Committees
| ACCOUNTING PRACTICES Chair: Mike Bankert, The San Francisco Foundation Christina Brinker, North Texas Community Foundation Kim Cryan, Toledo Community Foundation Kirsten Fowler, Foundation for the Carolinas Amber Jubinsky, The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Brianne Killam, San Angelo Area Foundation Melissa Krabbe, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Khyati Mehta, Inland Empire Community Foundation Sarah Minor, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation Leah Poole, Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Rebecca Rodriguez, Foundation for the Carolinas Leigh Schaefers, Communities Foundation of Texas Cyndi Vara, Permian Basin Area Foundation Anna Wagner, The CF of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County | |
BEST PRACTICES Chair: Katie Zarroli, Community Foundation for a greater Richmond Francisco Gozalo, The Miami Foundation Cindy Hoffman, Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Kerri Horn, Central Valley Community Foundation Nashia Jordan, Boston Community Foundation Dick Myers, Foundation Information Systems Wendy Ponting, Collier Community Foundation Kyla Quintero, Silicon Valley Community Foundation Scott Zastoupil, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation | |
COMMUNICATIONS Chair: Jana (Moreno) Griggs, Austin Community Foundation Jen Creager, Community Foundation of St. Clair County Kelsey Fleming, Community Foundation Boulder County Susie Lotrek, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Kristin Raup, The Pittsburgh Foundation Cyndi Vara, Permian Basin Area Foundation Patricia Zeiler, Oklahoma City Community Foundation | |
HUMAN RESOURCES Chair: Charmelle Jackson, The Pittsburgh Foundation Jason Adams, Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque Rita Barnes, Blue River Community Foundation Annette Bauer, Community Foundation of Broward Robyn Bennett, Kalamazoo Community Foundation Sharee Blackmon, Columbus Foundation Monica Brown, Cleveland Foundation Haley Clark, Humboldt Area Foundation Sharon Collier, Rhode Island Foundation Nikki Collins, Marin Community Foundation Brian Dineen, Blue Grass Community Foundation Carol Dorko, Community Foundation of Broward Gerianne Dorradino, Central New York Community Foundation Terri Epting, Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Robin Foreman-Wheeler, Hampton Roads Community Foundation Frank Gramuglia, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Talitha Green Ling, East Bay Community Foundation Quentin Gunter, Winston Salem Community Foundation Danielle Hanna, Cleveland Foundation Kevin Harmelink, Grand Rapids Community Foundation Mary Haynes, Rose Community Foundation Revlan Hill, Harrisonburg Rockingham Andrea Hulighan, The Winston-Salem Foundation Erycka Hunter, formerly Kalamazoo CF Veshal Kauuraa, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Julie Klipp, Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Karen Koons, The Community Foundation Raul Macias, Haas, Jr. Fund Saúl Macias, The Marin Community Foundation Galen Maness, San Francisco Foundation Carolyn Marston, Community Foundation of Southern Alabama Dee Matthews, Winston-Salem Foundation Kim McCrary, Austin Community Foundation Liz Miller, Community Foundation for the Florida Keys Kimberly O'Haro, Baltimore Community Foundation June Owens, Oklahoma City Community Foundation Olubunmi Parks, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Dorcas Patterson, Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation A.J. Pietrantone, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Beth Pisano, Hutchinson Community Foundation Kathy Pope, Fremont Area Community Foundation Teresa Pottorff, Community Foundation of Texas Brittani Reuter, Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque Sherri Rush, Community Foundation of Grant County, Indiana Kimberly Sadowski, Central New York Community Foundation Jennifer Sheahan, OshKosh Area Community Foundation Anita Smith, Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Pamela Straker, The Columbus Foundation Sheri Tassinari, Arizona Community Foundation Gwen Tillman, Tides Cyndi Vara, CPA, Permian Basin Area Foundation Debra Watt, Foundation for the Carolinas | |
INVESTMENT PRACTICES Chair: Jonathon Brelsford, The Pittsburgh Foundation Laura Kernigan, Vice Chair, Chicago Community Trust Jordan Bolden, Austin Community Foundation Erin Brodrick, Jacksonville Community Foundation Elizabeth Cain, Greater Cincinnati Community Foundation Kyle Fahrner, Midland Foundation Tony Gattuso, Cleveland Foundation Mo Mousa, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Michelle Nelson, Community Foundation of greater Richmond Kristine Thomas, Communities Foundation of Texas | |
MEMBERSHIP Chair: Luis Leon, Community Foundation of the Ozarks Shirley Amthauer, Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Brandy Hobson, Adirondack Foundation Melissa Tschanz, East Tennessee Foundation | |
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Chair: Richard Brown, The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation Marla Brandon, Greater Manhattan Community Foundation Saúl Macias, The Marin Community Foundation Amy Seto, Brown Advisory (formerly Baltimore Community Foundation)
2026 FAOG CONFERENCE Sherrie Chelini, Chelini Travels - Conference Manager Michelle Nelson, Community Foundation for a greater Richmond - Board Vice Chair, 2026 Conference Chair Richard Brown, The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation - Professional Development Chair Alyssa Federico, FAOG Consultant (formerly Foundation for the Carolinas), Past Board Chair, Sponsor Fundraising Jana Griggs, Austin Community Foundation - Board Chair Saúl Macias, The Marin Community Foundation - Conference Sessions Co-Chair Carrie Ryan, Centre-Foundation - Social/Networking/Volunteers Amy Seto, Brown Advisory (formerly Baltimore Community Foundation) - Conference Sessions Co-Chair Bryan Tait, Pittsburgh Foundation - Board Chair, Sponsor Fundraising Monique Waggoner, FAOG Administrator Andrea Walter, Centre-Foundation - Social/Networking/Volunteers A big thanks to the following FAOG committees and their members for session content creation and support: Accounting Practices Committee Best Practices Committee Communications Committee Human Resources Committee Investments Committee Membership Committee Professional Development Committee |