Report to Members
by Sara Gould and Sandra Mikush, Co-Chairs

We're pleased to welcome Jim Richardson to the NFG board! Jim is Vice President and Senior Community Development Officer for Bank of America Texas, NA, where he has responsibility for managing community development programs statewide.

Last year Jim joined forces with NFG board member Gloria Guerrero and others promoting rural development to organize NFG's newest working group - the Rural Funders Working Group. At our February meeting, the NFG board officially recognized the new group and lauded the ambitious plans it has laid out for the coming year. The new group joins our other three - Organized Labor and Community, Public Policy, and Race and Community Equity Forum (RACE). If you'd like to be involved in any of them, just call the NFG office at 703-448-1777.

Look for details in this issue about sessions sponsored by NFG during the Council on Foundations annual meeting in New Orleans. The Education Committee and the Rural Funders Working Group have organized several sessions, and the Organized Labor and Community Working Group has organized a site visit. Also, mark your calendar and join us at the NFG reception Sunday, April 18, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. We're very excited that Juan Williams, political analyst, national correspondent, and author, will be joining us. Williams is the author of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965, and most recently, Thurgood Marshall, a biography of Justice Marshall. The reception is also a great opportunity to network and socialize before the meeting gets underway.

We're very excited about the upcoming Neighborhood Funders Group/Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families annual conference September 27-29. The conference theme, "Strong Families/Strong Neighborhoods," captured the imagination of the planning committee during two days of lively discussions in February.

Special thanks to conference co-chair Regina McGraw of the Wieboldt Foundation and NFG members who have taken on other leadership roles in the planning - Jeannie Appleman of Interfaith Funders, Jane Downing of the Pittsburgh Foundation, Jennifer Phillips of the C. S. Mott Foundation, and Jay Talbott of the Cleveland Foundation. Thanks also to other NFG members who are organizing workshops, planning site visits, and raising funds. Collaborating on a conference is a new and exciting experience and the work involved is enormous. The conference site is the newly-built Loew's Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida.

We look forward to seeing you at the NFG reception in New Orleans!

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