GCF Board members and other community volunteers contribute their time and expertise on a variety of standing committees and task forces.

Giving Strategies Committee
Develops giving strategies and promotes the Foundation to the community.

David W. Ellis III, Chair
Susan C. deRoos
Jane V. Domaschko
Tad Lawrence III
Jacqueline M.  Mack
William L. Montague
Mary Lou Motl
William C. Portman III
Tia Robertson
Nancy K. Swanson, Ex-Officio
Daniel J. Hoffheimer, Legal Council

Finance Committee
Recommends financial policies to the Governing Board and monitors financial operations.

Paul W. Chellgren, Chair
Cathy T Crain
James M. Crosset
Ronald Dolan
William L. McNeese
John S. Stith
Peter S. Strange
Edward J. Vonderbrink

Audit Committee
Oversees all aspects of the external audit including selection of auditors and review of their performance, audit planning and negotiation of fees.

Thomas G. Cody, Chair
Ronald Dolan
David W. Ellis III
Louis D. George


Governance Committee
Advises the Board as a whole on corporate governance matters and nominates Governing Board appointees. 

William C. Portman III, Chair
Thomas A. Brennan
Thomas G. Cody
Barbara G. Lewis
Marvin  H. Rorick, M.D.
Daniel J. Hoffheimer, Legal Counsel


Investments Committee
Recommends investment policies to the Governing Board; monitors investment performance; periodically evaluates the effectiveness of the Foundation's combined trust and corporate form structure.

Cathy T. Crain, Chair
Paul W. Chellgren
Susan F. Flischel
Michele Hawkins
Mackey McNeill
Marvin H. Rorick, M.D.
Charles Seal

Community Investment Committee

As part of GCF’s new grant redesign, two volunteer committees have been restructured as well. The former Grants Review and Strategic Initiatives Committees have evolved into the Community Investment Committee. There will also be six topic-specific Advisory Committees for each funding priorities.

Tom Brennan, Chair
Neil Comber
Cathy Crain
Jean Crawford
Linda Fath
Ed Jackson
Barbara Lewis
Monica Mitchell
Myrtis Powell
Johnna Reeder
Joe Tomain
Matt Van Sant
Dick Westheimer
Ron Wright

Arts & Culture Committee

Linda Fath, Chair
Gema Bahns
Rick Bachhuber, Jr.
Robert Brown
Charles Eilerman
Kathryne Gardette
Howard Kaplan
Beth Levy
April Martin
Irwin Weinberg
Robert Wicks
Environment Committee

Cathy Crain, Chair
Bill Bahlman, Jr.
Rhoda Brooks
Larry Falkin
Richard Fencl
Christina MacVeigh
Gary Morgan
Ann Navaro
Elizabeth Sherwood
Fan Wang-Cahill
Richard Westheimer
Community & Economic Development Committee

Ron Wright, Ph.D., Chair
Amin Akbar
Nancy Cooper
Jan Hillard, Ph.D.
Kathye Lewis Rowe
Jenna McHugh
Dr. Sandra Richtermeyer
Simon Sotelo
Byron White
Allen Zaring IV
Health Committee

Jean Crawford, Chair
Frank Bloom
Kathy A. Burklow, Ph.D.
Lawrence Hawkins Jr., Esq.
Michael Miller
Henry A. Nasrallah, MD
Dr. Purcell Taylor
Richard L. Utecht
Lee Ann Watson, CRC, LPC, Ph.D.
Education Committee

Barbara Lewis, Chair
Dick Adams
Lee Carter
Judy Clark
Dr. Susan Cook
Rev. Richard Fowler
Judy Gibbons
Jose Guerra
Hazel Pegues
Donna Perzigian
Roger Schorr
Human Services Committee

Joe Tomain, Chair
Steven L. Bradley
Marena Brown
Rev. Gregory Chandler
Bob Goering, Sr.
Wayne Johnson
William C.H. Joiner
Ruth McDiffett
Cynthia Smith
Honorable Stephanie Wyler


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