West Coast Clients Represent!

AlyseBraaten
AlyseBraaten Posts: 63 ✭✭✭
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edited April 2023 in Regional Chats

Hey all,

As one of only a hand full of Foundant employees in the Pacific Time Zone, I'd love to connect and help you all connect. If you want to, comment below with your name, title, organization and location. I'll start!


Alyse Barrios Braaten

Manager of Client Services- Grants and Scholarships

Foundant Technologies since 2017 (community and private foundations prior to that)

Bakersfield, California

Alyse Braaten | Manager of Client Services – Grants & Scholarships | www.foundant.com | Bozeman, MT

alyse.braaten@foundant.com | Direct: 406.922.3376 | Cell: 661.364.1012

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  • MikedeHilster
    MikedeHilster Posts: 18 ✭✭✭
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    Hi Alyse! And hello to all!


    Mike deHilster

    Program Officer

    Pasadena Community Foundation (2014)

    Pasadena, CA

    Mike deHilster

    Client Success Consultant | Community GLM/SLM | success@foundant.com | Foundant Technologies


  • AnnButterfield
    AnnButterfield Posts: 11 ✭✭
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    Hi Alyse and Mike,

    Happy to meet fellow west coasters! We are a CF up in Northern California.

    Ann Butterfield

    VP for Finance and Operations

    Community Foundation Sonoma County

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 ✭✭
    Rule Breaker Photogenic First Compass Anniversary Summit 2022

    I'm a part-time PTZer since AZ doesn't transition to daylight savings time and I'm spending a good chunk of my time in AZ these days. (It was awesome to tease folks in the Montana office in January but I'll get payback next week when the forecast is calling for 105+!) Being in the PT gives me lots of new empathy for how significant the time difference is from Eastern Time and how challenging it can be to schedule meetings across the country.

  • AleciaKleiner
    AleciaKleiner Posts: 3
    5-Year Anniversary CSuite

    I would love to have more connection to other csuite users and CF friends!

    I'm at Jefferson Community Foundation out on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula.

    Alecia Kleiner

    Manager of Funds and Operations

  • AbbeyCameron
    AbbeyCameron Posts: 6 ✭✭
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    Hello West Coasters! I'm new the the CF world and am just beginning my CSuite training to implement Foundant. Excited and daunted all at once!

    Abbey Cameron

    Executive Director, Three Rivers Community Foundation

    Benton/Franklin counties, Washington

  • Hello Left Coasters! Hope everyone is staying healthy and safe! I am in LA working at Dan Murphy Foundation. Looking forward to the discussion here in Compass!

    Cathy Heutmaker

    Grants Administrator

    Danmurphyfoundation.org

  • soniamarieleikam
    soniamarieleikam Posts: 4 ✭✭
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    Hello from the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation in Portland, OR!

  • Hi @soniamarieleikam, and welcome to Compass! I wanted to let you know we also have a faith-based organization discussion category if you want to introduce yourself there as well, or start a new discussion!

    Here is that category (in Philanthropic Best Practices>Faith-Based Organizations)

    Kara

    Community Manager

    Kara Adams, M.Ed., CAE (she/her/hers)|Community Manager|kara.adams@foundant.com

    Headquartered: Bozeman, MT| Remote Location: Chicago, IL | Direct: 312-802-1374 |www.foundant.com|

  • StefanieOBrien
    StefanieOBrien Posts: 6 ✭✭
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    Hello everyone! I am from the BIGGEST state of the nation! Looking forward to connecting.

    Stefanie O'Brien

    Senior Program Officer of Grants & Scholarships

    Alaska Community Foundation

    sobrien@alaskacf.org

  • AllieCarreon
    AllieCarreon Posts: 7 ✭✭
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    Happy Thanksgiving, folks! I'm in Southern California and joining the conversation 😀

    Ai-Hsien “Allie” Carreón

    Program Manager

    Pasadena Community Foundation

    Pasadena, CA

  • Welcome to Compass, @AllieCarreon!

    Kara Adams, M.Ed., CAE (she/her/hers)|Community Manager|kara.adams@foundant.com

    Headquartered: Bozeman, MT| Remote Location: Chicago, IL | Direct: 312-802-1374 |www.foundant.com|

  • SaraOmari
    SaraOmari Posts: 16 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2023

    Hi All,

    Excited to join the conversation! I just joined a brand new Foundation serving the Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties). Looking forward to connecting!

    Sara Omari

    Special Programs Manager

    IEHP Foundation

    Rancho Cucamonga, CA

  • ElenaKeltz
    ElenaKeltz Posts: 8 ✭✭
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    Hello!

    Elena Keltz

    Grants & Scholarships Associate

    Humboldt Area Foundation & Wild Rivers Community Foundation (since 2017)

    HAF+WRCF has offices in both Bayside and Crescent City, CA and serves three counties in Northern California and one county in Southern Oregon.

  • Welcome, @SaraOmari and @ElenaKeltz! I hope you're out of the way of the wild California weather I've been hearing about!

    Kara Adams, M.Ed., CAE (she/her/hers)|Community Manager|kara.adams@foundant.com

    Headquartered: Bozeman, MT| Remote Location: Chicago, IL | Direct: 312-802-1374 |www.foundant.com|

  • CassKaminetz
    CassKaminetz Posts: 1
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    edited April 2023

    Hello from San Diego! Rest Haven Children's Health Fund provides funding for health-related issues for underserved children in San Diego and Imperial Counties.

    Cass L. J. Kaminetz (she/her)

    Executive Director

    Rest Haven Children’s Health Fund

    executive@resthavenchf.org

  • SaraOmari
    SaraOmari Posts: 16 ✭✭✭
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    Welcome @CassKaminetz!

    Curious - anyone in this group attending the Regional Training in Portland in June?

  • AlyseBraaten
    AlyseBraaten Posts: 63 ✭✭✭
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    @SaraOmari we currently have 29 people registered for the Portland Regional Training event! While we have trainers living all over the country that will come in for the event, we are also fortunate to have two based in Vancouver, Washington who will be leading the GLM/SLM sessions.

    @CassKaminetz @ElenaKeltz @AllieCarreon @StefanieOBrien @soniamarieleikam @CathyHeutmaker @AleciaKleiner @AnnButterfield @AbbeyCameron Will you be joining us for the Portland Regional Training?

    Registration Link: Portland Regional Training- https://info.foundant.com/2023-06-05PortlandRegionalTraining_RegistrationLP.html

    Alyse Braaten | Manager of Client Services – Grants & Scholarships | www.foundant.com | Bozeman, MT

    alyse.braaten@foundant.com | Direct: 406.922.3376 | Cell: 661.364.1012

  • AllieCarreon
    AllieCarreon Posts: 7 ✭✭
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    I wish that I were joining the training - we weren't approved to go this year -maybe in 2024!

  • ElenaKeltz
    ElenaKeltz Posts: 8 ✭✭
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    @AlyseBraaten - unfortunately I won't be at the Portland training but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Summit 2024!