Association of Corporate Contributions Professionals (ACCP)

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Board of Directors

ACCP is governed by a Delegate Assembly that convenes annually at the conclusion of the Annual Conference on Corporate Contributions. Each member company receives one seat on the Delegate Assembly, where delegates:

The Board of Directors, charged with enacting the policies set by the delegates, meets periodically with a five-member Executive Committee to oversee the activities of ACCP's executive director and staff.

ACCP president Mark Shamley, along with director of finance and operations Donna Kraemer and director of member services Melinda Bostwick, are responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Association.

ACCP Board of Directors and Executive Committee

Chair

Ed Wallace - Vice Chair

Ed Wallace, Sony Electronics

Ed manages corporate contributions and volunteer activities for Sony Electronics Inc. and is in charge of grantmaking for the US and Mexico. He oversees the matching program, scholarship programs, corporate sponsorships and in-kind donations. A graduate of St. Peter's College, Ed holds a B.S. degree in Accounting. He sits on several boards, including Junior Achievement, San Diego International Sports Council, San Diego Natural Museum of History, Classroom of the Future, Pro Kids, Heroes and Cool Kids, and the Foundation For Free Enterprise. Ed resides in Murrieta, CA. He and his wife, Nancy, have 3 children, Kelly 21, EJ 17 and Kevan 14.

Vice Chair

Gilbert Llanas - Secretary

Gilbert Llanas, Northwestern Mutual

Gil joined Northwestern Mutual in June 2003 as Manager of the Northwestern Mutual Foundation. In 2004, he was appointed to his current role as Director of Community Relations. In this position, Gil is responsible for administration of all corporate giving programs, including grants, sponsorships, matching gifts, employee giving programs, special events and company volunteer efforts. Prior to joining Northwestern Mutual, Gil was the Community Affairs Manager at Miller Brewing Company. He has also held teaching positions at the School of Business, Milwaukee Area Technical College and at the Adult Education Program, Gateway Technical College (Racine). He is President of the Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee and a board member of VISIT MILWAUKEE. He also serves on several advisory committees and is heavily involved with the company's Collaboration program for nonprofit organizations. Gil has earned a masters degree in administrative leadership & supervision and a bachelor's degree in Spanish, both from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Treasurer

Dean Thorp - Executive Committee

Dean Thorp, Wells Fargo

Dean Thorp was appointed Regional Vice President, Wells Fargo Foundation, California in April 2001. He heads Wells Fargo's statewide and regional contributions as well as the company's volunteer program for the state of California. Thorp began his career at Wells Fargo in 1981 and has served in various Community Affairs and Foundation positions. Prior to his relocation to San Diego from Seattle in 2001, Thorp was manager for Wells Fargo's family of Community Support Programs.

Secretary

Bernard Boudreaux - Executive Committee

Bernard Boudreaux, Target Corporation

Bernard currently holds the position of Senior Manager of Community Relations for Target Corporation. His responsibilities include the supervision of community involvement programs embracing grant giving in education, arts, and social services, as well as sponsorships, community outreach initiatives, volunteerism and reputation management for Target stores in the western United States.

Chair Emeritus

Karen Davis - Chair

Karen Davis, Hasbro

Karen leads the philanthropic programs of Hasbro, Inc., including grantmaking, product donations, employee volunteer programs, cause related marketing, and international strategic philanthropic relationships. Prior to joining Hasbro, Karen spent 15 years in the development field in higher education. Currently, she serves on the board of the Grantmakers Council of RI and is the incoming chair of City Year RI. She serves on a number of other non-profit advisory councils and boards and is the past vice chair of the RI United Way Children, Youth and Families Impact Group and Out-of-School Time Initiative Chair. Karen is married and has two children.

Directors


Maria Brous - Executive Committee

Maria Brous, Publix Super Markets

Maria is the Director of Media and Community Relations for Publix Super Markets and is responsible for proactive media strategies and corporate philanthropy for the four divisions, across five states, and more than 1000 grocery store locations Publix operates and the communities they serve.

Brous began her Publix career in 1990 at the age of 14 as a front service clerk. After spending nine years in the retail market, she turned her attention to the support side of the business as a facilitator in the Education & Training Development Department.

In 2002, she took charge of her passion of Publix people and the communities they serve and became the face and image of Publix as the Media and Community Relations Manager for their Miami Division. She spent two years in the diverse market building strong media and community relationships from Key West to Vero Beach. She has a bachelor’s degree in English from Florida Atlantic University and more than 19 years of grocery retail experience.

