthropy Sherpas. Julia has more than 35 years of experience in philanthropy as a teacher, adviser, organizer, program designer, manager, grantmaker, CEO, and entrepreneur. I have worked with hundreds of trustees, donors and staff of private foundations, individual philanthropists, public and community foundations, Read More