CICF Announces Hires, Promotion
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowCentral Indiana Community Foundation has named Brittany Rayburn development director for Legacy Fund, the CICF affiliate serving Hamilton County. She previously served as a part of CICF’s community investment team where her portfolio included food insecurity, nutrition, health care and scholarships. Rayburn worked closely with organizations serving Hamilton County as community investment officer for Legacy Fund’s competitive grant process. She also facilitated LINK Youth Advisory Council and Carmel Green Teen, both youth-led grant-making programs of Legacy Fund. Rayburn has a master’s degree in nonprofit management from IUPUI and while in school, worked as a graduate assistant for CICF. Rayburn currently serves on the board of Hamilton County Purdue Extension and graduated from Hamilton County Leadership Academy in 2016.
Clayton De Fur has been appointed community investment officer. He will also work with scholarship funds and manage the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship program. De Fur recently received a master’s degree in public affairs from Indiana University with a focus on nonprofit management. During his final year of school, he worked for CICF as a community investment associate and assisted with the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship program, scholarship outreach and grant review and report processes.
Also, Laurie Burns has been promoted to community collaborations and impact analyst. She will specialize in data impact and analysis for the community investment team at CICF. Burns will primarily work with the Summer Youth Program Fund and Community Crime Prevention Grant Program and will support scholarship recipients. In addition, Burns, a LINK Youth Advisory Council alumna, will now facilitate both the LINK and Carmel Green Teen grant programs. She has been with the foundation since 2015 where she served as the primary contact for CICF’s scholarship administration and also streamlined processes for several CICF grant programs. Previously Burns served as a chapter consultant for Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity where she provided resources, process procedures and training to chapters at 50 college campuses in 12 states. She received her master’s degree from Indiana University in public affairs with an emphasis on nonprofit management and policy analysis.