John Bustle - Executive CommitteeJohn Bustle, Deere & Company

John serves as Vice President of the John Deere Foundation and Manager of Corporate Citizenship. He joined Deere & Company in 1976 and has held management and leadership positions in Accounting, Diversity, Human Resources, Communications and Corporate Citizenship. Throughout his career he has worked with other leadership across the organization on planning, policy development and implementation, and communication.

He joined the Foundation in 2004 to help develop new strategies for philanthropy and to extend its impacts internationally. John has led the Foundation’s efforts to adopt and implement a new area of strategic philanthropy referred to as Solutions for World Hunger, with a focus on supporting global organizations that work primarily to create sustainable agricultural development to eliminate hunger. Recently he has assumed additional responsibilities for Community Relations and Corporate Sponsorships, and John Deere Foundation operations.

John currently serves as a director on the boards of the Quad Cities Cultural and Educational Supporting Trust, the Development Association of Rock Island, Junior Achievement of the Heartland, and the Hammond Henry Hospital Foundation. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.


Kelly Chopus - Executive Committee

Kelly Chopus, Goodrich

Kelly has managed all charitable, corporate and volunteer contributions for Goodrich since 2006. As part of her responsibilities, she oversees grant making in the US, matching gifts, sponsorship and community relations. In addition she executes two employee workplace giving campaigns and consults with Goodrich's business units with employee giving campaigns. She worked to launch the Goodrich Global Diversity Initiative in 2007 and currently is Chair, Charlotte Community Affairs Professionals, a professional group of corporate funders in the Charlotte, NC region. She serves on numerous community task forces in the areas of community development, community building and diversity.


Rhonda Crichlow - Executive Committee

Rhonda Crichlow, Novartis

Rhonda joined Novartis in March 2006 as the Executive Director of Philanthropy and Community Development. In this role, she is responsible for the strategic development and management of Novartis' philanthropic contributions and signature program, and leads employee events/volunteer programs within Novartis. In addition, she serves as a liaison between the company and community organizations to develop strategic alliances and promote community development programs, and oversees several company initiatives including Community Partnership Day, Quarterly Blood Drives, Spirit of Giving Campaign, and the Black and Latino Achievers Program. She received her undergraduate degree from The George Washington University, a Master of Public Policy from Duke University, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia Law School. She lives in Upper Montclair, New Jersey with her husband, David, and two children, Andrew and Joelle.

Mark Dederer - Executive Committee

Mark Dederer, Safeco Insurance

Mark joined Safeco Insurance in April 2007 as their Director of Corporate Citizenship. In November 2008 he was named Director for the Safeco Insurance Foundation and Manager of Community Relations.

Mark oversees Safeco’s charitable contributions nationally, where in 2007 the company gave $7.1 million to support community organizations working hard to rebuild & strengthen cities with the highest need. He works closely with a wide variety of nonprofits, from the arts and environmental issues to Youth & Education. Mark has been instrumental in coordinating contributions from a number of different business lines within Safeco to increase their impact on the quality of life in Washington and other cities around the U.S. where Safeco Insurance is located.

Mark serves on the boards of the Central Washington University Foundation, Urban Enterprise Center, Seafair and YMCA camping services. Mark’s community involvement also includes memberships on The Meredith Matthews East Madison YMCA Black achievers fundraising committee and Washington State University College of Education Advocacy Board. A Seattle native, Mark earned a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business from Central Washington University in 1995.

Jennifer Farrington - Executive Committee

Jennifer Farrington, Becton Dickinson

Jennifer leads BD's international, national, and local corporate giving programs in her role as director of social investing. She also provides oversight to the employee matching gifts program, workplace giving activities, and volunteer projects. In addition, she supports select company sponsorship and cause-related marketing activities and contributes to the community relations function for corporate headquarters. She holds a master's degree in corporate and organizational communications from Farleigh Dickinson University and a bachelor of science in economics from Pennsylvania State University. She is continuing her studies in pursuit of a master's degree in business administration at Rutgers University. Jenn has also chaired the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations' Membership Committee and is the 2005/2006 Program Chair for the organization.


