Leigh Stilwell

Senior Vice President, Donor Experience and Engagement

As senior vice president of donor experience and engagement, Leigh leads the community foundation's commitment to deliver a world class experience to its family of 2,000 donors. She supervises a team of philanthropy managers who provide a broad range of opportunities and inspire a culture of learning and connection among donors with diverse charitable interests throughout the world.

Leigh has extensive experience advising individuals and families in their giving, regularly leading seminars for donors interested in exploring the alignment of personal values with their giving and evaluating grantmaking strategies.

From 2002 to 2006, Leigh served as senior program manager on the donor resources team at our parent foundation, Peninsula Community Foundation, where she helped shape strategy and services for the foundation's 650+ donors and co-supervised the $100 million annual donor advised grantmaking program.

Prior to moving to San Francisco, Leigh lived in Washington, D.C., where she managed the domestic and international grantmaking portfolios for the national anti-hunger organization, Share Our Strength, which raised funds through exclusive culinary events hosted by the nation's leading chefs and restaurateurs. In this role, Leigh supervised grantmaking policy, due diligence and evaluation on approximately $7 million in grants each year and worked closely with participating chefs to deepen their engagement and skills as effective ambassadors on issues of hunger and poverty.

Leigh holds masters' degrees in public health and nutrition policy from the University of Tennessee. She serves on the board of directors of the Bernard A. Newcomb Foundation and as secretary of the Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation.