TITLE:  Grants Officer

FOCUS AREAS: Health, education, environment, human services, arts & culture, community development

CONTACT:  404-522-6755, morgan@woodruff.org

PROFILE: Jenny Morgan is the Woodruff Foundation’s grants officer. She has been with the foundation since July 2013 in Atlanta and previously worked as an account executive at Jackson Spalding for over two years. Of note, she was a Robert W. Woodruff Foundation fellow from 2009-2010.

Morgan’s foundation bio shares:

Jenny joined the Foundations’ staff in 2013. She previously worked as an account executive at the marketing communications firm Jackson Spalding. Jenny graduated summa cum laude from the Georgia Institute of Technology with B.S. degrees in Psychology and Science, Technology and Culture.

Her Jackson Spalding bio shared the following information during her time of employment with the company:

Jenny came to Jackson Spalding after a year's fellowship with Atlanta's Woodruff, Whitehead and Evans Foundations. She contributes research, design and communications support for a variety of clients, including Orkin and Primrose Schools.

She was born in Nanjing, China but moved to Athens, Georgia when she was five. Jenny's first American classroom was a melting pot of children from other countries, but she quickly learned English and was helping her father spell-check his thesis papers by the time she was in third grade. This early focus on sophisticated words probably set her course as a future writer.

Jenny graduated summa cum laude from the Georgia Institute of Technology with dual degrees in Psychology and Science, Technology and Culture. She was recognized with Presidential, Coca-Cola, Impact and Presidential Freedom Scholarships, continuing a winning streak that began in eighth grade when she was named the Georgia State Spelling Bee Champion.

During her college years Jenny was active as an editor on the Technique newspaper staff, serving as Managing Editor her senior year. She later interned with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Reader's Digest, further bolstering her interest in writing and communications. She was also Founding President of the Tech chapter of the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children, which focuses on health-related services for children in underserved areas.

An only child, Jenny is delighted to have married into a large, Southern family. She spends much of her free time volunteering at church where she serves as the Missions/Outreach Chair and her husband plays in the worship band. And, every Wednesday night Jenny can be found where she began her American journey- at the head of the English-as-a-Second-Language class. Only this time, sheis the teacher, a full-fledged American citizen.

You can read an interview with Morgan on the Southeastern Council of Foundations “Member Highlight” page.

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TITLE:  President, CEO

FOCUS AREAS: Arts, homelessness, human services, education, environment

CONTACT:  407-872-3050 ext. 122, mbrewer@cffound.org

PROFILE: Mark Brewer is the Central Florida Foundation’s president and CEO. He has been with the foundation since 2001. He previously worked as the president/CEO of MBO, Inc. for nine years, as president/CEO of the National MS Society, and vice president of development for Quest, Inc.

Brewer’s foundation bio shares:

He was selected as President and CEO, and joined the Foundation board of directors in 2000. The Foundation manages and invests funds, offers personalized service and expert giving advice, connects caring people, businesses, governments and organizations to local initiatives that build and inspire community, and empowers them to make informed decisions that make a difference now and in the future. The Central Florida Foundation works with individuals, families, businesses, professional advisors and nonprofits.

Mark has earned respect for his ability to build community partnerships that meet issues head-on and produce measurable results. He has worked with hundreds of individuals, families, and corporations to establish philanthropy plans, endowments, funding strategies, and planned gifts. More than 100 regional nonprofit boards have enlisted Mark’s assistance through the Foundation with strategic and scenario planning initiatives that included the use of endowed investments to sustain their organizations. He is a well-known national speaker on the independent sector, philanthropy’s role in America, venture philanthropy strategies, and the role of the independent sector in public policy. In his leadership role at the Central Florida Foundation, Mark frequently advises private and corporate foundation grant-makers across the region.

Mark began his career in the media as a reporter, anchor, and journalist. His background includes more than a decade as a management consultant in the private and independent sectors, leading merger and acquisition strategies for cross-sector initiatives. Later, as a licensed investment professional, he assisted clients with estate and planned giving strategies. Mark holds a Bachelors Degree in Business, a Masters Degree in Public Administration with a specialty in Nonprofit Management, is a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy ®, and is a candidate for a PhD in Public Administration with a specialty in Policy and Law from Walden University (Expected 2016).

