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Elizabeth Bremner, President,
has over two decades of philanthropic experience. Before coming
to launch The Foundation Incubator in 2001, Bremner served as
President and CEO of The Santa Fe Community Foundation for almost
eight years. Under Bremner's leadership, the foundation significantly
increased its grantmaking and launched three new strategic initiatives:
The Technical Assistance Connector Project, Children's Summer
Program and the Lesbian and Gay Community Funding Partnership.
Bremner also served as the founding Executive Director of the
Los Angeles Women's Foundation, which recently merged with its
Northern California counterpart to form The Women's Foundation
of California.
Bremner recently served on the board of Women & Philanthropy,
the National Center for Family Philanthropy California Advisory
Committee, the Women Give! committee, and she was previously
president of the Northern New Mexico Grantmakers Board, and
was among the charter class of Leadership New Mexico. She
was also a member of the Editorial Board of Advisors of The
Foundation News and Commentary and, in 1996, received the
Changing the Face of Philanthropy Award from the Women's Funding
Network. She has participated as a judge for Stanford University's
BASES Social E-Challenge business plan competition for social
enterprises. Bremner has also received commendations from
the State of California, the County and City of Los Angeles
and the City of Santa Fe.
Eleanor Clement Glass, Vice President,
before joining TFI's staff, was a member of the Organizational
Effectiveness and Philanthopy program at the Packard Foundation.
At the Foundation, she created the grantmaking portfolio that
(1) supports increased understanding of California donors;
(2) encourages development of new donor education resources,
tools and curriculum; (3) strengthens donor-serving organizations
such as community foundations; and (4) provides professional
development for grantmakers. Previously, she served as the
Director of Programs of The San Francisco Foundation and Senior
Program Officer in Education from 1993-2001. In her earlier
career, she worked as a nonprofit administrator of early childhood
programs and early primary programs for low-income children
and their families. She has also served as a college instructor
at San Francisco State University's School of Education, a
Visiting Educator for the State Department of Education, and
as a consultant for early childhood, youth development, and
family support programs.
Annedore Kushner, Operations Manager,
joined the Foundation Incubator after 14 years with the Packard
Foundation. At the Foundation, she was the Program Manager
in the Science department, administering the Fellowships for
Science and Engineering, as well as the Graduate Scholars
Program. She then served as Site Operations Manager.
Nicole Adams, Executive Administrator,
has over 6 years of project management and executive administration
experience. She has held roles such as technical support,
operations, logistics and education services management.
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