July 24, 2011
Council on Foundations Begins Search for a New Chief to Serve Diverse Members
Danuta Otfinowski
Steve Gunderson is leaving his role as chief executive of the Council on Foundations, which he has led since 2005.
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Danuta Otfinowski
Steve Gunderson is leaving his role as chief executive of the Council on Foundations, which he has led since 2005.
The Council on Foundations, an association of more than 1,700 grant makers, is looking for a new leader following the announcement this month that Steve Gunderson, its current chief executive, is planning to step down.
“I have concluded that this is the right time for a transition in leadership of the council and the right time for me to begin the next chapter of my professional service,” Mr. Gunderson, a former Republican congressman who began his job in 2005, said in a
