In 1990, he was selected as the first executive director of The Erie Community Foundation. In a City of 100,000 and a County of 280,000, he grew foundation assets from $20 to $353 million. Named endowment funds within The Foundation increased from 53 to 900. Over time, he has grown the organization from a staff from 2 to 11. In 2007, he facilitated an unprecedented anonymous gift of $100 million dollar gift to benefit 43 different nonprofit organizations. He has also transformed grantmaking at The Erie Community Foundation; becoming a recognized regional leader on issues of poverty, access to post-secondary education and training, access to health care and nonprofit capacity building. He