Mark plays a leadership role in a number of national and community initiatives. His service focus is with organizations that grow philanthropy and play roles in strategic grant-making and public policy. At the national level, Mark chaired the Community Foundation Services Corporation, which oversaw the Merrill Lynch Community Charitable Fund, a national donor advised fund partnership. At the state level, Mark is a past Chair of the Florida Philanthropic Network, a statewide association of grant-makers working to strengthen philanthropy through research, education, and public policy and serves as Chair of the Community Foundations of Florida, the statewide association of community foundations. In the Central Florida region, Mark serves as Chair of myregion.org, identifying and measuring progress on issues and challenges that affect the Central Florida region’s future, the Advisory Board of the Donors Forum, is Vice Chair of the Heart of Florida United Way Investing in Results Council, and plays a public policy role on the boards of the Central Florida Partnership and the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness.

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TITLE: Vice President of Community Strategies and Initiatives

FOCUS AREAS: Homelessness, hunger, poverty, employment

CONTACT:  407-872-3050 ext. 121, svidal@cffound.org

PROFILE: Sandi Vidal is the Central Florida Foundation’s vice president of community strategies and initiatives. Before she assumed this role in September 2015, she was executive vice president and director of collective impact for the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness, a board member for Workforce Business Intelligence, and the executive director of Christian HELP/Central Florida Employment Council.  

Vidal’s foundation bio shares:

Sandi Vidal is the Vice President of Community Strategies and Initiatives for the Central Florida Foundation. She is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Business with a degree in Business Administration. Prior to her role at the Foundation, Sandi served as the Executive Director/CEO of Christian HELP a nonprofit focused on helping people to find jobs. Sandi also served with the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness. Sandi has over 8 years of nonprofit leadership experience and over 20 years of business management experience.

Sandi has a passion for public speaking, advocating for solutions to homelessness, hunger and poverty, as well as teaching people how to be successful with their job search. She loves to write and has written for several publications including a blog on the Huffington Post. She is married with 3 kids and 3 cats. She is also a local Jefferson Award winner for volunteerism, and currently volunteers judging speech and debate competitions in the high schools.

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TITLE:  Community Investment Manager

FOCUS AREAS:  Arts, homelessness, human services, education, environment

CONTACT:  407-872-3050 ext. 113, dfranklin@cffound.org

PROFILE: Daisy C. Franklin serves as the Central Florida Foundation’s community investment manager. She has been with the foundation since September 2002 and previously worked as the Miami-Dade County director and quality assurance assistant for ASPIRA of Florida and a program officer for the United Way of Miami-Dade. Franklin attended the University of Connecticut School of Social Work, where she earned an MSW in policy practice with a substantive focus in Puerto Rican and Latino/a studies in social work.

Franklin’s LinkedIn summary shares:

- Ten+ years of non-profit experience, including four years of non-profit management
- Expertise in Outcome Measurement, Volunteer Management and Program & Resource Development
- Knowledge of Community Organizing, Public Policy and Research
- Solid ability to develop and sustain partnerships with key community organizations and stakeholders
- Resourceful, strategic, goal-driven, detail-oriented leader with strong ability to excel in new functions

Specialties: Program administration, development and implementation; Resource development (grant writing, event planning, obtain sponsors, direct asks, relationship building, etc); Community relations; Contract management; Compliance/Quality Assurance Management; Presentation skills; Staff development & training; Outcome measurements and evaluation; Volunteer management; Billing; Budgeting

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TITLE: President and CEO

FOCUS AREAS: Animal welfare, arts & culture, education, environment, health, housing, human services, social capital, nonprofit capacity building

CONTACT:  704-973-4531, mmarsciano@fftc.org

PROFILE: Michael Marsicano, Ph.D., is the president and CEO of the Foundation for the Carolinas and has been with the foundation since 1999.

