ASH MCNEELY
Vice President, Donor Engagement

As vice president of donor engagement, Ash is responsible for ensuring all community foundation donors have access to the information and experiences they need to fulfill their charitable giving interests.

Ash led the strategy and execution of business development, communications and donor services at Peninsula Community Foundation from 2000 to 2006. In this role, Ash and her team facilitated advised fund grantmaking of over $400 million for 750 fundholders and major donors, raised more than $775 million and created award-winning communications. Prior, she worked for 10 years in development and marketing roles in Bay Area arts organizations, including TheatreWorks, California Shakespeare Festival and Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens. She has also held external relations positions at San Francisco State and U.C. Berkeley.

Ash received an M.B.A. in nonprofit management from Golden Gate University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Vassar College. She serves on the boards of the Bernard A. Newcomb Foundation, Frank Levinson Family Foundation and is an advisor to Horizons Foundation, Entrepreneurs Foundation and TheatreWorks. When not at the office, Ash can be found at home in Burlingame helping her two teenagers with their homework, hiking the region’s open spaces or reading a really good novel.