Our People

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
Impact Assistant

Marketing and Communications

COLLEEN HELMKEN
Director of Marketing & Communications
TAYLOR ABDON
Data Analyst Specialist

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
Principal with Early Consulting

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, At Large
Tax Partner, FORVIS

Zachary Benedict
President, MKM architecture + design

Stephanie Crandall
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, City of Fort Wayne

Hallie Custer
Vice President Human Resources, Parkview Health

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.

Daniel H. Swartz
Community Leader

Shelley Walker
Project Leader, BF Goodrich

Denita Washington
Executive Director, Girlz Rock and Adams Township Trustee