Susan Saxon-Harrold to leave CAFAmerica after nine years as CEO
Howard Lake | 20 July 2011 | News
Susan Saxon-Harrold is to leave CAFAmerica next month after nine years as its CEO. She will become an advisor to a new family foundation focusing on charitable giving in China and Haiti.
David Venne, director of finance for CAFAmerica, will serve as acting CEO while the recruitment process is underway.
During Saxon-Harrold’s tenure at CAFAmerica, the organisation’s net assets grew from $2 million to $54 million, and donations rose from $9.7 million to $47.1 million.
CAFAmerica provides charitable financial services to individuals, global corporations, charities, and foundations and is a member organisation of the Charities Aid Foundation international network. During 2010/11, CAFAmerica and the CAF American Donor Fund facilitated 1,770 grants to charities in 80 nations around the world, including $40 million in donor advised gifts.
CAFAmerica President Janet C. Boyd, Esq., said of Saxon-Harrold: “Without her ./guidance, CAFAmerica would not have developed the wide range of opportunities it currently has for donors, including the expansion of donor services in areas such as the ‘Friends of’ Charity Fund’, which enables non-US charities to fundraise in the US effectively. CAFAmerica provides a number of valuable services that enable donors to give cross-border in a safe and timely manner.”
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