Our Board Members

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Connie Winbigler - Chair
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Patti Miller
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Ron Rose - Vice Chair
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Don Germann
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Rachel Hard - Secretary
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Keely Beemer
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Anne Freiburger
Not Pictured: Josh Jones - Treasurer, Rick Chard, Chuck Lillis, Wally Newkirk, Lucas Jones - YAC, and Kyle Krzyankski - YAC

Directors Emeritus

Paul Creal
Hillary Eley
Robert Mayer
Remus Rigg
Patricia Shoemaker

Basic Eligibility

Our Board of Directors consists of donors - individuals to generously share their time, talent, treasure and ties.

Board members serve up to four three-year terms. Terms follow a calendar year. Our board currently schedules meetings six times a year in January, April, May, July, September, and October.
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Please contact us if you are a Community Foundation donor or want to become a donor; are a United States citizen who resides, works, or has a place of business in the United States; are willing to serve without compensation; and have any of the following skills or experience:
  • Nonprofit governance: provides strategic leadership to a nonprofit organization. It entails the functions of setting direction, making policy and strategy decisions, overseeing and monitoring organizational performance, and ensuring overall accountability
  • Board development: knowledge and experience in expanding a nonprofit board’s capacity to govern effectively
  • Nonprofit finance/tax issues: understands of nonprofit accounting and finance (e.g. IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt regulations, financial policies, financial statements, etc.)
  • Nonprofit legal issues: understands of tax-exempt regulations and compliance requirements
  • Other legal: knowledge of small business operations, liability, contract negotiations, etc.
  • Human resources: up-to-date knowledge of nonprofit or small business employment law
  • Business entrepreneurship: decision maker who organizes a venture to take advantage of opportunities and determines what, how, and how much of a good or service will be produced
  • Fund development: partner in philanthropy who brings together a particular cause and the prospects and donors who are willing to invest in the cause
  • Change leadership: experience with management of change and development within an organization
  • Collaboration: ability to work with other organizations to a common purpose to achieve business benefit
  • Complexity awareness: experience in identifying the cost drivers within a business
  • Grantwriting: experience with completing applications that receive awards for funding from a government department, corporation, foundation, or trust
  • Economic development: experience with business attraction, retention, and development
  • Community development: brings community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems
  • Grantmaking: experience awarding funds to an organization or group to undertake charitable activities (experience with nonprofit scholarship award process a plus)

​​Thinking About Board Membership? 

Click here for more information for prospective Board members.
​Note: Board meeting days and times are subject to change on an annual basis. Please contact us for the current meeting schedule. ​

Board Nomination Form

Please complete this application and return in by email or mail it to us at 2 W. Chicago St., Suite E-1, Coldwater, Mi 49036. 

BCCF Board Chairs

Connie Winbigler (2017 - Current)
Roberta Gagnon (2015-2016)
Dave Wright, Coldwater (2013-2014)
Mary Jo Kranz, Quincy (2011 - 2012)
Hillary Eley, Bronson (2009-2010)
Bruce Bloom, Coldwater (2007-2008)
Joe Ganger, Colon (2005-2006)
Ray Bregger, Quincy (2003-2004)
Bruce Young, Coldwater (2001-2002)
Bob Mayer, Bronson (1999-2000)
Sue Morton, Union City (1997-1998)
Barry Case, Coldwater (1995-1996)
Mark Putnam, Coldwater (1993-1994)
John Dygert, Coldwater (1991-1992)
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