Leading Locally 2025 - Working Group
Working Group
We appreciate the Working Group’s contributions to shaping the programming and content at Leading Locally 2025.
Working Group Co-Chairs
Mendi Blue Paca
President and CEO
Fairfield County's Community Foundation
Tuleah Palmer
President and CEO
Blandin Foundation
Working Group Members
Robert Burns
Director, Home Region Program
Walton Family Foundation
Ramona Dallum
Senior Vice President, Community Leadership
Community Foundation of Louisville
Julie Diaz
President and CEO
The Dallas Foundation
Max Gimbel
Director of Rural Community Building
The Ford Family Foundation
Ashley Mancinelli
Vice President of Philanthropy
Baltimore Community Foundation
Emiko Ono
Director, Performing Arts Program
The Hewlett Foundation
Eric Phamdo
Program Officer
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
Patrice Relerford
Vice President of Collective Impact and Giving
Minneapolis Foundation
Kimberly Roberson
Program Director, Flint Area
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Amy Strecker
President
Duke Energy Foundation
Alfonso Wenker
Vice President of Community Impact
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
