leadership
BRAD LITTLE
President / CEO
HEIDI LUDWIG
Chief Operating Officer
ALISON GERARDOT
Chief impact Officer
ADMIN
RHONDA PEQUIGNOT
Assistant to President /
CEO & Director of Administration
AMANDA PANT
Administrative Assistant
Finance
SARAH KNOCH
Controller
LORI VOGHT
Finance Specialist
ASHLEIGH SMOTHERS
Accounting Assistant
PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES
KILEY TATE-POTTS
Director of Philanthropic Services
JAREN HARMON
Donor Engagement Specialist
JIM GRIEST
Senior Gift Planning Advisor
GRANTS
ANGELA STANLEY
Senior Impact Advisor
ESTELA GUTIERREZ
Administrative Assistant
Marketing and Communications
COLLEEN HELMKEN
Director of Marketing & Communications
TAYLOR ABDON
Data Analyst
WOMEN’S FUND
CASSIE BEER
Women’s Fund Director
PATTY DUNN
Women’s Fund
Development Specialist
Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Board
Ron Menze, Chair
Retired Partner/Architect, MKM Architecture + Design
Sherry Early, Vice Chair
Executive Director, Incremental Development Alliance
Christine Boles, Secretary
Director of Human Resources,
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana, Inc.
Rob Slusser, Treasurer
Senior Vice President – Market President,
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Damian Gosheff, At Large
Attorney and Founder, Gosheff Estate & Trust Law, LLC
Susan Wesner, At Large
Chief Financial Officer, Greater Fort Wayne Inc.
Stephanie Carper
Tax Director, FORVIS
Stephanie Crandall
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, City of Fort Wayne
Cindy Goodman
Investment Officer III, VP, Old National Wealth Management
Jason Knothe
Chief Financial Officer, Micropulse
Edmond C. O’Neal III
President, Northeast Indiana Works
Nikki Quintana
Executive Director, City of Fort Wayne Metropolitan
Human Relations Commission
Paul Sauerteig
Attorney at Law, Snow & Sauerteig LLP
Gary Shearer
President and CEO, Physicians Health Plan
of Northern Indiana, Inc.
Shelley Walker
Project Leader, BF Goodrich
Denita Washington
Executive Director, Girlz Rock and Adams Township Trustee