Nathan Cummings Foundation Names Sharon Alpert President and CEO
Sharon Alpert will become the Nathan Cummings Foundation’s fourth president and first female leader, according to Adam Cummings, the foundation’s board chair. Ms. Alpert comes to the 25-year-old multi-generational family foundation from the Surdna Foundation, where, over 11 years, she rose from associate program officer to program director to her current position as the vice president of programs and strategic initiatives. She will assume her role as president and CEO of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and ex-officio member of the board of trustees, in November 2015.
Ms. Alpert has more than 20 years of experience in the philanthropic, environmental, and community development fields as well as the private sector. She began her career supporting leaders doing groundbreaking work on environmental justice. Throughout her career, she has worked to encourage collaboration among diverse stakeholders and foster interdisciplinary solutions. Under Sharon’s leadership, Surdna refreshed strategies across all of its programs, redesigned its grants management office, and launched a new communications department. She also drove new board initiatives to transform program oversight and expand mission-related investing.