Recent staff and board changes at local foundations and nonprofits are listed below.

The Donors Forum reports personnel changes at Member, Associate Member and Forum Partner organizations in Forumnotes, our monthly e-newsletter. To submit a recent staff change, please email Marilou Jones at mjones@donorsforum.org

Members and Associate Member

• Aparna Sharma will be a new Program Officer at Chicago Foundation for Women starting on May 5. Previously, she was the Senior Researcher at the Center for Urban Research and Learning at Loyola University Chicago.
• Regina Dixon-Reeves is the new Education Program Officer at The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation. Previously, she was an Administrator in the Office of High School Programs at Chicago Public Schools.
• Charles Boesel is the new Director of Communications at The Joyce Foundation. Previously, he was Vice President of Corporate Communications at CNA Financial Corporation. Also at Joyce, Molly Flanagan is the new Environment Program Officer. Previously, she was Program Manager of Great Lakes water resources at the National Wildlife Federation.
• Patricia Lara Garza has left her position as Associate Director, Corporate Affairs at Kraft Foods North America. She will join Allstate Corporation as the new Director, Strategic Philanthropy on May 12.
• Andrea "Annie" Hernandez Varbonov is the new Program Officer, Organization and Leadership Development at The Lumpkin Foundation. Previously, was Vice President of Leadership Ventures.
• Deepa Gupta is the new Program Officer - General Program at The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Previously, she was a Senior Associate at McKinsey and Co. Also at MacArthur, Christopher Holtz is the new Asia Program Officer - Conservation and Sustainable Development Program. Previously, he was Asia Grant Director for the Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund. And, Gordon Wright is the new Electronic Communications Specialist - Public Affairs Department. Previously, he was Technology Coordinator for the Solo and Small Firm Division of the American Bar Association.
• Sierra Collins-Jackson is the new Assistant Grants Administrator at Polk Bros. Foundation. Previously, Sierra worked 11 years at Donors Forum, most recently as Nonprofit Services Coordinator.
• Jennifer Sublett is the new Director of Donor and Public Relations at Sangamon County Community Foundation. Previously, she was Director of Development at Habitat for Humanity of Sangamon County.
• Kim Jones is the new Business Development Officer at ShoreBank. Previously, she was Senior Manager of Individual Giving at Project Exploration.
• Jennifer Shimp is the new Senior Manager-Grants and Operations at Steans Family Foundation. Previously, she was Assistant Vice President, Community Affairs at Harris Bank.
• Timothy Herwig has left his position as Vice President of Community Affairs at TCF Bank to assume the position of Community Affairs Liaison for the Office for Thrift Supervision in its Central Region.
  

Forum Partners

• Catherine Painter is the new Director of Development at Merit School of Music. Previously, she was Associate Director of Development for Major Gifts at The Latin School of Chicago.

Donors Forum

• Laurel O'Sullivan is the new Senior Director, Public Policy at Donors Forum. Most recently, she was Of Counsel/Great Lakes Campaign Coordinator for the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington, D.C. She has also served as an attorney for the Alliance for the Great Lakes in Chicago.

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