CEO reflects on leaders & opportunities
Our CEO, Susan True, was profiled in the Good Times Santa Cruz. Here are a few excerpts:
“We have problems in this county that are bigger than any foundation’s grantmaking can cure, How can the Community Foundation promote economic mobility?”
- Susan True
Among the programs True has spearheaded is an expansion of low-interest loans to organizations working on issues including local housing and small business assistance.
“She is someone who, when she gets an idea in her head, it’s gonna happen,” says Ian Magruder, a Santa Cruz native who works for loan recipient Landed. “Not everyone we work with has that mentality. It’s been really refreshing.”
“The community foundation is such a unique organization,” True says. “You get to take this different view of the community and think about, ‘How do we bring people together to create solutions to some of our most persistent problems?"
