Who We Are

The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's mission and strategy are carried out by a team of dedicated staff, led by President Nancy Roob and overseen by our board of trustees. We are also assisted by MRDC, the Bridgespan Group, and panels of communications and evaluation experts.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Foundation's work is overseen and governed by a nine-member board of trustees that includes two grandsons of our founder, Edna McConnell Clark.

EMCF STAFF

The Foundation's staff of 32 is led by President Nancy Roob.

To join EMCF's team, see current employment opportunities at the Foundation.

OUR STRATEGIC COLLABORATORS

We work closely with two organizations to provide our grantees best-in-class expertise in evaluation and strategic consulting:

• MDRC
• The Bridgespan Group

EXPERT ADVISORS

The Foundation is advised by two panels of experts in the areas of evaluation and communications:

• Evaluation Advisory Committee
• Communications Advisory Committee

ANNUAL REPORTS

EMCF issues annually a report documenting the performance of the Foundation and its grantees. Annual reports since 1999 are available. 

In the 2011 EMCF Annual Report, President Nancy Roob describes a pivotal year for EMCF in which growth capital aggregation–the coordinated, collaborative philanthropic co-investment that the Foundation introduced in 2007–advanced from an experiment limited to three grantees to a full-fledged investment strategy we are integrating into our core enterprise.

Download the 2011 EMCF Annual Report.