His Charlotte Viewpoint bio shares:

Michael Marsicano, Ph.D., is president & CEO of Foundation For The Carolinas.  Before joining the Foundation for the Carolinas in 1999, he served as head of the Arts & Science Council for 10 years as president and chief executive officer. He earned a bachelor of science, master in education and doctorate degree from Duke University.

You can view a couple of his past articles on this site about the economic crisis and kindness as well. The Charlotte Observer also featured an interview with him about fatherhood and his work. Marsicano serves on the Foundation Leaders Advisory Council for the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits.

TITLE:  Vice President & Program Officer

FOCUS AREAS: Arts & culture, music, science, LBGT issues, African American philanthropists

CONTACT:  704-973-4528, dsnider@fttc.org

PROFILE: Dave Snider has been with the Foundation for the Carolinas since November 2009 and currently serves as the funder’s vice president and program officer. He previously worked as the AVP of community resources for the Arts & Science council for four years. He attended Davidson College.

Snider’s LinkedIn summary shares that he is an “experienced nonprofit manager with expertise in grant making, grant program development, organizational assessment and development.”

He has been a good point of contact for grantmaking that is part of the Charlotte Lesbian and Gay Fund and New Generation of African American Philanthropists.

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TITLE:  Vice President & Program Officer

FOCUS AREAS: Animal welfare, arts & culture, education, environment, health, housing, human services, social capital, nonprofit capacity building

CONTACT:  704-973-4533, acelebronbrown@fttc.org

PROFILE: Alli Celebron-Brown serves as a vice president and program office at the Foundation for the Carolinas. She has been part of the staff since June 2012 and previously worked as the director of the Lee Institute and a senior associate at Smith & Harbrecht. She earned a BA in Spanish and Portuguese from the University of Iowa. She resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Celebron-Brown’s LinkedIn summary shares:

Alli Celebron-Brown serves as the lead staff member for board processes and grantmaking activities across Foundation For The Carolinas' 13 regional Affiliate boards. She also manages a portfolio of other grant programs for the Foundation including nonprofit and corporate clients focused on healthcare, the arts and economic development. 

Previously, Alli worked as a nonprofit consultant and has expertise in development, large-scale project management, strategic planning, organizational design, board development and facilitation. She is recognized for strategic thinking with operational awareness as well as developing processes to increase engagement and ownership of the final product.

Alli has experience with large-scale community projects, such as the Future of the Library Task Force, Citizens’ Task Force on Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and United Agenda for Children. Past engagements also include facilitating clients to reach capacity-building and strategic planning needs.

She has also served nonprofits in change management roles for healthcare and arts organizations by overseeing and executing organizational restructuring, strategic planning and development department audits during her tenure. She also focused on workplace culture and organizational benchmarking.

Currently, she serves on the board of the Third Sector Leadership Program, a member of the Women's Impact Fund and as a mentor for the Council on Foundation's program officer's group. Alli is a graduate of Leadership Development Initiative (Class XIV) and American Leadership Forum Senior Fellow (Class XII).

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TITLE:  President & CEO

FOCUS AREAS: Arts & culture, at-risk youth, community development

CONTACT: (865) 524-1223 X115, mmcclamroch@etf.org

PROFILE: Michael McClamroch has served as president and CEO of the East Tennessee Foundation since 2001.

McClamroch’s foundation bio shares:

A Knoxville native, Mike has been East Tennessee Foundation’s chief executive since 2001.  With his constant emphasis on excellent stewardship of the resources entrusted to the Foundation and on top-notch constituent services, Mike has overseen dramatic growth in the asset-size and grantmaking of ETF.  Prior to leading ETF, Mike practiced law with the firm of Egerton, McAfee, Armistead & Davis and was an active volunteer with a variety of charitable organizations in the Knoxville area.

To learn more about his perspective on philanthropy, watch this video interview.