Richard Henning - Executive Committee

Richard Henning, United Water

Richard currently serves as Vice President, Communications, Community Relations and Proposal Development for United Water. In this position he is responsible for setting public policy and strategic planning for the company with a primary focus on corporate social responsibility and attracting new business. He joined United Water in 1990 and served in progressively responsible executive positions. During his tenure, he assisted in transforming United Water from a regional utility into a leading national water services company. Richard serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Heroes and Cool Kids Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to mentoring elementary school children and he is a member of the Board of Directors for Pascack Valley Hospital, the Foundation for Free Enterprise and the Bergen-Hudson Chapter of the American Red Cross. Richard holds a degree in communications from Rutgers University, where he has also taught media relations as an adjunct professor.

Jackie Liao, Starbucks Coffee Company

Jackie is manager of Community Investments and Global Responsibility for Starbucks Coffee Company. In 1998 she began as community affairs specialist and created the company’s partner (employee) programs. The matching gifts and volunteer programs have encouraged and supported the civic engagement of Starbucks partners with over $6 million of contributions to communities since their inception.

In her subsequent role as manager of corporate giving, Jackie was responsible for the overall giving strategy for Starbucks contributions in the U.S. Her responsibilities included management of national and regional partnerships as well as major product donations.

From 2006-2008, she was manager of international community affairs, developing a framework for international grant-making and also advising Starbucks existing and new international markets in their approach to corporate social responsibility. In addition, she oversaw the Starbucks China Education Project, a $5 million fund at Give2Asia that supports education efforts throughout China.

In her current role, Jackie oversees the Starbucks Social Entrepreneurs Fund, a grant program in Starbucks retail markets, focused on helping young people identify and address community needs as well as developing strategies to meet the Company’s goal of contributing 1 million community service hours a year by 2015. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Puget Sound.

Kevin MartinezKevin Martinez

Kevin has made a successful career of developing and executing corporate social responsibility programming for Fortune 500 companies. He has provided leadership and direction to large teams responsible for environmental affairs, brand development, issues management, cause marketing, volunteer programs, sponsorship, public affairs and corporate giving. His extensive background also includes work with government and nonprofit organizations.

In his most recent role as Executive Director of Corporate Citizenship at KPMG LLP, Kevin chaired the Firm's CSR Council, whose role is to establish the development of a national strategy and program for Corporate Responsibility that integrates philanthropy, the KPMG Foundation, volunteerism and pro bono, sustainability and climate change initiatives.

In his role as Vice President of Community Affairs for The Home Depot and President of The Home Depot Foundation, he managed a $43 million annual budget and 20-member community affairs team for the $93 billion Fortune 14 Company. At that time, the Home Depot consisted of 2,199 retail environments, six regional offices, and 365,000 employees in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and China, and HD Supply, a wholesale supply company with more than ten unique enterprises. Kevin's team was also responsible for one of the most regarded corporate disaster response programs and received awards for their partnership with KaBOOM to build 1000 playgrounds in 1000 days.

Prior to joining The Home Depot Kevin held the position of Senior Manager of Community Affairs for Starbucks in their Corporate Social Responsibility Department. His role included the management of a national network of community affairs managers, national nonprofit relationships, Corporate Social Responsibility partner (employee) programs, and assisting in the development of reputation management practices worldwide. Additionally, Kevin worked with various business units to incorporate responsible business practice solutions and environmentally sound alternatives into their everyday work-developing award-winning Corporate Social Responsibility programs throughout North America including the acquisition of the Ethos Water brand.

In 1998 Kevin managed the Corporate Social Responsibility division of Eddie Bauer. Under his leadership, The Global ReLeaf program, "Add a Dollar, Plant-a-tree," became a nationally acclaimed cause-marketing program, ultimately receiving one of Canada's highest environmental honors, the Eterne Award, for reforestation efforts in urban areas of North America. County Executive Gary Locke, who was later elected as Governor of Washington state, appointed Kevin as the Manager of Community Relations for King County in 1995. In this position, Kevin handled stadium issues, including the development of the Public Stadium Authority and Safeco Field and also the demolition of King Dome. Later he served as the Director of Community Relations for Locke's successor, King County Executive Ron Sims.  
Tim Nowlis - Executive Committee

Tim Nowlis, Boeing

Tim began his Boeing career in 1979 with the Defense and Space Group in Seattle. He worked as an engineering manager in the field of micro-electronics and printed circuit board manufacturing until 1991 when he transferred to the Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group. In 1996 Tim accepted a position in the Community Relations organization managing the company's charitable giving throughout the Puget Sound region. In 2002 he was promoted to Director, NW Region Community and Education Relations with responsibility for Boeing corporate citizenship in Washington, Oregon and Hawaii. In May, 2006 Tim took on the role of Director, Government Relations and Global Corporate Citizenship, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After receiving an Associate of Arts degree from Seattle Central Community College in 1979, Tim earned a bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Washington in 1983. He also holds a basic certificate and an advanced certificate in Community Relations from Boston College Carroll School of Management.

