Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Annenberg Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Dyson Foundation
Marsha E. Bonner, Senior Director of Programs, Community Grantmaking, and Special Initiatives, Annenberg Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Marsha joined the Annenberg Foundation in 2015 and has close to 40 years of grantmaking experience. At the Annenberg Foundation, she is responsible for oversight of Programs, Grants Administration, the Alchemy program – a capacity building and training initiative – and the impact investing program.
A graduate of Princeton University, she has served on the board of more than 20 philanthropic organizations.
Jennifer Killian, Program Officer, Dyson Foundation, Millbrook, NY
Jennifer is responsible for many of the Foundation’s grant making programs, including the Management Assistance Mini-Grant Program, which provides funding for Mid-Hudson Valley nonprofit organizations to strengthen infrastructure and find greater efficiencies in administration, operations, resource development, and programming.
Jennifer formerly served as Vice President of Programs at the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley where she was responsible for monitoring and assessing programs, grants and scholarship funds, as well as developing new initiatives and managing annual grantmaking of $3.5M. Previously, Jennifer served as the Hudson Valley Regional Manager for the New York Council of Nonprofits, providing a wide array of training and technical assistance services to nonprofits throughout Hudson Valley and New York State. In that position, she supported the Dutchess County Coalition of Nonprofits and managed the Interim Executive Leadership Program as well as the Federal ARRA Strengthening Communities Fund, a nonprofit capacity building program supporting NYC-based nonprofits with economic recovery services after the 2008 recession.
Jennifer received her Master of Public Administration degree from Marist College and a Bachelors’ Degree in Sociology from Rutgers University.
Richard (Ric) L. DeVore, President, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Detroit, MI
Ric became president of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan in April 2022. The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is one of the top 25 community foundations in the country. Since its inception, the organization has distributed more than $1.4 billion through approximately 85,000 grants, mostly to nonprofit organizations throughout Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe, Washtenaw, St. Clair, and Livingston counties.
Previously, Ric was executive vice president and regional president of PNC Bank in Detroit and Southeast Michigan where he also served as PNC’s lead banker in the region and chaired the local PNC Foundation. He led PNC’s metro Detroit education and equity initiatives associated with the bank’s 2020 commitment to deploy $1 billion nationwide to combat systemic racism and support the economic empowerment of African Americans. In 2015, Ric was named a Detroit News Michiganian of the Year for his leadership of PNC’s Grow Up Great program, which focuses on pre-K education.
Ric holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in business from Wayne State University.
Angela Richardson, Senior Trainer, The Grantsmanship Center
Angela brings more than 20 years' experience as a nonprofit program and fund developer, strategic planner, and organizational coach. As senior trainer, Angela has coached other trainers for The Grantsmanship Center and trained staff for nonprofit organizations, school districts, governments, faith-based organizations, and colleges and universities. She brings additional expertise in education and the arts, recently delivering a virtual workshop for Broward County Cultural Division, FL as part of the Business Skills for Creatives series. Angela has facilitated many in-person Meet-the-Grantmaker panels in Los Angeles for PROJECT GRANTSMANSHIP and for the City of Los Angles, city council members. Recently, Angela trained faculty and community-based nonprofit leaders as part of a Research Proposal Workshop sponsored by UCLA Health Sciences.
