The Global Fund for Community Foundations has announced the appointment of two new senior members of staff, Avila Kilmurray and Wendy Richardson, who will be joining the GFCF in early 2014.
Avila has been the Director of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland since 1994 and has received international recognition for her work around philanthropy for social justice and peace, both in Northern Ireland and internationally.
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland was a founder member of the Foundations for Peace Network, a peer network of independent indigenous funders working in contested societies. Avila has written extensively on Community Development, Women’s Issues and Conflict Transformation and is also a member of the Working Group on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace.She will be joining the GFCF as Director, Policy and Strategy, with particular responsibility for the Global Alliance for Community Philanthropy and will be based in Belfast.
Wendy Richardson has been with the European Foundation Centre since 2005, most recently as Project Officer in charge of the EFC’s professional development programme, which seeks to enhance the skills and professional capacities of European foundation staff.
Wendy will be joining the GFCF as Coordinator, Grants and Learning and will be based in Brussels.