Delaware Community Foundation members earn professional designation
The Delaware Community Foundation announced that Joan Hoge-North, vice president of philanthropy, and Rebecca Elzey, senior philanthropy officer, have earned Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy designations from the American College of Financial Services.
The knowledge Hoge-North and Elzey gained through the CAP program will improve the foundation’s ability to partner with donors in thoughtful, personal and strategic discussions about what matters most to them, and to work with them and their professional advisors to craft a legacy that will pass to their heirs and benefit their community.
The CAP designation is a graduate-level certificate program that promotes philanthropic ideals within the financial services profession and brings together financial, tax and legal professionals with nonprofit leaders to help donors make the biggest impact in their communities through their charitable giving.
This fall, Hoge-North and Elzey will partner with two other regional community foundations to host a new local cohort in a CAP study group. The cohort will include Jeffrey A. Kowalczyk, CPA, CFE, CGAP, partner at Barbacane, Thornton & Company LLP; Justin Rodstrom, CFRE, director of major gifts at Delaware State University; Mike Staman, MSPFP, CFP, vice president and senior financial consultant at Schwab; and Mike DiPaolo, DCF vice president for Southern Delaware.
The foundation plans to launch the first all-Delaware study group in fall 2022 to assist additional local philanthropic and financial professionals in pursuit of their CAP designation, leading to a stronger philanthropic community in Delaware.
To learn more about giving through the foundation or about participating in the CAP program and study group, contact Rebecca Elzey at relzey@delcf.org or 302-504-5234.
