Margaret "Maggie" Flanagan

President

Margaret "Maggie" Flanagan is a founding board member of SICF and its first Executive Director. She is owner of Development Specialties, a consulting firm serving organizations with internal capacity building.  Maggie says "Community Foundations help keep philanthropy local by growing funds and leadership to serve our communities forever."

Kay Weatherford

Vice-President

Kay Weatherford is retired from the Migrant Education, Inc. in Cobden. Kay and her husband live in Carbondale.

John Daly

Treasurer

John is a CPA and an attorney. He and his family live in Carbondale. Daly says, "I serve and support the Community Foundation because it keeps charitable gifts close to home, for the exclusive use of our local communities."

Dan Huffman

Secretary

Dan Huffman is a retired chemical engineer from Honeywell in Metropolis, IL.

Larry Busch

Director

Larry is a retired professor of industrial design at SIUC. He is a 40+ year resident of Southern Illinois and often enjoys its beauty on the back of a motorcycle or from the hull of a kayak.

Alee Quick

Director

Alee Quick is the Digital Editor at The Southern Illinoisan newspaper in Carbondale, IL.

Raymond Lenzi

Director

Dr. Lenzi is retired from being the Executive Director of Economic Development at the Dunn Richmond Center at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.  Dr. Lenzi has continuously volunteered his time with many non profit organizations in various capacities over the years in southern Illinois.

Martin Rowe

Director

Martin Rowe is the President and CEO of First Eldorado Bancshares.  He and his family live in Harrisburg. He is involved with several charitable and civic organizations. Rowe states “I really like the flexibility and ease of use of our community foundation can offer.  Individual donors get the benefit of making tax deductible contribution to an accredited 501(c)3 with as large or small of a contribution they are comfortable with, while at the same time having flexibility to support the charitable causes that are near and dear to them.”