Community Foundation Grey Bruce is pleased to announce that Stuart Reid will be its new Executive Director. Reid has extensive experience rooted in arts, culture, community service, and organizational development. As the fifth Executive Director in the Foundation's 22-year history, Reid will take up his position in May.
Kim West, Chair of the Board of Directors stated: "We were impressed with Stuart because of his proactive and positive approach. The recruitment team was inspired by his extremely organized manner, his wealth of experience in managing people and we all feel his commitment to the Grey Bruce area will continue to raise our profile. This is a win-win partnership for our community: as we grow, many organizations benefit from our granting capability. We are very pleased to welcome Stuart to our team."
Reid joins the Foundation at an exciting time as a busy new granting season approaches and theorganization is about to release its Vital Signs report on community health this coming October. Community Foundations of Canada are also preparing to partner with Community Foundation Grey Bruce to support a broad array of celebrations and commemorative projects associated with Canada's sesquicentennial in 2017.
Reid says: "I am inspired by the mandate of the Foundation and look forward to serving a community that I proudly call home. It is my strong belief that solutions to the problems we face in our contemporary world will be found locally, through our efforts to build a healthier community and a stronger social fabric."
Stuart Reid has over 25 years of experience as a senior manager in the not-for-profit sector. From 2001 to 2009, he was Director of the Tom Thomson Art Gallery in Owen Sound. He comes to the Community Foundation after serving for over four years at Brock University in St. Catharines as director of Rodman Hall Art Centre. An active community volunteer, he is presently on the Board of the provincial service organization, Craft Ontario, and is a former president of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries. Reid is a graduate of York University in Toronto. He also completed the J. Paul Getty Trust's Museum Leadership Institute training at the University of California at Berkeley in 2002. An award-winning writer, Reid has authored a long list of books and catalogues.
Created in 1994, the Community Foundation Grey Bruce has a mandate to strengthen Grey and Bruce communities through endowment building, grant making and community partnerships. The Foundation manages over 15 million dollars in assets and recently distributed grants totaling more than $215,000 at its Fall Grant Presentation and Annual Dinner.
source: media release, CFGB
