The Southern Highlands Community Foundation announces Jennifer Bott as new Chair
The Southern Highlands Community Foundation (SHCF) today announced Jennifer Bott AO as their new Chairperson, replacing Nicole Smith who is retiring from the board.
Jennifer is a professional mentor, consultant and board director with a distinguished career in philanthropy and the arts, including, Director Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), Chairman of the Bundanon Trust and CEO of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).
In 2012 Jennifer was awarded Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to the arts through executive and leadership roles in national cultural organisations, and to the development of policy reform initiatives promoting funding and best practice.
Jennifer moved to the Southern Highlands in 2014 and has been a Board Director of the SHCF for four years. On her appointment as Chair she said,
“I am honoured to have been elected as the new Chair of the Southern Highlands Community Foundation. My colleagues on the Board bring a wide range of skills and a shared commitment both to raising funds and distributing them. Our goal is to build a healthier and more connected community through tackling the issues which matter most.”
Commenting on the tenure of outgoing Chairperson, Nicole Smith, Jennifer said,
“I would like to pay tribute to our retiring Chair, Nicole Smith, as a long-term Director but particularly in her term as our Chair, Nicole has been a terrific leader… hard working and courageous in her positive vision of the future of our community and the Foundation’s role in contributing to that goal. Thank you, Nicole, from your colleagues and from all those who have benefitted from your work with us.”
The Southern Highlands Community Foundation (SHCF) is a registered charity and public foundation working solely within the Wingecarribee LGA. For more information, please visit https://shcf.org.au
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For media enquiries please contact:
Bridget Cosyn, Community Liaison | 0401004013 | admin@shcf.org.au
Jenny Bott, Chair | NUMBER | chair@shcf.org.au
For more information on The Southern Highlands Community Foundation, visit https://shcf.org.au
