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Clare Brown, CPA – Vice President, Controller

Ext. 129
email:

  • Annual Form 990
  • Audits
  • Financial management VCCF / Swift / Smith / personnel / payroll
Colleen Cason – Writing Consultant

Ext. 130
email:

  • Anual Reports
  • Highlights Newsletters
  • Press Releases
LaToya Ford – Program Associate & Grants Manager

Ext. 126
email:

  • Assistant to Program & Grants Department
  • Grants & Scholarship database and file management
  • Grants management for:
    • Agency Endowments
    • Donor Advised Funds
Donna Hall – Finance Accountant

Ext. 124
email:

  • Annual 1099's and 1096, VCCF/Smith & Swift
  • Assistant to V.P. Controller
  • Day to day Financial Management VCCF, Swift and Smith
  • Assist with Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable
  • Payroll Processing
  • Review Quarterly & Annual Payroll Tax Returns
Dena C. Jenson – Vice President, Director Center for Nonprofit Leadership

Ext. 128
email:

  • Overall direction for Center for Nonprofit Leadership
  • Library for Nonprofit Research and Development
  • Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center
  • Capacity Building Workshops for Nonprofit Organizations
  • Roundtables and Networking Opportunities
  • Center for Nonprofit Leadership Advisory Committee
Talon Klipp – Office Manager, Systems Administrator

Ext. 125
email:

  • Assistant to Administration
  • IT Systems Administrator
  • Onsite routine technical support
  • VCCF Website Administrator
  • Event Photographer
  • Office purchases
Tina Knight – Vice President, Director Program and Grants

Ext. 120
email:

  • Community Disaster Fund
  • Community Response Fund
  • Martin V. and Martha K. Smith Foundation Grants
  • Smith-Hobson Foundation Fund
  • Social Justice Fund for Ventura County
  • SUN Fund
  • Women's Legacy Fund
  • Ventura Nursing Legacy Project
  • Program and Grants Committees
  • Overall direction of VCCF Grants & Scholarship programs
Marylynn McCorkle – Center for Nonprofit Leadership Outreach Coordinator

Ext. 131
email:

  • Center for Nonprofit Leadership Outreach Program
Ilana Ormond – Vice President, Philanthropic Services

Ext. 122
email:

  • Oversee VCCF Planned Giving Initiative
  • Charitable Gift Annuity Program
  • Resource Center Planned & Deferred Giving Workshops
  • Liaison to the Technical Advisory Committee for planned & deferred gifts
  • Senior Staff / Fund Development Team
  • Oversee Donor Relations Officer and Development Associate
Rick Pearson – Special Projects Officer

Ext. 121
email:

  • Social Justice Fund for Ventura County Grants
  • ArtsLIVE in Ventura County Grants
  • Homeless Transition Fund Grants
Hugh J. Ralston – President & CEO

Ext. 116
email:

  • Administration
  • Board of Directors / Committees
  • External relations
  • Fund establishment
  • Legal questions / information
  • Special Initiatives / Projects
Staff – Program Assistant

Ext. 114
email:

  • Assistant to Donor Relations
  • Assistant to Civic Alliance
Claudia Sanchez – Finance Associate

Ext. 118
email:

  • Assistant to Finance
  • Accounts Payable/Receivable
Jerusha Schmalzel – Development Associate, Philanthropic Services

Ext. 132
email:

  • Provides assistance to VP of Philanthropic Services and Donor Relations Officer
  • Management of FIMS database
  • Donor acknowledgments
  • VCCF events
  • Donor related web content
Susan Scott – Consultant

Ext. 134
email:

  • Arts Live in Ventura County
Susan Seale – Center for Nonprofit Leadership Program Coordinator

Ext. 110
email:

  • Center for Nonprofit Leadership Information / Referral
  • Workshop Development / Registration
  • Library Orientation / Management
Barbara Smith – Executive Assistant

Ext. 111
email:

  • Administrative support to President/CEO
  • Manage calendars
  • Prepare minutes, support documentation for the VCCF Board meetings
Lindsay Smith – Donor Relations Officer

Ext. 115
email:

  • Gift Acknowledgements
  • Quarterly Fund Statements
  • Donor Education
  • Support for Social Justice Fund
  • Maintains Donor Records
  • Donor Appreciation Events
Virginia Weber – Program Officer, Scholarships

Ext. 119
email:

  • Oversee Scholarship Program
  • Swift Memorial Healthcare Foundation