In 2008, I did an interview with my fellow young nonprofit leader Melissa Johnson where I asked her if she wanted to be an Executive Director when she grew up. Her answer was a resounding “NO.” Well, well, well, it just goes to show that you never know where your nonprofit career will take you! Melissa is not only an amazing young leader, but a dynamic and thoughtful sister who I greatly admire and look up to. Please join me in congratulating her in her new role at the Neighborhood Funders Group!
NFG Announces Melissa Johnson as New Executive Director
The Board of Directors of the Neighborhood Funders Group is delighted to announce that Melissa Johnson will assume the role of Executive Director effective April 5, 2010. Ms. Johnson succeeds Bettye Brentley, who served with the organization for eight years. Johnson brings to NFG extensive knowledge of the philanthropic sector, having served as Field Director for the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), since 2007. While at NCRP, she had primary responsibility for membership development, building a robust presence in the field, and educating foundations on the organization’s research, policy, and publications. As the new Executive Director, Melissa Johnson will effectively guide NFG’s mission to strengthen the field of philanthropy and provide the organization’s membership with the networking and knowledge needed to be more effective grant makers.
About the Neighborhood Funders Group
The Neighborhood Funders Group is a membership association of grantmaking institutions. Our mission is to strengthen the capacity of organized philanthropy to understand and support community-based efforts to organize and improve the economic and social fabric of low-income urban neighborhoods and rural communities. We provide information, learning opportunities, and other professional development activities to our national membership, and encourage the support of policies and practices that advance economic and social justice.
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