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Annual Dinner & Celebration of Philanthropy Recap
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Annual Dinner & Celebration of Philanthropy Recap

Last week the Community Foundation of Howard County hosted its Annual Dinner & Celebration of Philanthropy event at the beautiful Turf Valley Resort. The sold-out event aimed to honor and recognize the incredible work done by various individuals and organizations in Howard County. It was a night filled with heartfelt speeches, inspiring stories, and a…

Board of Trustees Profile: Steve Singh
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Board of Trustees Profile: Steve Singh

Where did you grow up? Go to school? I grew up in the New Jersey suburbs outside of New York City in a town called Aberdeen Township. I went to Penn State for college, earning a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. After Penn State I went to business school and earned an M.B.A. degree from Villanova.…

Staff Profile: Dee Athey
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Staff Profile: Dee Athey

What do you do at the Community Foundation? I have the opportunity to do a variety of things at the foundation to support and facilitate philanthropy and investment in the common good. I like to think of myself as a connector. It gives me great satisfaction to help leverage synergy and effort by connecting people,…

Staff Profile: Jay Vidyarthi
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Staff Profile: Jay Vidyarthi

What do you do at the Community Foundation? I run operations at the Foundation. Anything related to keeping the lights on ends up on my messy desk. What do you love about Howard County? People are so neighborly. I popped into my barber’s shop to tell him that my neighbor recommended the same TV show…

Board of Trustees Profile: Marcy Leonard
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Board of Trustees Profile: Marcy Leonard

Where did you grow up? Go to school? I am a Howard County kid who never left Columbia! I attended Stevens Forest and Jeffers Hill Elementary Schools, Owen Brown and Clarksville Middle Schools, and I am a proud Atholton High School graduate. My undergraduate degree is from Haverford College and master’s degree is from Wake…

Board of Trustees Profile: Steve Sass
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Board of Trustees Profile: Steve Sass

Where did you grow up? Go to school? I was raised on Long Island (N.Y.). My parents moved out there from the Bronx when I was six months old. My brothers and I attended public school in Valley Stream/Franklin Square in Nassau County. I first left Long Island for college, earning a B.S. degree in…

Community Foundation Names Three to Board of Trustees
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Community Foundation Names Three to Board of Trustees

The Community Foundation of Howard County (CFHoCo), which raises, manages and distributes funds to support Howard County nonprofits, named three new members of the foundation’s board of trustees. The board of trustees is comprised of a diverse set of 19 volunteer leaders from across Howard County. These three new members of the board of trustees…

Board of Trustees Profile: Lisa Edwards
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Board of Trustees Profile: Lisa Edwards

Where did you grow up? Go to school? As a native Washingtonian who was born in the District of Columbia and raised in the nearby Maryland suburbs, I am a bit of a rarity. I simply adore having such deep roots in my community. Even after attending the University of Delaware (UD) to study Chemical…

Board of Trustees Profile: Sang Oh
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Board of Trustees Profile: Sang Oh

Where did you grow up? Go to school? I was born in Seoul, Korea and immigrated to the United States with my family when I was five years old. We came to Columbia where I learned to speak English, eat pizza at Barry’s in the Mall and graduated from Atholton HS. I received my undergraduate…