Committees
| ACCOUNTING PRACTICES Chair: Mike Bankert, The San Francisco Foundation Dwight Canning, St. Louis Community Foundation Kim Cryan, Toledo Community Foundation Amber Jubinsky, The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Brianne Killam, San Angelo Area Foundation Gregg Koehn, Oklahoma City Community Foundation Melissa Krabbe, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Sarah Minor, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation Laura Moore, Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation Elizabeth Oatman, Community Foundation for a greater Richmond Leah Poole, Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Rebecca Rodriguez, Foundation for the Carolinas Leigh Schaefers, Communities Foundation of Texas Bryan Tait, The Pittsburgh Foundation Cyndi Vara, Permian Basin Area Foundation Anna Wagner, The CF of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County | |
BEST PRACTICES Chair: Eric Nystrom, Arizona Community Foundation Nikki Miskura, Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties Michelle Nelson, Community Foundation for a greater Richmond Helen Stone, Oklahoma City Community Foundation Scott Zastoupil, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation | |
COMMUNICATIONS Chair: Jana (Moreno) Griggs, Austin Community Foundation Gabriella Baltazar, 2026 Chair, Permian Basin Area Foundation Nicki Charles, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry Laura Moore, Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation 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 Nicki Charles, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry 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 Christopher White, North Texas Community Foundation | |
INVESTMENT PRACTICES Chair: Jonathon Brelsford, The Pittsburgh Foundation Laura Kernigan, Vice Chair, Chicago Community Trust Gabriella Baltazar, Permian Basin Area Foundation Erin Brodrick, Jacksonville Community Foundation Elizabeth Cain, Greater Cincinnati Community Foundation Kyle Fahrner, Midland Foundation Tony Gattuso, Cleveland Foundation Laura Moore, Coastal Georgia Foundation Mo Mousa, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Michelle Nelson, Community Foundation of Richmond Chris Stobaugh, Gulf Coast Community Foundation Kristine Thomas, Communities Foundation of Texas | |
MEMBERSHIP Chair: Luis Leon, Community Foundation of the Ozarks Grace Sacerdote, Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Stacey Bell, Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Brandy Hobson, Adirondack Foundation | |
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Chair: Nikki Miskura, CF for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Marla Brandon, Greater Manhattan Community Foundation Alyssa Federico, Foundation for the Carolinas Amy Seto, Brown Advisory (formerly Baltimore Community Foundation)
2025 FAOG Conference Committee: Sherrie Chelini, Chelini Travels - Conference Manager Jana Griggs, Austin Community Foundation - Board Vice Chair, 2025 Conference Chair, Communications Chair Gregg Koehn, Oklahoma City Community Foundation - 2025 Host City Alyssa Federico, Foundation for the Carolinas - Past Board Chair, Sponsor Fundraising Beth Mellon, Pittsburgh Foundation - Social/Networking Nikki Miskura, Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties - Sessions Planning Amy Seto, Brown Advisory (formerly Baltimore Community Foundation) - Session Planning Bryan Tait, Pittsburgh Foundation - Board Chair, Sponsor Fundraising Joe Baker, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, FAOG Treasurer, Honorary Member Monique Waggoner, FAOG Administrator A big thanks to the following FAOG committees and their members for session content creation and support: Best Practices Committee Communications Committee Human Resources Committee Investments Committee Membership Committee Professional Development Committee |