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July 22, 2008
Contact: Marilyn S. LeFeber,
810.238.5651,
mlefeber@mott.org
Mott Foundation adds program officer to Environment team
FLINT, Mich. – Amy Shannon, who has served as a consultant for the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation for several years, will become a program officer for its Environment team in the area of International Finance for Sustainability, effective September 1.
In addition to her previous work with Mott, Shannon also has worked as a consultant for the Ford and MacArthur foundations in the area of sustainable management of natural resources in Latin America. She has served as associate and acting director of the Heartland Alliance’s Enlaces América Project. She also worked seven years for MacArthur in its World Environment and Resources program.
“We are pleased to add someone with Ms. Shannon’s wealth of experience and fluency in several languages to the Foundation staff,” Mott President William S. White said.
Shannon holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Dartmouth College and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School. She currently serves on the boards of the Pesticide Action Network North America and Latino Health. She is fluent in Spanish, French, Portuguese and English.
The Mott Foundation, established in 1926 by an automotive pioneer, is a private philanthropy committed to supporting projects that promote a just, equitable and sustainable society. It supports nonprofit programs throughout the U.S. and, on a limited geographic basis, internationally. Grantmaking is focused in four programs: Civil Society, Environment, Flint Area and Pathways Out of Poverty. Besides Flint, offices are located in metropolitan Detroit, Johannesburg (South Africa) and London. The Foundation, with 2012 year-end assets of $2.28 billion, made 439 grants totaling $91 million. For more information, visit www.mott.org.
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