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In April 2010, Full Circle Fund proudly welcomed six new Community Fellows to our organization. The Community Fellows Program, made possible by the generous support of Thomas and JaMel Perkins, is a two-year scholarship enabling exceptional leaders from the nonprofit and public sectors to participate as members of Full Circle Fund. Fellows share their expertise with other Full Circle Fund members, enabling us to more effectively partner with our grantees. In turn, the program provides Fellows access to business expertise as well as opportunities for networking, leadership development, and community impact. The new Fellows are:

Katherine Casey of Education Pioneers (Education Circle)

Tanya Marston of The Foundation Center, San Francisco (Global Economic Opportunity Circle)

Dee Dee Nguyen of Marin Community Foundation (Global Economic Opportunity Circle)

Heidi Sieck of the City and County of San Francisco (Environment Circle)

Jacob Stiglitz of Strive for College Collaborative (Education Circle/Go Tech! Team)

Vien Truong of Green For All (Environment Circle).

The new class was welcomed (along with other members from the private sector who recently joined) at the New Member Orientation on April 7, generously hosted by our Corporate Partner Cooley Godward Kronish LLP. We can’t wait to see what outstanding contributions are made by the Community Fellows Class of 2010.

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In January 2009, Full Circle Fund proudly welcomed twelve new Community Fellows to our organization. The Community Fellows Program, made possible by the generous support of Thomas and JaMel Perkins, is a two-year scholarship enabling exceptional leaders from the nonprofit and public sectors to participate as members of Full Circle Fund. Fellows share their expertise with other Full Circle Fund members, enabling us to more effectively partner with our grantees. In turn, the program provides Fellows access to business expertise as well as opportunities for networking, leadership development, and community impact.

This dynamic group was welcomed (along with other members from the private sector who recently joined) at the New Member Orientation on January 14, generously hosted by Cooley Godward Kronish LLP. We can’t wait to see what outstanding contributions are made by the Community Fellows Class of 2009: Alli Chagi-Starr of Green for All (Environment/Energy), Wade Crowfoot of the City and County of San Francisco (Environment/Energy), Penny Dyer of Curriculum Design Institute (Education), Anne Emig of One Economy Corporation (Technology), Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE (Global Economic Opportunity), Emily Harpster of United Way of the Bay Area (Education), Amanda Levinson of Hope Street Group (Global Economic Opportunity), Salvador Menjivar of OneCalifornia Foundation (Global Economic Opportunity), Jason Trimiew of REDF (Global Economic Opportunity), Ryan Turner (Technology), Dion Ward of Northern California Grantmakers (Global Economic Opportunity) and Amy Zucchero of Women’s Funding Network (Education).

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Nineteen of the best and brightest public and nonprofit sector professionals became members of Full Circle Fund though our Community Fellows Program. Our largest class to date, the 2008 class includes outstanding professionals like Dwayne Jones, Eleanor Rouse, Marc Spencer, and Beth Trask (read full class list…).

Our thanks to Thomas and JaMel Perkins for their generous support of this wonderful program.

If you work in the public or nonprofit sector, and would like to apply for the next class of Community Fellows, read more about the program and join our mailing list, where we’ll announce the call for applications for the Class of 2009.

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