Gwynn Hughes
Senior Program Officer
Education
Trustees & Staff
Meet the people working to support our grantees and help them advance change.
Trustees
- Ridgway H. White † Chairman
- Frederick S. Kirkpatrick †* Vice Chairman
- A. Marshall Acuff, Jr.
- Karen Aldridge-Eason
- Lizabeth Ardisana
- John K. Butler
- Tiffany W. Lovett †
- Webb F. Martin
- John Morning **
- Maryanne Mott †
- Dr. Bobby Mukkamala
- Charlie Nelms
- Jeremy R. M. Piper
- William H. Piper †**
- George E. Ross
- Marise M.M. Sheehan †
- Helen Taylor
†The Members of the corporation.
*Serves as presiding/lead outside director.
**Trustee emeritus.
Note: All applicants need to follow the Foundation’s standard application procedures; please do not contact trustees directly.
Staff
Ashley Johnson
Director of Grants Administration
Nefertari Jones
Associate Program Officer
Flint Area
Joumana M. Klanseck
Database Administrator / BI Analyst
Brittany Knox
Accountant
Natalie LaCour
Administrative Assistant
Civil Society
Shannon Lawder
Program Director
Civil Society
Jon’Tise Lewis
Administrative Assistant
Communications
Dana Linnane
Foundation Liaison, Office of the Governor, State of Michigan
Jennifer Liversedge
Program Officer and Trustee Meeting Coordinator
Flint Area
Scott W. Loughlin
Grants Manager
Ross Maclaren
Program Officer
Civil Society
Ryan C. Madar
Senior Systems Engineer
Joseph Martin
Program Officer/Projects Coordinator
Flint Area
LaToya Massey
Program Assistant
Education
Jared Maurer
Senior Grants Accountant