TITLE:  Vice President for Competitive Grant Programs

FOCUS AREAS: Arts & culture, at-risk youth, community development

CONTACT: (865) 524-1223 X110, jelston@etf.org

PROFILE: Jan Elston is the director of competitive grant programs for the East Tennessee Foundation, and she has been with the foundation since March 2000. According to her LinkedIn profile, “As the director of our competitive grants programs, I coordinate and manage all field-of-interest and affiliate fund grantmaking activities at East Tennessee Foundation.” She earned a Master of Arts & M.S.P., Geography & Urban Planning from UNC Chapel Hill & UTK Knoxville.  

Her foundation bio shares:

Jan is responsible for all aspects of the Foundation’s competitive grantmaking programs, such as the Arts Fund of East Tennessee, Mount Rest Fund, and the Youth Endowment and helps to coordinate the grantmaking activity of all the regional affiliates. Jan develops grant applications and guidelines, provides technical assistance to potential applicants, supports the volunteers who serve on grants panels to evaluate proposals, and works with grantees to ensure the successful completion of their funded project.  Prior to joining ETF, Jan worked as an urban planner and later as a nonprofit program director.

To learn more about Elston, watch this video segment featuring her.

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TITLE:  President

FOCUS AREAS: Education, community development, quality services for individuals, families and children

CONTACT: (662) 844-8989, mike@createfoundation.com

PROFILE: Mike Clayborne has been the president of the CREATE Foundation since September 1996. He attended Mississippi State University.

His professional bio shares:

Mike Clayborne has served as President of the CREATE Foundation since September 1996. Mike is a native of Northeast Mississippi having been born and raised in Amory, Mississippi. He received a B. S. Degree in 1974 from Mississippi State University. Mike then graduated from the Institute for Organization Management at the University of Georgia, and the National Planned Giving Institute at the College of William & Mary. He and his wife, Julie, have two daughters, Kayla and Kelsey. Mike serves as President of the Tupelo School Board and is a Deacon at the First Baptist Church of Tupelo.

To learn more about Clayborne’s perspective, read his 2014 interview with the Daily Journal. 

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TITLE:  President

FOCUS AREAS: Job access and creation, neighborhood resiliency, disaster preparedness, public spaces, traffic, city government efficiency

CONTACT:  213-545-2058, deidre.lind@mayorsfundla.org

PROFILE: Deidre S. Lind is the President of the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, a role she assumed in March 2014. She previously worked as an independent philanthropy consultant and as executive director of the Mattel Children’s Foundation.  

Lind’s Mayor’s Fund bio shares:

Ms. Lind is currently the President of the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles. In this role, she is charged with building the first broad-reaching public charity to support public/private partnerships aligned with the vision of the Mayor of Los Angeles. Since its inception, the Fund has raised more than $20 million, including unrestricted funds to cover its overhead operations for five years. To date, the Fund supports more then ten civic programs that match public and private resources to maximize impact on the most pressing issues facing Los Angeles.

Previously, Ms. Lind was Director, Corporate Affairs for Mattel, Inc. and Executive Director of the Mattel Children’s Foundation. During her 9-year tenure at Mattel, she was responsible for the development and execution of an international social impact strategy, developed the company’s annual commitment of two-percent pre-tax profit dedicated to social impact, and oversaw all grantmaking, toy donations, volunteer efforts and corporate contributions. She also lead Mattel’s global sustainability program during part of that time, overseeing the company’s first environmental impact assessment and the development of the company’s first measurable sustainability targets.

Ms. Lind’s prior experience also includes serving with Kaiser Permanente’s California Division as the Associate Director for Government and Community Relations and working on social policy for Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan.

Ms. Lind is an active leader in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors of Southern California Grantmakers and the nonprofit incubator Community Partners. Ms. Lind has also been active with the Council on Foundations’ Committee on Corporate Grantmaking, the Conference Board’s Contributions Council II, the US Chamber’s Business Civic Leadership Center, Committee Encouraging Corporate Citizenship, the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College, and Business for Social Responsibility.

A native of Los Angeles, Ms. Lind received her BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and both a Master of Social Work (MSW) and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Southern California. She has also completed the San Francisco Academy, a nationally-recognized corporate public relations development program.

