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February 29, 2016 2:23 PM

Susie Bowie named executive director of Manatee Community Foundation

By RICHARD DYMOND rdymond@bradenton.com

MANATEE — A Bradenton resident with a wealth of experience in philanthropy has been tabbed to replace Marilyn Howard as the new executive director of the Manatee Community Foundation.

Susie Bowie, who, for the past 11 years has been with the Community Foundation of Sarasota County and is currently its vice president of philanthropic engagement and marketing, has been named to the post, Karen Miller, board chair of the Manatee Community Foundation, said Monday.

“I’m excited about the experience, talent and energy she will bring to help lead and grow our foundation,” Miller said.

After 17 years as the Manatee Community Foundation‘s executive director, Howard retired on Jan.

Dobryakova is a research scientist in TBI Research at Kessler Foundation, where she focuses on developing new ways to address cognitive issues in MS and brain injury. Ekaterina Dobryakova, PhD, was awarded a three-year $408,000 grant by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to study the factors influencing fatigue in the MS population. Dobryakova is a research scientist in Traumatic Brain Injury Research at Kessler Foundation, where she focuses on cognitive issues in MS and brain injury. Differentiating positive and negative feedback occurs in the brain’s fronto-striatal network, and is mediated by dopamine, a neurotransmitter that has been shown to alleviate fatigue in traumatic brain injury, cancer, Parkinson’s disease and chronic fatigue syndrome. Using feedback presentation – a non-pharmacological intervention – researchers will see whether brain activity associated with dopamine levels rises and the fatigue experienced by individuals with MS is alleviated.

Kessler Foundation’s cognitive rehabilitation research in MS is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, National MS Society, Consortium of MS Centers, the Patterson Trust, Biogen Idec, Hearst Foundation, the International Progressive MS Alliance, and Kessler Foundation. Under the leadership of John DeLuca, PhD, senior VP for Research & Training, and Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Research, scientists have made important contributions to the knowledge of cognitive decline in MS and developed new treatments.

Kessler Foundation, a major nonprofit organization in the field of disability, is a global leader in rehabilitation research that seeks to improve cognition, mobility and long-term outcomes, including employment, for people with neurological disabilities caused by diseases and injuries of the brain and spinal cord.

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The Lancaster Symphony Orchestra has won a Nonprofit Innovation Award for its Sound Discovery Music Programs.

The Nonprofit Innovation Awards recognize local nonprofits that are finding new and creative ways to engage their communities with limited resources.

The symphony was the only Lancaster County nonprofit nominated in that category.

The Nonprofit Innovation Awards are a partnership between Central Penn Business Journal, the Lancaster County Community Foundation, The Foundation for Enhancing Communities and the York County Community Foundation.A

Lancaster Symphony Orchestra wins a 2016 Nonprofit Innovation Award

Area community foundation reaches $50 million in assets | GJSentinel.com

Jane Quimby remembers when the Western Colorado Community Foundation was still a dream a handful of people with a vision of how to make life better for people in seven local counties. When people donate, the money is invested, and the interest earned from that investment is what the foundation uses for everything from feeding children during the summer when they can’t eat at school to conservation efforts on Colorado National Monument.

Wenzel said it comes down to the more people give to the foundation, the more is invested, the more interest earned and more money goes back into the community. It’s this idea that collectively, we’re a community foundation giving back to better the community we’re living in.”

“That 50 million demonstrates that there are a lot of like-minded people who have the same sense of community and the same sense that we’re here to help others,” Quimby said. “It’s that people have embraced the basic premise of the community foundation, to leave your mark.”

“It is critical for western Colorado’s long-term future that we have the philanthropic resources to make our community a better place to live, to help people across western Colorado whether it’s food for those who are hungry, education opportunities, quality of life opportunities the foundation plays a critical role in the future.

CU’s AirWaterGas Sustainability Research Network has issued grants of up to $5,000 apiece for five community-led projects in its latest grant round.

Students will develop emission-reducing air pollution inventions and participate in the local eco-engineering competition with the support and mentoring of AirWaterGas researchers,” CU said.

“We embrace the opportunity to work with citizens and students of all ages and backgrounds in all parts of the state who want to learn more about the impacts of oil and gas development and how to create a sustainable future in their communities,” Michael Hannigan, AirWaterGas co-investigator and CU-Boulder associate professor of mechanical engineering, said in CU’s release.

Some projects will incorporate portable air quality monitors developed by the AirWaterGas research team and designed to help people investigate air quality with the researchers’ help.

Other grant-funded projects include ones to help further develop programs for the Trinidad Water Festival and engage students in discussions about local natural gas development, expand high-altitude ozone monitoring in the Wellington area and involve students in that work, and support a continuing groundwater sampling program involving students in Greeley. Texttocome

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Area community foundation reaches $50 million in assets | GJSentinel.com

Jane Quimby remembers when the Western Colorado Community Foundation was still a dream a handful of people with a vision of how to make life better for people in seven local counties. When people donate, the money is invested, and the interest earned from that investment is what the foundation uses for everything from feeding children during the summer when they can’t eat at school to conservation efforts on Colorado National Monument.

Wenzel said it comes down to the more people give to the foundation, the more is invested, the more interest earned and more money goes back into the community. It’s this idea that collectively, we’re a community foundation giving back to better the community we’re living in.”

“That 50 million demonstrates that there are a lot of like-minded people who have the same sense of community and the same sense that we’re here to help others,” Quimby said. “It’s that people have embraced the basic premise of the community foundation, to leave your mark.”

“It is critical for western Colorado’s long-term future that we have the philanthropic resources to make our community a better place to live, to help people across western Colorado whether it’s food for those who are hungry, education opportunities, quality of life opportunities the foundation plays a critical role in the future.