Collaborating together with our shared love of philanthropy and our El Dorado Hills area community, we leverage each other’s strengths to execute EDHAF’s goals and mission. Together, we make a greater impact in our community. 🌟
EDHAF is governed by a cabinet of local community members, including at least one El Dorado Community Foundation Board Member, who volunteer their time to connect people, ideas, needs, and resources for the betterment of El Dorado Hills and its residents. The EDHAF cabinet also oversees the EDHAF Giving Circle and EDHAF’s annual granting cycle for tax-exempt organizations meeting section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Andrea Howard
Cabinet CHAIR
“We rise by lifting others.”
Robert Ingersol
Suzy Lee
Grants CHAIR
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou
Shelbi Bennett
PAST CHAIR & GIVING CIRCLE CO-CHAIR
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
Charles Dickens
Steve Showers
GIVING CIRCLE Co-Chair
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Jody Bisson
Membership Chair
“We only have what we give.”
Isabel Allende
Mayra Aguilar
COMMUNICATIONS Chair
“Be passionate and be involved in what you believe in and do it as thoroughly, and honestly, and fearlessly as you can.”
Marie Colvin
Melinda Hollis
OUTREACH Chair
“The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
Mitch Albom
Nikki Smaglik
BUY A DAY chair
“‘What’s the bravest thing you’ve ever said?’ asked Piglet.
’Help,’ said Pooh.”
A.A. Milne
Dennis Johnson
Finance Chair
“Rivers never go reverse. So try to live like a river. Forget your past and focus on your future. Always be positive.” Morgan Freeman
Bill Roby
CABINET MEMBER
“It is not what you take from the banquet of life that matters, it is what you bring to the table that counts.”
The El Dorado Hills Area Foundation is a fund administered by the El Dorado Community Foundation, an accredited Community Foundation founded in 1992 devoted to financial security, transparency and accountability. EDHAF is proud to collaborate with the El Dorado Community Foundation for their extraordinary fiduciary excellence in managing EDHAF’s endowment funds and associated investment strategies. For more information about the El Dorado Community Foundation, please visit: eldoradocf.org.