Stasch Chosen to Lead MacArthur Foundation
Julia M. Stasch, who has served as interim president for the past eight months, has been chosen as the next President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Before becoming interim president, she had served as Vice President for MacArthur’s U.S. Programs for 13 years and led work in juvenile justice, affordable rental housing, community development finance, and policy research, as well as community and economic development in Chicago.
Before joining MacArthur, she was chief of staff for Mayor Richard M. Daley, housing commissioner for the city of Chicago, deputy administrator of the 20,000-person General Services Administration, president of Shorebank Chicago Companies, which included Shorebank, the nation’s first community development bank.