Nonprofit Leaders Join Fieldstone Alliance Board of Directors
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA (June 11, 2008)—Fieldstone Alliance continues to build a nationally recognized board by announcing the addition of Michael Cortés and Janine Lee. “As Fieldstone Alliance continues to grow in scope and service, we are fortunate to add these new directors with deep expertise in public policy, advocacy and philanthropy,” said Carol Lukas, president of Fieldstone Alliance.
About the Board Members
Michael Cortés
From his community organizing roots, Michael Cortés has held leadership roles in legislative lobbying and advocacy initiatives for nonprofits, eventually becoming vice president for research, advocacy and legislation at the National Council of La Raza in Washington, D.C., and director of planning, finance, and administration at the Levi Strauss Foundation in San Francisco.
His interest in public policy led to a career in academia, with key positions in public policy analysis and advocacy, nonprofit administration, and urban planning at the University of San Francisco, University of Colorado, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Cortés is currently a research and management consultant who helps advocacy organizations use public policy research and analysis more effectively. He teaches public policy analysis and advocacy at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work. His board service has included The Center for Community Change, Hispanics in Philanthropy, the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council, the Urban Institute Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, the Independent Sector research committee, and editorial boards of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and Nonprofit Management and Leadership. Cortés holds an M.S.W. from the University of Michigan, and an M.P.P. and Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley.
Janine Lee
Janine Lee is a veteran strategist and grantmaker in philanthropy, with more than 20 years of diverse leadership experience with nonprofits and foundations. Her areas of expertise include prevention, youth development, education, community building and nonprofit organizational effectiveness.
Lee is currently the executive director of the Southern Partners Fund, a public foundation established in 1998 and emerging as one of the most significant organizations in the country providing funding, capacity building, operating support, and technical assistance to rural organizing efforts in the deep South.
Throughout her career, Lee has fostered and guided initiatives that have nurtured disadvantaged young children, encouraged higher education opportunities for low-income youth, and bolstered drug and alcohol resistance among teens. She has overseen grant funds totaling more than $100 million during her career in philanthropy.
Lee holds master’s degrees in rehabilitation counseling and business administration. In addition to her professional responsibilities, Lee is a dedicated community servant, on the board of the Skillbuilders Fund for Women and Girls, co-founder and former chair of the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, and a former Rockhurst University regent. She is an alumna of Leadership 2000 in Kansas City, Kansas and of Kansas City Tomorrow in Kansas City, Missouri, and is a lifetime member of the National Black MBA.
Fieldstone Alliance’s current board of directors includes:
- Kathleen Enright, executive director, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
- Norman W. Harrington, Jr., management consultant in strategic planning, capital and fund development, business planning and advisory services
- Bill King, president, Minnesota Council on Foundations
- Jon Pratt, executive director, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
- Paul Light, Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University's Wagner School of Public Service
- David Renz, director of the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership of the Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri–Kansas City
About Fieldstone Alliance
Fieldstone Alliance is a national nonprofit intermediary that works to strengthen the performance of the nonprofit sector. With a 26-year history of providing consulting, training, research, and publications that strengthen nonprofit organizations and the communities they serve, Fieldstone Alliance offers a comprehensive array of resources to help nonprofit leaders, grantmakers, and consultants have greater impact.
Fieldstone Alliance regularly partners with grantmakers and nonprofit networks to strengthen communities across the country. Fieldstone Alliance is the home of the Kellogg Action Lab, a three-year effort to strengthen the sustainability of Kellogg Foundation grantees and improve performance in the nonprofit sector.
Fieldstone Alliance publishes books on nonprofit management, philanthropy, and community development, which are distributed around the world. More than three hundred thousand copies of the award-winning publications are in use in the U.S. and in more than 70 countries.
Contact
Fieldstone Alliance
Carol Zapfel
651.556.4505
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