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.
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
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
Rod Grabowski
UCF Foundation (University of Central Florida)
Brian Hastings
University of Nebraska Foundation
Abby Kelso
Evergreen State College Foundation
Matthew Lambert
William & Mary Foundation
Karen McCauley
Clemson University Foundation
Ian Mercier
Medical College of Georgia Foundation, Inc.
Augusta University
James H. Moore, Jr.
University of Illinois Foundation
Robert Nava
California State University San Bernardino Philanthropic Foundation
Guy Patton
University of Oklahoma Foundation
Leonard Raley
University of Maryland System Foundation
Cynthia Roth
West Virginia University Foundation
Katherine Sawyer
Oakton Community College Foundation
Amanda Sbriscia
Holyoke Community College Foundation
Tyson Voelkel
Texas A&M Foundation
Matt White
Utah State University Foundation
During the last virtual meeting of calendar year 2022, the 25 members of AGBโs Council of Foundation Leaders discussed the potential issues, concerns, opportunities, and challenges of Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) and NIL Collectives.
In a recent straw poll and subsequent virtual meeting of the 25 members of AGBโs Council of Foundation Leaders (CFL) several post-COVID and strategic issues facing institutionally related foundation executives and their respective board chairs over the next 12 to 18 months were uncovered.
AGB recently published Top Strategic Issues for Boards 2022โ2023, which outlines the most pressing challenges currently facing colleges and universities.
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