Kori Reed - Executive Committee

Kori Reed, ConAgra Foods

Kori Reed is the executive director of the ConAgra Foods Foundation, and under her leadership is guided by a three-year strategic plan focused on two core areas, child hunger and nutrition education. She joined the company in April 2004 as director of employee communication for the refrigerated business unit.

She is a results oriented professional who leverages her business experience to drive a corporate giving plan that is focused and aligned with company strategy. Reed is on the edge of a growing trend where corporate attorneys, professional communicators, and people from other career tracks are asked to lead corporate giving efforts by applying disciplined processes from other cross-functional experiences.

Her communication experience encompasses managing an award-winning, daily, electronic newsletter; coordinating employee communications during a large company merger; managing communications during labor work stoppages and orchestrating large scale process change programs. She has been recognized with a CEO Award, Chairman-award and Spirit Award at the respective companies where she worked.

Kori earned a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia and a master’s degree in Communication from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Jan Stratton - Executive Committee

Jan Stratton, Universal Orlando Resort

Jan Stratton is Vice President of Community & Diversity Relations for the Universal Orlando Resort, and Vice President, Universal Orlando Foundation. She is responsible for all philanthropic giving, strategic planning, corporate imaging, and executive involvement, Minority Relations, Minority Business Affairs, the Employee Volunteer Program, and the Workplace Giving Program. In her role as Vice President of the Universal Orlando Foundation, Jan is responsible for overseeing Foundation management and related fund-raising activities.

Jan serves on the following boards/committees: Give Kids the World (Past Chair), Valencia Community College Foundation, Orlando Regional Healthcare Foundation, Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital Advisory Board, African American Chamber of Commerce, Florida’s Independent Living Advisory Council, Association of Corporate Contributions Professionals, City of Life, Orlando Children's Trust Committee, Harbor House of Central Florida, and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Jan has over twenty five years experience in the Community Relations field. She has received the prestigious Business Woman of the Year from the Orlando Business Journal in 2000, and again in 2004 from the Orlando Rotary Club. In 2007, Jan was the recipient of the Summit Award by the Women's Resource Center. She is married to Jack Cudworth and has two sons, James and Michael.
Eileen Walter - Executive Committee

Eileen Walter, Rockwell Automation

Eileen joined Rockwell Automation, formerly Rockwell International, in 1999. In her current role as manager global community relations, she leads the Company’s Engineering Our Future ª STEM education programs, and is also responsible for all corporate giving programs including grants, sponsorships, in-kind giving, matching gifts, company volunteer efforts. Eileen is also the assistant secretary of the Rockwell Automation Charitable Corporation.

Prior to joining Rockwell Automation, Eileen spent nearly ten years at SC Johnson where she was responsible for administration of all corporate giving programs, and also served as the assistant secretary for the SC Johnson Wax Fund.

Eileen holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from Siena Heights University in Adrian, MI, and has completed her certification in both the management development program in corporate community relations and the advanced management development program in corporate community involvement from the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship. Currently she serves on the executive advisory board for WI FIRST, the Milwaukee Public Schools STEM partners advisory board, and several other advisory committees. She is past vice chair of PEARLS for Teen Girls and past secretary of the Donors Forum of Wisconsin.
Mark Shamley - Executive Committee

Mark Shamley, ACCP (ex-officio)

Mark, who has 18 years of experience in the field of corporate/public affairs, corporate social responsibility, and business development and marketing, was named president of ACCP in August of 2007. Prior to ACCP, Mark oversaw community relations and government affairs functions for the Magic, including management of the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation. He was instrumental in assisting the NBA franchise in winning approval for a $480 million public/private partnership to construct a new Events Center in downtown Orlando. Shamley recently served as the director of global corporate citizenship as well as vice president and executive director of the Tupperware Children's Foundation at Tupperware Corporation. While at Tupperware he was responsible for the company's public affairs, while managing Tupperware's community relations program and sponsorship opportunities that achieved the company's social investment goals. Shamley developed and successfully implemented the company's global charitable recognition program and volunteer programs. He holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY and has a MBA in International Business from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College, in Winter Park, FL. Shamley resides in Orlando with his wife Jeanne (Jen-nay) and three children; Marc, Martina and Johnna.