SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM LaSandra Gaddy President and CEO Danielle R. Brown, CPA Interim Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jessica Hermann-Wilmarth, CFRE Vice President, Development Ashley René Lee Vice President, Strategic Communications Kate Luckert Schmid Vice President, Program
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Reneé Williams (Chair)
CENTENNIAL CAMPAIGN NEARS $30 MILLION GOAL
Caitlin Townsend Lamb (Vice Chair) Kyle D. Caldwell (Immediate Past Chair) Mercedes Barragan Ken Fawcett, M.D. Elaina Juarez Thomas Kyros Emily Loeks Tim Long Brandy Lovelady Mitchell, Ed.D. Kathleen B. Vogelsang Daniel Williams, Ed.D.
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Grand Rapids Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization that connects people, passion and resources. For more than a century, people who care about the future of Kent County have built the Community Foundation through their time, financial resources and thought partnership. Our partners— donors, nonprofits, leaders, doers and more—consistently trust us to help bring key issues to the forefront to build community will, investment and collaboration needed to inspire change.
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