Paul C. White, President and CEO -
Following a national search, the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation Board selected Paul C. White to serve as its new President & CEO, beginning November 2016. White comes to the Foundation following almost two decades of successful private sector marketing and investment management experience in Oklahoma. He previously served as the founding executive director of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia and as a senior consultant with a national firm providing training and development services for community foundations across the country.
White was raised in the Atlanta area, where his parents still reside. He graduated from The Westminster Schools and The University of Georgia and attended the LBJ Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas. Early in his career, White worked on the legislative staff of Georgia’s former United States Senator Sam Nunn and for the U. S. Department of the Treasury. Active in his community, White served as the Senior Warden of Trinity Episcopal Church and as a board member and former chair of the Tulsa Authority for Recovery of Energy. He and his wife, Monica, have two adult children.
Art Lucas, who led the Search Committee for the Foundation, praised White’s experience. “Paul White brings good knowledge of entrepreneurship and private sector management to blend with his great experience starting and running a successful regional community foundation. He grew up in Georgia and knows what it takes to promote impactful philanthropy in our communities. We are delighted to welcome Paul to Coastal Georgia and the Community Foundation.”
Ellen Post, Grants/Operations Manager -
Ellen joined the staff in 2011 as a second staff member. Ellen comes to us with over 30 years of experience in the non-profit sector. She and her husband moved from Chicago, Illinois in 1985 with MAP International where she served as Executive Assistant to the President for over a decade. Since that time she has worked in various roles as Business Mananger and Bookkeeper at Doctors on Call for Serivice a medical residency program doing training in the Congo, Office and Grants Manager at a biotechnology research firm and most recently at CMAP, a free clinic.
Ellen has demonstrated skills in administration and finance. Her husband Greg is a Major with the City of Brunswick Police Department. They have two grown children, Gretchen and Elliott. Ellen has a love for this community and helping people.
Anna Hall has 15 years of experience in nonprofit management, donor services and communications work. Most recently, she was with the St. Simons Land Trust where she worked for six years - three as the director of development, overseeing a $1+ million annual fund and an $11 million capital campaign. Previously, she served as the founding executive director of an after-school program for at-risk youth in Charleston, SC., now a successful organization known as Kids On Point. A Baltimore native, she lived and worked in her hometown for various publications and as a freelance writer. While living in downtown Baltimore, she was the director of development for an after-school debate organization serving at-risk youth in Baltimore City schools. She and her husband Steve own and operate McWil Squash Courts, a squash court construction company. Their children are RJ (5), Reese (3) and Addison (8 months). In her limited free time, she can be spotted logging miles on the Lawrence Road trail.