George Gund Foundation Appoints Jennifer Coleman as Senior Program Officer for the Arts

The George Gund Foundation has named Jennifer Coleman as their new Senior Program Officer for the Arts. Coleman, an architect, has been president of her own design firm, Jennifer Coleman Creative LLC, since 2005. She founded CityProwl.com, a company that creates and distributes digital audio walking tours of Cleveland. Among other civic endeavors, Coleman has served as chair of the Cleveland Landmarks Commission and the Downtown/Flats Design Review Committee, and has been a member of the board of trustees of many organizations, including the Cleveland Arts Prize, the Cleveland International Film Festival, LAND studio, and the Cleveland Botanical Garden.

Coleman has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University. She practiced architecture with Robert P. Madison International, URS Corporation and Westlake Reed Leskosky before starting her own firm. She will begin her new role at the Gund Foundation on August 10, stepping into the position held for 25 years by Deena Epstein, who retired earlier this month.