Ms. Lind is married with a twelve-year old daughter and nine-year old son, and is actively involved in the Los Angeles public schools which they attend.

Her LinkedIn summary shares the following information:

Deidre is currently the founding President of the Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles, the first nonprofit of its kind in the region providing cross-sector coordination and leadership on some of the region's most challenging issues. Named a 'Wonder Woman of Social Responsibility' in 2012, Deidre is a known corporate social responsibility (CSR) leader with expertise in strategic philanthropy, sustainability, public affairs, stakeholder relations, community relations, and global grantmaking. She has experience building and managing private foundations with global reach as well as developing programs with local, measurable impact. With a network of philanthropic and CSR leaders globally, Deidre has the breadth and depth to deliver high-power results that deliver on business goals, measurable social impact, build reputation and brand awareness and increase public profile. 

CORE LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
• Corporate Social Responsibility • Fundraising • Strategic Communications • Change Management • Social Impact • Public Relations • Public Affairs • Strategic Philanthropy • Grants Management • Cause Marketing • Corporate Communications • Proposal Writing/Grant Writing • Stakeholder Relations • Issues Management • Strategic Partnerships • Employee Engagement • Board Development • Nonprofit Development

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TITLE:  Program Manager

FOCUS AREAS: College access, career readiness, workforce training, scholarships, youth

CONTACT:  213-545-2058, eric.lane@mayorsfundla.org

PROFILE: Eric Lane has been a program manager at the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles since June 2015. He was previously a program director for the Posse Foundation and a program manager for Playworks. He was also a regional director of sports and recreation at YMCA and a professional basketball player at Euroleague Basketball.

Lane’s Mayor’s Fund bio shares:

Eric Lane is a Program Manager with the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles. In this role, Eric serves as a liaison to civic programs working with the Fund as well as provides development support. Eric has over 8 years of experience in nonprofit management in Los Angeles. He most recently served as Program Director at The Posse Foundation Inc. where he focused on college access for students overlooked by the traditional college selection process by connecting youth with scholarships to top tier colleges and universities across the country.

Mr. Lane’s prior experience also includes serving with Playworks Southern California as a Program Manager where he implemented enrichment programs at elementary schools throughout Los Angeles County for underserved students.

A native of Los Angeles, Eric graduated from Concordia University with a Masters in Coaching and Athletic Administration. His Masters thesis focused on the impact of youth enrichment programs in the City of Los Angeles.

Before pursing his Masters, Eric worked as a Regional Director of Sports and Recreation for the Culver-Palms and Westchester YMCA’s. He is a graduate of Boise State University with a B.A. in general communications with emphasis on public speaking.

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TITLE:  Program Manager

FOCUS AREAS: Water conservation, disaster relief, immigration, veteran homelessness, domestic violence prevention

CONTACT:  213-545-2058, sumi.parekh@mayorsfundla.org

PROFILE: Sumi Parekh is a program manager at the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles. She has been in this position since September 2014 and previously worked as the director of legislative affairs and programs at the Los Angeles Business Council.

In her current role, Parekh’s responsibilities include:

*Part of a small team established to help build the infrastructure and develop the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, a new nonprofit launched in June 2014.
*Works directly with the Los Angeles's Mayor's Office to build public-private partnerships that enhance the Mayor's priority initiatives including water conservation, disaster relief, immigration, veteran homelessness, and domestic violence prevention.
*Manages the City of Los Angeles's Save the Drop campaign, the City's marketing campaign for water conservation
*Established and manages donor database and online giving campaigns
*Coordinates and managers all development events and pressers with Mayor's Office
*Coordinates website design and graphics design for the Mayor's Fund
*Drives collaborative programming around key social issues and support fundraising and development in support of the Fund. 
*Drives evaluative systems that build metrics which track progress of programs funded. 
*Builds strategies and drives progress around donor development including building and managing a donor development system.

