Robin Hill-Dunbar, former Senior Program Officer, now serves as the Foundation’s Director of Children, Youth and Families
ROSEBURG, Ore. — After a competitive search process, The Ford Family Foundation is pleased to announce that Robin Hill-Dunbar now serves as the Director of the Children, Youth and Families department. This role was previously held by Keavy Cook, now Vice President of Programs. Hill-Dunbar was most recently Senior Program Officer on the team she now leads. With her experience advancing programs and policies that support family’s wellbeing through a two-generation approach, Hill-Dunbar is uniquely positioned to bring her team into a new era of the Foundation’s work.
“Building relationships and partnerships in service to kids is one of her superpowers,” said Keavy Cook. “By connecting agencies, advocates and community members who are dedicated to the same goal, Robin’s leadership helps the field do more — and better — together.”
Hill-Dunbar joined the Foundation’s staff in 2016 bringing with her more than 20 years of experience in early childhood systems and programs, fostering equitable access and amplifying the voices of underserved communities. She holds a graduate degree in early childhood inclusive education from Portland State University and a graduate certificate in infant toddler mental health. She was raised in Southern Oregon and is a Ford Opportunity Scholar Class of 2000.
“I’m thrilled to step into this new chapter and get started right away developing our impact on state and local systems that make it possible for families to provide the best care for their children,” Hill-Dunbar says. “I know children, youth and their families are counting on us.”
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About The Ford Family Foundation
The Ford Family Foundation believes in the power of rural communities. It is a private, nonprofit foundation proudly headquartered in Roseburg, Oregon, serving rural Oregon and Siskiyou County, California. Its investments through grants, scholarships and community building create the conditions so that children have the family, educational and community supports they need to succeed in life. www.tfff.org
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