Our Founders Circle
We recognize the following individuals who made the initial contributions that helped to establish the Community Foundation in Mendocino County.
Anonymous, Michael & Susan Addison, Joe Amidon, Ricia Arazia & Michael Leventhal, Bob & Pam Armanino, David & Susan Badger, Ron & Kim Baker, Lin Barrett, Ed & Donna Berry, Richard & Janet Bilas, Sharon Brewer, Greg & Lisa Cavalin, Jared & Bonnie Carter, Harvey Chess, Jerry Colwell; The Colwell Family Foundation, Tim Cooper; Mendocino County Farm Supply, Conrad L. & Joezelle Cox, Diane Daubeneck, Claire Ellis & Chuck Greenberg, Tony & Maureen Eppstein, Rick Eversole, Eversole Mortuary, Fort Bragg Advocate News, Leland & Beatrice Foster, Herschel & Susan Gordon, Elizabeth Gregory-Marsden, Charles & Olivia Hasty, Ted & Anna Lee Hendershot, Gary Ingle & Kathleen Sewell, Mary Johnson, Travel Time, Marie Cerutti Kash, Rudy & Linda Light, Ruth Pixley Lowery, Betty Mahon, Charles & Wanda Mannon, Jim Mastin & Mary Buckley, Charlene McAllister; The WARM Foundation, Guinness & Maggie McFadden; McFadden Farm, Bill & Sandra McIver, Mendocino Forest Products, Peggy Merrill, Jim & Arlene Moorehead, Janet Morris, Phil & Marge Moynahan, Greg & Missy Nelson, Gary Nix & John Bogner, Richard & Susanne Norgard, Ernest & Diane Pauli, Evelyn Parducci, Thomas Parducci, Shirley Peek, Herb Pruett & Sherri Gregory-Pruett, George Rau, Rau & Associates, Huxley Richardson, Ukiah Ford Lincoln Mercury, Don & Wendy Roberts, Marilyn Rose & James Blackstock; Out of this World, Richard L. & Sharon Ruddick, Erich Schmid, Stella Shao, Tom & Lucinda May Segar, John & Jean Slonecker, Jeff & Joan Stanford, The Stanford Inn, Forest & Pat Tilley, Richard & Caroline Tower; The Candelaria Fund, Dennis Wilson
In Appreciation of Susanne Norgard
CEO 1999 – 2016
In 1992 an organizing committee with bold goals and a county-wide vision began formulating the Community Foundation of Mendocino County. They hired Susanne Norgard as the first executive director in 1999. She has been at the helm ever since, overseeing the growth of the Community Foundation’s endowment from just a few thousand dollars to over twenty-seven million dollars today. Over her tenure, more than eleven million dollars have been granted to community organizations.
Susanne has worked professionally in the county since 1988. Since taking the job at the Community Foundation, she has lived and kept an office on the coast while commuting to the Foundation’s Ukiah office. Early on she developed a countywide network of volunteer advisors to ensure the Community Foundation serves all communities. She has served as a strategic partner to the board and sta , and has worked closely with donors from all walks of life to ensure their philanthropic goals are realized through their work with the Foundation.
Susanne retires from the Community Foundation with the knowledge that she is leaving a strong community asset and resource. “It has been amazing to have had the opportunity to lead an organization that has been so closely aligned with my personal goals and beliefs,” she says. “I will miss the Community Foundation, but look forward to seeing it grow over the coming years and increase its contributions to all aspects of our lives in Mendocino County.”
If you would like to make a donation to acknowledge Susanne’s tenure at the Community Foundation, please consider The Fund for Trails and Open Space.
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