Parekh’s Mayor’s Fund bio shares:

Sumi Parekh is a Manager of the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles. Prior to the Mayor’s Fund, she was the Director of Legislative Affairs and Programs at the Los Angeles Business Council (LABC). At the LABC, she focused on outreach for LADWP’s Feed-in-Tariff program and policies relating to housing, transportation, and workforce development, managed certain aspects of LABC’s research arm, the LABC Institute, managed the Legislative Affairs, Energy & Environment, and Housing & Transportation Committees, and managed the influential Mayoral Housing, Jobs, and Transportation and Sustainability Summits.

Sumi graduated in 2013 from the University of Southern California with a Masters in Public Policy. Her Masters thesis focused on the economic impact of the Panama Canal expansion on Southern California. She also worked at Network Public Affairs in Long Beach, helping complete the environmental impact reports for the 710-lane extension and the 10 express lanes.

Before moving to California to pursue her master’s, Sumi worked as an actuarial and management consultant in Dallas with Mercer and Towers Watson. She is a graduate of the University of Texas with a B.S. in Mathematics and has an ASA with the Society of Actuaries.

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TITLE:  Executor

FOCUS AREAS: Education for at-risk youth

CONTACT:  HornerEd@gmail.com

PROFILE: Tracy Horner is an executor at the Horner Foundation. Cullen has also worked at Rutgers University and lived in Victoria, British Columbia. She has been a member of The Dock, a co-working space and center for social impact.

Cullen’s Community Council profile for 2015 shares:

The Horner Foundation is an organization that supports initiatives that work with at-risk youth, to help improve the outcomes and projections of those entering adulthood. They hope to reach a range of front-line organizations, and work alongside other community-based organizations and stakeholders to improve the overall quality of youth work in the city.

“The Council plays an important role in the community by incubating projects and championing issues that other nonprofits can't take on. They play an important convening role, a thought leadership role, and their support over the past couple of years has been really invaluable to us.” It is this kind of potential that Tracy Cullen of the Horner Foundation has been able to find in her work with the Youth Program Quality Initiative (YPQI). The YPQI is a partnership of the Council, funders, and frontline organizations that aims to enhance the quality of programming for youth in the region.

"The Council has played an important incubation role for the YPQI, which is similar to the role they have played in fostering other initiatives including the Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable (CRFAIR)." CRFAIR is a food security-based collaborative that is a coalition of organizations working to strengthen regional food security and our local food system. Started in 1997, CRFAIR has just this past year ‘left the nest’ to become its own entity.

It is an example that Tracy hopes to see repeated with YPQI in the future. The coming year will hopefully be a significant and exciting step in this pursuit. The YPQI is launching several new initiatives, including the YPQI Quality Mark for participating organizations, Youth Worker Certificate program, as well as new website. It is hoped that there will be an ongoing and positive impact on youth work in the region - For a funder, that is money well spent.

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TITLE: Senior Program Officer

FOCUS AREAS: Environmental Conservation, Middle East Peace, Immigration and Human Rights

CONTACT:  925-937-3112, neil@firedoll.org

PROFILE: Neil Sims is a senior program officer at the Firedoll Foundation and joined by two other program officers on the staff.

Sims’ foundation bio shares:

As Senior Program Officer, Neil evaluates grant requests and makes recommendations to Sandor and Faye Straus. He focuses primarily on Firedoll's Environmental Conservation, Middle East Peace and Immigration and Human Rights programs. He has a shallow background in too many things to mention, but does hold a graduate degree in environmental science. 

He attended the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. His employment history includes being a freelance writer, work for Animal Planet/Discovery and Newbridge Press, and being a senior content editor and science writer.

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TITLE:  Senior Program Officer

FOCUS AREAS: Nutrition and physical activity, public green space, natural environment and housing stability

CONTACT:  205-327-3817, gheard-hughes@cfbham.org

PROFILE: Gus Heard-Hughes is the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham’s senior program officer. His foundation bio shares:

Gus Heard-Hughes is the Senior Program Officer at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham. He represents the Community Foundation as a lead partner in the Health Action Partnership and other regional health initiatives, fostering collaborative approaches to improving community health. He coordinated the Community Foundation’s tornado recovery initiative, which provided nearly $4 million in grants to help over 700 families return to safe, secure homes. Within the Results Framework, Gus works on strategies to improve nutrition and increase physical activity, expand public green space, improve the natural environment and increase housing stability.

