Indiana Community Foundation Boot Camp

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Brent Lee

Lilly Endowment Inc.

Program Director, Community Development

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JoAnna Ness

Indiana Philanthropy Alliance

Director of GIFT Progams

JoAnna works with the GIFT Team to develop and deliver programming that provides resources and technical assistance to Indiana’s community foundations.

Previously, JoAnna was employed as the communications director at Steuben County Community Foundation (SCCF). In addition to managing donor communications and marketing, JoAnna participated in a variety of projects related to grantmaking and program development. JoAnna led the development of a regular nonprofit capacity building series to provide support and learning opportunities for nonprofit leaders in Steuben County. JoAnna also managed the intern program and served as a navigator for SCCF’s youth philanthropy program, FIST. Her appreciation for the community foundation sector began as a participant in youth philanthropy and later internships with the Community Foundation of Noble County.

JoAnna graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor’s degree in Nonprofit Management and earned her master’s in Philanthropic Studies through the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy in Indianapolis.

Linda Speed

Community Foundation of Southern Indiana

President & CEO

Linda is the President & CEO of the Community Foundation of Southern Indiana. Linda has nineteen years of experience in the community foundation field. Before joining CFSI, her nonprofit work experience included serving as the Vice President of Development & Stewardship for the Community Foundation of Louisville, Vice President of Gift and Trust Administration for the Presbyterian Church (USA) Foundation, and Director of the Samuel L. Greenebaum Public Service Program at the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. She is a former litigation attorney with the Louisville law firm of Frost Brown Todd. She received her B.S. from the University of Kentucky and J.D. from the Vanderbilt University School of Law.

Linda currently serves on the boards of the Indiana Philanthropy Alliance (Chair), the Louisville, Kentucky-based Center for Nonprofit Excellence, and the Governing Board of Align Southern Indiana. She is a member and past president of the Southern Indiana Estate Planning Council, the Kentuckiana Partnership for Philanthropic Planning and the Fund Raising Executives of Metro Louisville, and she is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Metro Louisville.

Alisa Winters

Indiana Philanthropy Alliance

Technical Assistance Advisor

Alisa provides technical support to Indiana community foundations, with input and support from GIFT staff and Experts in Residence. Alisa also facilitates IPA's National Community Foundation Boot Camp and training services, which are offered to foundations across the country. Alisa most recently served as the executive director of the Rush County Community Foundation (RCCF) and is a graduate of the Mutz Philanthropic Leadership Institute. She led RCCF through growth in staff, assets, and two successful GIFT initiatives, and created innovative partnerships and grant opportunities to position the foundation as a recognized leader in Rush County. Alisa is on the board of the Rush County Economic and Community Development Corporation and is an active member of the Rotary Club and Glenwood United Methodist Church. She attained her BS in sales management from Purdue University and a master’s degree in public health from Indiana University.

Amy Streator, MPLI

Ripley County Community Foundation, Inc.

Executive Director

Amy is the executive director of The Ripley County Community Foundation (RCCF). Streator holds a Juris Doctor degree from DePaul College of Law Chicago, and a BA from Indiana University Bloomington. Passionate about giving back to the community, while in the private practice of law, Streator worked as pauper counsel in three counties. In this work, she ensured that every individual, regardless of their station in life, had access to qualified legal counsel and represented the Eagle Fire Co., the Town of Sunman, and the Town of Oldenburg on a “pro bono” basis. Streator’s move to RCCF in 2015 allowed her to live her personal motto of, “give back to the community in the way best suited for you”. Under her tenure, RCCF launched Ripley Youth Outreach, which has given teens, and young adults, a voice within the foundation's work, developed a sustainable earth initiative, and established a Ripley County Arts Endowment.

Event Series

CF Boot Camp

Topic(s)

GIFT Resource