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Syracuse.com spotlight on Melanie Littlejohn, next president and CEO of the Central New York Community Foundation
January 22, 2024
Melanie Littlejohn will be the next president and CEO of the Central New York Community Foundation, the Syracuse area’s biggest charitable foundation.
Littlejohn will take the helm of a foundation with nearly $400 million in assets and a new mandate to be “more bold” in addressing things like child poverty, racial equity or other critical issues. It’s a good fit for her, she said.
Littlejohn has long been one of the most visible community advocates in Syracuse, volunteering as a board member at organizations as diverse as the Boys & Girls Clubs and CenterState CEO.
She will start her new position on March 1.
Read the full article here.
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