Four new board members have been added
St. Cloud, Minn.— The Central Minnesota Community Foundation (CMCF) announced the addition of four new members to their board of directors. The new members are Jason Bernick of Bernick’s, Mary Hinton of College of St. Benedict, Paul Thompson of Bremer and Joanne Kudrna of Granite Equity Partners. CMCF also announced the election of officers for the coming year; Steve Laraway will act as the chair, Debra Leigh as the vice chair, John Herges as treasurer and Dan Steil as the secretary.
The board honored retired members Joyce Schlough and Loran Hall at their annual dinner in September. Hall will continue to serve on the CommunityGiving board of directors.
The board of directors governs the Central Minnesota Community Foundation and guides the organization in the mission to engage people, connect resources and build community.
The Central Minnesota Community Foundation (CMCF), in affiliation with CommunityGiving, is a public charity that attracts and administers charitable funds for the benefit of the local community. Since 1985, CMCF has grown to over $89.6 million in assets and awarded over $93.1 million in grants to local non-profits. CommunityGiving is a collaboration of community foundations united under a single framework to create efficiencies that maximize the impact of our donors. The core foundations working with CommunityGiving include the Alexandria Area Community Foundation, the Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation, the Central Minnesota Community Foundation and the Willmar Area Community Foundation. Collectively, CommunityGiving administers more than 700 funds totaling more than $129 million. Learn more at CommunityGiving.org/CentralMN