Akron Community Foundation launches CEO search
The Board of Directors of Akron Community Foundation has begun the search for the organization's next President & Chief Executive Officer, retaining Waverly Partners as its executive search firm. Based in Cleveland, Waverly Partners serves nonprofit organizations and corporate clients throughout the country and is a member of the Network of Nonprofit Search Consultants.
John T. Petures Jr., the foundation's current CEO who has led the organization for over 16 years, has announced his plans to retire once his successor is appointed in mid-2025. The board is now embarking on a national search to identify a new CEO who can lead the organization into the future.
As the foundation embarks on this exciting new chapter, the board has established a search committee led by Jim Pickard, current board vice chair, along with Theresa Carter, Tracy Dowe, Marty Hauser, Jody Konstand, Brian Moore, Steve Strayer and Bret Treier. The committee will work with Waverly Partners to identify qualified local, regional, and national candidates.
"Our committee, along with input from the foundation staff team and a variety of community stakeholders, has thoughtfully developed a Position Profile with the experience and leadership characteristics of our preferred candidate," said Pickard. "We are open to executives with backgrounds in community foundations, nonprofit leadership, private sector or related experience with a commitment to the work and mission of Akron Community Foundation."
A summary of the CEO position is available on the foundation's website at akroncf.org/CEOPosition.
For more information about the search, to express interest in the position or make a recommendation, please contact Waverly Partners consultants Heidi Milosovic or Eric Peterson at ACF@Waverly-Partners.com. All inquiries will be held in confidence.
About Akron Community Foundation
For 69 years, Akron Community Foundation has been our community's champion and generator of enduring philanthropy. In 1955, a $1 million bequest from the estate of Edwin Shaw established the community foundation. It is a philanthropic endowment of more than $305 million with a growing family of nearly 900 funds established by charitable people and organizations from all walks of life. The community foundation and its funds welcome gifts of all kinds, including cash, bequests, stock, real estate, life insurance and retirement assets, just to name a few. To date, the community foundation's funds have awarded nearly $254 million in grants to qualified nonprofit organizations. For more information about Akron Community Foundation or to learn more about creating your own charitable fund, call 330-376-8522 or visit akroncf.org.