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Heidi Dusek named Executive Director of The Lumpkin Family Foundation
August 12, 2025
The BoardWalk team is pleased to announce and congratulate Heidi Dusek on her appointment as Executive Director of Lumpkin Family Foundation, effective August 1, 2025.
“I’m excited to join a foundation that so deeply values connection, community, and trust,” said Dusek. “I look forward to working alongside the board, staff, and partners to amplify the Foundation’s impact and build on its strong legacy of place-based philanthropy and systems-level change.”
Sam Pettway and Lysondra Somerville were honored to have led this search.
Read the full announcement here.

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