Before coming to the Community Foundation, Gus served as a Senior Field Coordinator with Heifer International. Gus holds a BA in Sustainable Food Systems from Hampshire College and a MSW in Social Policy and Administration from Florida State University. He is a founder and former board member of the Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network and was part of the 2013 class of the Alabama Leadership Initiative. He currently serves on the Walker County Health Action Partnership Leadership Team, the Birmingham MPO Active Transportation Committee and the Alabama Obesity Task Force.

TITLE:  Program Officer

FOCUS AREAS: Access to care for vulnerable populations, housing stability, and direct services that positively impact low-income individuals and families.

CONTACT: 205-327-3804, krogers@cfbham.org

PROFILE: Kim Rogers is a program officer at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham. Her foundation bio shares:

Kim Rogers became a Program Officer in 2013, after serving as a Grants Specialist since 2003. Within the Results Framework, her work focuses on strategies to improve access to care for vulnerable populations, improve housing stability and increase direct services that positively impact low-income individuals and families. She also serves as liaison to the Remy Fund for Pets and Animal Services.

Her community experience includes service on a number of boards, including UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, Oasis, Service Guild of Birmingham, YWCA, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Mountain Brook PTA Council and the Junior League of Birmingham. She also served as president of the Birmingham Women's Softcourt Tennis League. A native of Birmingham, she grew up in Atlanta and graduated from Vanderbilt University.

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TITLE:  Program Officer

FOCUS AREAS: Increasing high school graduation rates

CONTACT:  205-327-3809, kmccall@cfbham.org

PROFILE: Koko McCall is a program office at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham. She previously worked as the foundation’s scholarship manager, for five years.

McCall’s foundation bio shares:  

Koko McCall became a Program Officer in 2013, after serving as a Grants Specialist since 2011. Her experience as Scholarship Manager from 2007 through 2012 supports her current focus on increasing high school graduation rates, as a strategy within our Results Framework. She also is working on strategies to further develop a vibrant city center and expand access to arts and cultural opportunities for the Birmingham region.

A graduate of Georgia Tech with an MBA from UAB, she is a Girl Scout leader and volunteers with Youth Serve/First Look, First Light and the Children's Fresh Air Farm, and has served on the board of Girl Scouts Cahaba Council and other local organizations. She previously worked in marketing for Birmingham Transit Authority and Birmingham Cable and as owner of Apartment Finders and editor of Birmingham Commercial Property Directory.

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TITLE:  Program Officer

FOCUS AREAS: Child Care

CONTACT:  704-969-2115, twilliams@tde.org

PROFILE: Tamika D. Williams is a child care program officer at The Duke Endowment. She previously worked as the associate director of the National Resource Center Diligent Recruitment and the adoption program coordinator at the NC Division of Social Services. She received a Master’s in social work from UNC Chapel Hill and a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Williams’ foundation bio shares:

Williams joined the Endowment in 2011 after working professionally as a Master’s Level Social Worker in child welfare for 13 years. Her work has included direct child practice, county supervision, state policy development and administration, and national training and technical assistance to states, tribes and U.S. territories.

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TITLE:  Program Officer

FOCUS AREAS: Health Care

CONTACT:  704-927-2254, swarren@tde.org

PROFILE: Stacy E. Warren is a health care program officer at The Duke Endowment. She previously worked as a project director for the Office of Rural Health and Community Care, a regional director for Omni Visions, and the state director for Caring Family Network. She earned an M.Ed. from the University of North Texas and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Warren’s foundation bio shares:

Warren joined the Endowment in 2014 after previously working at the North Carolina Office of Rural Health and Community Care in Raleigh, where she was responsible for managing programs focused on improving the quality of health care for children. She has also worked at an assessment center for foster children and at a Raleigh, N.C., nonprofit that provided mental health services to children and adults across the state.

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