August 4, Noon Meeting Speaker: Neel Hajra, CEO of the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF) Title: "Supporting Under-Resourced at-Risk Communities and Making a Difference"

August 4

Neel Hajra

CEO of the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF)

Title: Supporting Under-Resourced at-Risk Communities and Making a Difference

Introducer: Beverly Seiford

Hajra will bring to life, through data and stories, the significant challenges our under-resourced communities are facing. He will also describe the AAACF’S efforts to change the landscape by providing opportunities for at-risk youth to succeed.

Neel is a former member of our Rotary Club. As the CEO, Neel is excited every day by the opportunity to lead AAACF’s staff and board in their collective efforts to maximize community impact – work for which he has earned both statewide and national recognition. After obtaining his JD from the University of Michigan Law School, Neel worked as a corporate attorney at Ford Motor Company. It was during a one-year sabbatical from Ford that Neel developed his passion for supporting the community through the nonprofit sector. That sabbatical turned into a nine-year tenure at Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW), including two years as NEW’s President & CEO. During this time, he led all aspects of NEW’s development efforts, services, and operations, supporting more than 400 nonprofits per year. Since joining AAACF’s staff in 2011 and becoming CEO in 2015, Neel continues his intense focus on producing positive change in Washtenaw County, where he was born and raised. He also helps develop the nonprofit field through a graduate course he teaches at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School for Public Policy.

 

If you’re not a member and would like an invitation to this meeting, email Lori at executivedirector@a2rotary.org