Category: CEO Updates

“A Shared Monogamy of Geography”

| by Mark A. Stuart
Sun setting over the ocean with La Jolla tidepools in the foreground
I continue to learn a lot from wise leaders throughout our region and state. My second meeting of the League of California Community Foundations was the last for John Kobara, the soon-to be-retired chief operating officer of Los Angeles County’s community foundation. John has been a leader of California Community Foundation for 16 years—initially on... Read More »

Listening and Learning

| by Mark A. Stuart
CEO Mark Stuart at a reception with TSDF board chair Kay Coleman and representatives from our regional affiliates, Jack Raymond (Escondido Charitable Foundation) and former City Councilmember Barbara Warden (Rancho Bernardo Foundation).
Since he joined The San Diego Foundation in the spring, President & CEO Mark Stuart has made it a point to ask community leaders about their hopes for The Foundation. Here's what he's heard.

Hitting Well Above Their Weight

| by Mark A. Stuart
President & CEO Mark Stuart with Chair-Elect Kay Coleman on their recent trip to Sacramento for the League of California Community Foundations Annual Conference.
Greetings! I am humbled and honored to have the opportunity to lead The San Diego Foundation. In my first week, I traveled with incoming Board Chair, Kay Coleman, to Sacramento for the League of California Community Foundations Annual Conference. What an incredible group of new colleagues. While there were huge community foundations like Silicon Valley... Read More »
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