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Welcoming A New Board Chair
The Community Foundation welcomed Reneé Williams, senior vice president of community development for Huntington Bank, as chair of the Board of Trustees in January. Kyle D. Caldwell, president & CEO of Council of Michigan Foundations, will continue service on the board as immediate past chair. Learn more about our trustees at GRFoundation.org/Trustees.
WELCOME, ALEJANDRO
Join us in welcoming Alejandro Esterline, development assistant. He will lead our gift entry and gift acknowledgement processes and provide general operations and administrative support to the Development Department. Most recently, Alejandro worked at Puertas Abiertas and the Hispanic Center of Western Michigan. Welcome, Alejandro!
NEW DONOR + GRANT PORTALS COMING THIS SUMMER
We are updating our donor and grant portals to serve you better (launching summer 2024). If you have a Donor Advised fund, we will email instructions before the launch on activating your account. We will also add online tutorials on how to navigate the new grant system. Until then, please use the current portals and application links as normal. Please contact our Philanthropic Services and Program teams with any questions.
FAREWELL, HOLLI AND TARA
This winter Holli Schlukebir accepted a position at Michigan State University as research technician. We are grateful for all Holli did as a development assistant to streamline our development operations, support our communityled philanthropy work, actively participate on internal committees and so much more.
After more than 10 years of selling real estate part-time, Tara Takken has decided now is the time to depart from the Community Foundation to pursue her passion full-time. Tara will miss the world of philanthropy and all the wonderful people she has worked with during her time as executive assistant at the Community Foundation.
We wish Holli and Tara the best as they begin these next steps in their career journeys.
