| Ellen Gurzinsky :: Co-Chair |
Ellen Gurzinsky joined Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues as theProgram Director in February 2008. In this capacity, she oversees thedesign and implementation of the organization’s programs, projects andconvenings. She is currently overseeing the Common Vision program; anational multi year initiative that will convene grantmakers who sharea vision of healthy communities and widespread equity. Ellen comes to us with over 30 years of organizational leadership and awealth experience in non-profit management. Her work has been focusedon workers rights and labor education; women’s advocacy; violenceagainst women; LGBT rights and movement building From 1995-2006 Ellen served as the Executive Director and President ofthe Funding Exchange—a national association of public foundations whichsupports progressive social change. During her eleven year tenure atthe helm of the Funding Exchange, she oversaw organizational assets ofover $30 million. During her tenure, the national office’s grantmaking dollars more than doubled - from $2 million to over $5 millionand the donor advised program increased significantly. Ellen managedthe Richard Nathan Charitable Trusts - an activist/donor collaborationwhich granted over $1 million to LGBT organizations over 5 years. Ellen has deep roots both in education and in the labor movement. Shewas the Associate Director of the Murphy Institute for Worker Educationand Labor Studies ; Ellen held a full-time faculty position at theHofstra University /UAW District 65 Worker Education program and init’s very early days, Ellen was the Executive Director of the NationalCoalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), where she helped establish CLUWas the national clearinghouse for union women She also served asDirector of the Health Careers Opportunity Program at Hunter CollegeSchool of Social Work —where she still teaches part time. Ellen was the director of the Park Slope Safe Homes Project; acommunity based program for battered women and their children andco-founded the Coalition of Battered Women’s Advocates in New YorkCity. She was also a founding member of the NYC Trade Union Committeeagainst Domestic Violence. Ellen currently sits on the Board of Directors of Queers for EconomicJustice in NewYork City and is on the board of the Applied ResearchCenter in Oakland CA. Ellen earned her Bachelor’s degree from Brooklyn College and holds aMaster of Social Work degree from Hunter College School of Social Workin Community Organizing. |
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