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Foundation
Foundation Leadership Adapts For Greater Impact
By Christine Keville, FCMAA Chair
The CMAA Foundation has achieved significant accomplishments in recent years, including a library of popular career videos and has made major progress toward the goal of our capital campaign. A few recent changes to the Foundation’s leadership structure, though modest, will have important benefits in helping us achieve even more in the future. For example, the Foundation’s By‑Laws have been revised to provide that members of the Board of Directors will be eligible to serve two three‑year terms. This will enhance continuity and assure that we always benefit from both experienced leaders and new thinking. We have also formalized and expanded our committee structure. The Board has organized committees on Fundraising, Scholarships, Career Development, and the Website, in addition to its long‑standing Investment Advisory Committee. In the Fundraising Committee, subcommittees will focus on Planned Giving, Events/Activities and Solicitation/Recognition. Our Scholarship committee is busy making application process improvements, including an electronic submission process as well as changes to the selection criteria which will streamline the application, review and selection process. The Career Development Committee will interface with CMAA in support of the Construction Manager in Training (CMIT) program and the association’s student chapters. The Website Committee will be working with student chapters seeking their feedback in how to appeal to a younger audience and looking for additional innovative and creative ideas. The Investment Advisory Committee will continue to work on providing the Foundation the best return on our investments. Members of the Foundation Board are encouraged to step forward as true leaders, both through active participation in Foundation initiatives and significant financial commitments to achieve the organization’s mission. The Foundation now provides a flexible array of giving options, and I strongly urge every member of CMAA to make a gift, small or large. Members may donate to our capital campaign, “Construction Managers Building for the Future,” to help build an endowment whose earnings will support future activities. Of course, unrestricted gifts are always welcome, providing funds the Foundation can devote to seizing shorter‑term opportunities. Sponsorship of a Foundation social event at a national CMAA gathering offers a “multiplier” effect, since it enables us to stage a function that will generate contributions from many other sources. Finally, planned giving and other forms of donations are available. For details, contact Laura Blake at Foundation headquarters. The Foundation “Thanks you in advance” for considering a contribution to this worthy cause.

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