The Community Foundation of Tampa Bay ("Community Foundation" or "Foundation") is a trusted administrator of permanent endowment funds created by a broad spectrum of individuals, families, corporations, and private foundations. 

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Board Chair leads Community Foundation through transitional period

 Tampa, FL - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 3, 2011 

 The Community Foundation has announced Board of Trustees Chair, Gene Marshall, is working with the Foundation to assure a smooth transition until a new President and CEO is named.  Former Foundation President and CEO David J. Fischer retired at the end of last month.

Marshall, a retired Senior Vice President of JP Morgan Chase, is the current Board Chair of the Community Foundation, and was recently selected as a winner of the prestigious Local Hero Award by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.  An active volunteer, he is passionate about working within the Tampa Bay area’s nonprofit community and says the Foundation is one of the area’s greatest assets. “Under the leadership of David Fischer, the Community Foundation is poised for future growth to benefit Tampa Bay,” explains Marshall. “We are taking the time to carefully recruit the next leader of the Foundation, and our board is actively working with a national search firm to find the right person.”

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