The Council of Foundation Leaders is a standing advisory group of professional leaders, knowledgeable about the roles, responsibilities, and practices of effective governance for institutionally related foundations. They also have a deep understanding of the purpose of institutionally related foundations and the inherent dynamics of interrelatedness between foundations and the universities, systems, and colleges they serve. The Council meets quarterly.
Council Ambassador
George P. Watt
AGB Senior Consultant, Senior Fellow, and Membership Ambassador
Former Executive Vice President, Institutional Advancement
and Executive Director, College of Charleston Foundation
Former President, U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and U.S. Naval Academy Foundation
Members
Margaret Ann Bollmeier
Medical College of Virginia
Trishana Bowden
George Mason University
Gretchen Buhlig
Arizona State University Foundation
DeAnna Carlson Zink
University of North Dakota Foundation
Monica Delisa
University of Vermont Foundation
Kristen DeVries
Western Michigan University Foundation
Jay Dowd
The Citadel Foundation
Chris Dyba
East Carolina University
Rod Grabowski
UCF Foundation (University of Central Florida)
Tom Hyatt
Dentons US LLP
Elizabeth King
Wichita State University Foundation
Maria Gutierrez Martin
University of Florida Foundation
Rickey McCurry
University of Nevada-Las Vegas Foundation
Ian Mercier
Medical College of Georgia Foundation, Inc.
Augusta University
James H. Moore, Jr.
University of Illinois Foundation
Cherí O’Neill
Colorado State University Foundation
Guy Patton
University of Oklahoma Foundation
Vita Pickrum
Delaware State University Foundation
Leonard Raley
University of Maryland System Foundation
Jeff Rountree
University of Mary Washington Foundation
Katherine Sawyer
Oakton Community College Foundation
Al Trujilo
Georgia Tech
Tyson Voelkel
Texas A&M Foundation
Kim Way
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Greg Willems
Kansas State University Foundation
With thanks to AGB Sustaining Partner Commonfund for their support of this council.
Tim Yates
President & CEO
Commonfund Asset Management