leadership
BRAD LITTLE
President / CEO
HEIDI LUDWIG
Chief Operating Officer
ALISON GERARDOT
Chief Impact Officer
KILEY TATE-POTTS
Chief Philanthropy Officer
ADMIN
RHONDA PEQUIGNOT
Director of Administration
AMANDA PANT
Hospitality Specialist
Finance
SARAH KNOCH
Controller
LORI VOGHT
Accounting Specialist
HEATHER HEAL
Senior Accountant
PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES
JAREN STEVENS
Senior Philanthropic Advisor
JO MEJIA
Senior Philanthropic Partnership Advisor
ESTELA GUTIERREZ
Scholarship Management Specialist
HANNAH MCDONALD
Philanthropic Advisor
TAYLOR ABDON
Philanthropic Services Management Specialist
GRANTS
ANGELA STANLEY
Director of Impact
STEPHANIE CARLSON PLIMPTON
Senior Impact Advisor
Marketing and Communications
BRITTANY GARLAND
Experience and Events Specialist
WOMEN’S FUND
CASSIE BEER
Women’s Fund Director
PATTY DUNN
Women’s Fund
Development Specialist
CHYNNA PRESLEY
Women’s Fund Economic Security Specialist
Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Board
Susan Wesner, Chair
CPA, Chief Financial Officer,
Greater Fort Wayne, Inc.
Jason Knothe, Vice Chair
Chief Financial Officer,
Micropulse
Nikki Quintana, Secretary
General Counsel,
Fort Wayne Community Schools
Stephanie Carper, Treasurer
Tax Partner, FORVIS Mazars US
Hallie Custer, At Large
Vice President Human Resources,
Parkview Health
Kody Tinnel, At Large
Vice President of Community Development,
Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc.
Carly Buchanan
SVP, Chief People Officer, GreenWay Bank
Stephanie Crandall
Of Counsel, Barnes & Thornburg LLP,
Community Volunteer
Brian Flory
Indiana Program Associate Director,
Solar United Neighbors
Alisha Norris, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager,
Credent Wealth Management
Paul Sauerteig
Attorney at Law,
Snow & Sauerteig LLP
Gary Shearer
Retired President and CEO,
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana, Inc.
Sarah Schenkel
Partner, CPA, Katz, Sapper & Miller
Daniel H. Swartz
Community Leader
Stephanie Veit
Vice President Commercial Banking,
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Denita Washington
Executive Director,
Girlz Rock and Adams Township Trustee