Jeff Anderson named as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of OCF
THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION NAMES JEFF ANDERSON EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Portland, OR – The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) today announced the appointment of Jeff Anderson as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. The appointment is effective immediately. Anderson’s duties will include strategic planning, operations management, and employee development for the foundation. OCF is Oregon’s largest foundation, with assets of more than $1 billion and 1,700 funds under management, providing more than $60 million per year in grants to nonprofits around the state.
Anderson is currently Senior Program Officer at OCF, where he manages the statewide community grants program and other OCF funds and projects. Prior to joining OCF in 1998, Anderson was associate vice-president for development at Lewis & Clark College, where he coordinated a major comprehensive campaign from 1991 to 1997. Anderson has served on volunteer committees for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon, Entrepreneur’s Foundation of the NW and the Black United Fund. He currently serves as Vice President on the board of directors for Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington.
The mission of The Oregon Community Foundation is to improve life in Oregon and promote effective philanthropy. OCF works with individuals, families, businesses and organizations to create charitable funds to support the community causes they care about. Through these funds OCF awards more than $60 million annually in grants and scholarships.
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BIENNIAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Charting The Course: Moving Forward in Challenging Times
The Loft at the Red Building
No. 20 Basin Street
Astoria, Oregon
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October 13-15th 2010
- $295 First Member
- $275 Additional Members
- $395 Non-members
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Connecting the Dots: Health, Housing, and the Community Context
Presented by: Comprehensive Health Education Foundation, The Seattle Foundation, Enterprise Community Partners and The Bullitt Foundation
September 14, 2010
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
American Lung Association in Washington
2625 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
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JeFF Meeting
JeFF is a learning community of funders located in Lake, Klamath, Josephine, Jackson, Curry, Coos and Douglas Counties
Hunger and the Food System
Thursday, September 16, 2010
9:00 - 11:30 am
RCC Campus in Grants Pass unless otherwise noted
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Sponsored by Rogue Community College and Gordon Elwood Foundation
THIRD THURSDAY
Communications Technology: Learning to Fish in the Millennium Age
Thursday, September 16, 2010
11:45 - 1:30 pm
Northwest Health Foundation, Bamboo Room
221 NW Second Avenue, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97209
*Lunch provided
$15 members, $35 non-members
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SPECIAL PROGRAM
Sponsored by: Early Childhood Funders Learning Circle, Children's Institute, Chalkboard Project, and Literary Arts
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Oregon asks: What would it take?
Paul Tough, author of Whatever It Takes, Geoffrey Canada’s Quest To Change Harlem and America
Join your friends, colleagues and civic leaders for sixty minutes of inspiration grounded in the realities of what it takes to break the cycle of poverty, increase school success and build healthy communities.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
The Governor Hotel
Portland, OR
Doors open at 11:30 a.m.
Presentation / Q&A at 12:00 p.m.
All seats are $25 (includes lunch)
Tickets available at https://oregoncf.org/connect/calendar/events/paul-tough-speech
Book sale and signing following program.
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