FACTSHEET: Kimberly Dennis
DETAILS
president and CEO of the Searle Freedom Trust
Donors Trust - Chairman of the Board
Donors Capital Fund - vice chairman
Philanthropy Roundtable - executive director
George Mason University - board of visitors
National Research Initiative, a project of American Enterprise Institute - director
Earhart Foundation - trustee
Property and Environmental Research Center (PERC) - director
William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership - prize selection committee
Manhattan Institute - Hayek Book Prize selection committee
W.H. Brady Foundation - past board member
National Commission on Philanthropy and Civic Renewal - member
From 2001 through 2005 Kim Dennis also directed the National Research Initiative, a Searle-funded program of the American Enterprise Institute. From 1991 to 1996 Ms. Dennis was executive director of The Philanthropy Roundtable. Her previous experience includes more than five years with the John M. Olin Foundation. She has also held positions with nonprofit educational and policy-making organizations, including the Institute for Humane Studies and the Pacific Research Institute.
Currently, Ms. Dennis serves as chairman of the board of Donors Trust and vice chairman of Donors Capital Fund. She is also a member of the Board of Visitors of George Mason University, a trustee of the Earhart Foundation, and a director of PERC, the Property and Environment Research Center. She serves on the selection committee for the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership and the Manhattan Institute’s Hayek Book Prize. Previously, she served on the board of the W.H. Brady Foundation and was a member of the National Commission on Philanthropy and Civic Renewal
Kim Dennis has been the president of Searle Freedom Trust, 1996-present.
Ms. Dennis began her career as a social worker in northern Maine and is a graduate of Bowdoin College.
ORGANIZATIONS
Donors Capital Fund
Source: Philanthropy roundtable - Kim Dennis
Donors Trust
Source: Donors Trust form 990 - 2010
George Mason University, Law and Economics Center
Source: Philanthropy Roundtable - staff
PERC - Property and Environment Research Center, formerly Political Economy Research Center
Source: Philanthropy roundtable - Kim Dennis
Philanthropy Roundtable
Source: Philanthropy Roundtable - staff
American Enterprise Institute
Source: Philanthropy roundtable - Kim Dennis
SOURCES
Philanthropy roundtable - Kim Dennis
http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/who_we_are/board/kimberly_o_dennis
Donors Trust form 990 - 2010
http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org//990_pdf_archive/522/522166327/522166327_201012_990.pdf
Philanthropy Roundtable - staff
http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/who_we_are/staff/