Marin Community Foundation: Transforming Marin Philanthropy
MCF – A force in County philanthropic endeavors
Speaker:
Rhea Suh – President & CEO
Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025
Time: Program 1:00 – 3:30pm (NOTE: Check-in 12:30-1:00pm)
Where: Dominican University Creekside Room, 100 Magnolia Avenue, San Rafael
Cost: $18/person to cover venue and light refreshments cost
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[A description of the program and speaker(s) can be viewed below.]
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Program Description
The Marin Community Foundation (MCF) first opened its doors in January 1987 with the responsibility to steward and distribute the Leonard and Beryl Buck Foundation (Buck Trust). In the years since, MCF has evolved into one of the country’s largest and most successful community foundations.
How can we use the resources of philanthropy to both solve the biggest challenges we’re facing and simultaneously build community? Rhea Suh, President & CEO of Marin Community Foundation, is on a mission to answer that question. She believes now is the time for community foundations to fully come into their own, with their unique combination of strategic heft and truly local knowledge necessary to get to the heart of our most persistent issues. Discover what MCF is doing in Marin to help set a vibrant, thoughtful path for its future.
As usual, the event will include a question-and-answer period. Attendees should expect an informative and lively discussion.
Speaker:
Rhea Suh is a senior executive with more than 25 years of philanthropic, environmental and public policy experience. She was appointed President & CEO of MCF in September 2021, where she leads one of the largest community foundations in the country. Prior to MCF, Rhea served as the third president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), where under her leadership, the organization grew by more than $50 million and increased its membership by more than 40 percent.
Before joining NRDC, Rhea served as the assistant secretary for policy, management, and budget at the U.S. Department of the Interior. She was nominated for the position by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2009.
Prior to her appointment to the Interior Department, Rhea worked at both the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, focusing on strategies dedicated to environmental conservation and clean energy in the West.
Rhea earned her bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Barnard College and received a Fulbright Fellowship to Seoul, South Korea. She also earned a master’s degree in education, administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University.