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January 08, 2010
Contact: Carol D. Rugg,
810.238.5651,
crugg@mott.org
Mott Foundation names new director of grants administration
FLINT, Michigan – Mary A. Gailbreath, a seven-year employee, has been promoted to director of Grants Administration and assistant treasurer at the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. She succeeds Jim L. Krause, who has retired after 31 years with the Foundation.
Gailbreath joined Mott in 2002 as grants manager. She has become well-known in the foundation field for her expertise in compliance issues associated with international grantmaking and expenditure responsibility.
Mary Gailbreath |
“Mary has proven to be a valuable member of our Grants Administration team, so we were pleased to have someone already at the Foundation to fill this important position,” Mott President William S. White said. “We wish Jim well in his retirement, although we will miss his outstanding skills and his legendary institutional memory.”
Jim Krause |
Before joining Mott, Gailbreath worked in Ann Arbor -- for 10 years at Arthur Andersen LLP and three years at a family-owned real estate development company.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Eastern Michigan University and is a certified public accountant.
Krause, who joined the Foundation in 1978, had been director of Grants Administration since 1988. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan-Flint.
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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