2016 National Conference

Isaiah Oliver currently serves as Vice President of Community Impact at the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, serving on the senior leadership team. He is responsible for grant-making, program activities and shares leadership with the President for community leadership. Isaiah previously served as an administrator in the Workforce, Community and Grant Development Division at Mott Community College. In that role, Isaiah worked to secure and manage funding from city, federal, state, and foundation resources to support and promote workforce development and other strategic initiatives. He also worked as a career liaison for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to support the creation, expansion, and sustainability of high-quality, community-based career pathways and post-secondary success strategies in the seven-county region.

Service is important to Isaiah. He is immediate past president of the Flint Public School Board, immediate past president of the Flint Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., past-chairman of the City of Flint’s Human Relations Commission, a member of the University of Michigan-Flint Citizens Advisory Committee and a member of the Hurley Medical Center Board of Managers. He is a member of many other community organizations and committees including the City of Flint Master Plan Steering Committee, Genesee and Shiawassee Education Advisory Group and the Governor’s Flint Advisory Committee on Urban and Metropolitan Initiatives. In addition, Isaiah is a member of several committees for the Flint and Genesee Chamber of Commerce including the Genesee Global Action Team and the Next Michigan Development Corporation Trade Corridor Alliance Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Planning Committee (CEDS.) He is also a member of the local NAACP chapter and Rotary Club of Flint. Isaiah is a graduate of Central Michigan University. He lives in Flint with his wife, Shay and two daughters, Zaiah Rene and Carrington Elyse.

Meghan Duffy is Associate Vice President of Programs at Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, overseeing content development for GEO conferences, publications and other programming. From 2011-2013, Meghan led implementation of the Scaling What Worksinitiative at GEO as Manager of Special Initiatives. Prior to joining GEO, Meghan served as Director of Special Projects for San Diego Grantmakers, a regional association of funders. In six years with SDG, she managed a variety of projects, including conferences, communications and organizational technology. Meghan has over fifteen years of experience in the philanthropic/nonprofit sector. She has served on the San Diego HIV Funding Collaborative Allocations Committee and the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation Grants Committee. Before moving to California, Meghan was Development Director at a national nonprofit LGBT health organization. She has also worked in fundraising and outreach for the Victory Fund and the Feminist Majority Foundation, and as a consultant specializing in writing and research for several other community organizations. Additionally, Meghan has taught sociology and LGBT studies as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland. Meghan earned her master’s in sociology at the University of California San Diego. Her graduate research focused in part on institutional philanthropy, and she has published an article on elite groups and social change. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Maryland.