Foundation Center Elects New Officers, Trustees
May 2, 2005, New York, NY –The Foundation Center elected a new chairman and vice chairman and two trustees at its board meeting on April 26.
M. Christine DeVita, president of the Wallace Foundation, was named board chairman. Prior to joining the Foundation (formerly known as the Wallace-Reader’s Digest Funds) in 1987, she was deputy general counsel for the Reader’s Digest Association. A Center trustee since 2003, Ms. DeVita is also a member of the Queens College Foundation’s board of directors.
Susan Lajoie Eagan, executive director of Case Western Reserve University’s Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, was named vice chairman. Ms. Eagan previously served as executive vice president of the Cleveland Foundation. She has been a member of the Center’s board since 1999 and serves on several other nonprofit boards.
The new trustees are Ralph R. Smith, senior vice president of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Barron “Buzz” Tenny, executive vice president, secretary, and general counsel of the Ford Foundation. Prior to joining the Casey Foundation in 1994, Mr. Smith was founding president and executive director of Philadelphia Children’s Network, Inc. He was also associate professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania for more than 20 years. Mr. Tenny joined the Ford Foundation in 1983. He had previously served as general counsel, vice president, and assistant secretary of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, a community development corporation in Brooklyn, New York.
The Foundation Center’s 2005 Board of Trustees
Audrey R. Alvarado
Executive Director
National Council of Nonprofit Associations, Washington, DC
Melissa A. Berman
President and CEO
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, New York, NY
M. Christine DeVita, Chairman
President
The Wallace Foundation, New York, NY
Susan Lajoie Eagan, Vice Chairman
Executive Director, Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Robert C. Elliott
Senior Executive Vice President
Bessemer Trust Company, N.A., New York, NY
Sara L. Engelhardt
President
The Foundation Center, New York, NY
Nancy S. Kami
Executive Director
Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund, San Francisco, CA
Jerry A. O'Neil
Partner-in-Charge, Not-for-Profit Services
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, New York, NY
George Penick
President
Foundation for the Mid South, Jackson, MS
Dorothy S. Ridings
President & CEO
Council on Foundations, Washington, DC
Nancy Roberts
President
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, Hartford, CT
Ralph R. Smith
Senior Vice President
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD
Stacey Davis Stewart
President and CEO
Fannie Mae Foundation, Washington, DC
Barron M. Tenny
Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel
The Ford Foundation, New York, NY
Thomas E. Wilcox
President
Baltimore Community Foundation, Baltimore, MD
Patricia L. Willis
Executive Director
Voices for Georgia’s Children, Atlanta, GA
About the Foundation Center
The Foundation Center's mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy. To achieve its mission, the Center collects, organizes, and communicates information on U.S. philanthropy; conducts and facilitates research on trends in the field; provides education and training on the grantseeking process; and ensures public access to information and services through its Web site, print and electronic publications, five library/learning centers, and a national network of Cooperating Collections. Founded in 1956, the Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy and is dedicated to serving grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public.
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