About Us: Staff

Beth Tevlin, Executive Director, has been with the Community Foundation since it opened its offices in 1992. Beth assures that the Community Foundation is meeting its donors' charitable goals in an effective and efficient manner. In addition to overseeing the operations of the Community Foundation, Beth works with area residents or their professional advisers to assist them in creating the fund that will achieve their charitable desires. An attorney, Beth is involved in the West Central Illiana Estate Planning Council, the Terre Haute Bar Association, and the Indiana State Bar Association. She has presented numerous programs for attorneys, accountants, brokers and financial planners on working with the Community Foundation.

Kelli Miller, Program Director, joined the Community Foundation in 1995 as the administrative assistant and after a brief hiatus returned in 1997. She assumed her current position in 1998. Kelli administers the scholarship programs for the Community Foundation. She also oversees the Vigo County grant cycle and all designated and donor advised grants. A member of Leadership Wabash Valley class, Kelli is the Community Foundation contact for questions related to our scholarship program or our grant program.

Kate Kollinger, Financial Administrator, works to assure that the financial records of the Community Foundation are in order. She personally sees that all donations are deposited and credited to the correct fund. Kate handles all receipts and disbursements from the Community Foundation. Working closely with Sackrider and Company Accountants, Kate prepares the necessary reports for the quarterly financial statements. Kate is the contact for donors to learn their fund balance.

Becky McCabe, Executive Assistant, retired after 31 years as a business teacher and department chair at Terre Haute North Vigo High School. In addition to her teaching duties, she wrote instructional guides for a variety of business subjects, served on the State's business math curriculum committee and presented at business education and math conferences put on by the Indiana Department of Education. She wrote instructional guidelines for the teaching of keyboarding for elementary teachers. She also served as an officer and building representative for the Vigo County Teachers Association.

Kathy Davis, Administrative Assistant, is graduate of Indiana Business College, Kathy was previously employed at the Vigo County Prosecutor's Office as a legal secretary where she did payroll, billing, budgeting and accounts, among many other duties. She has also held management positions.

Kathy greets callers and visitors to the Community Foundation, schedules and prepares materials for meetings, enters gift information into the database and prepares letters and donor acknowledgements.

Interns

Mark Ellis, Audit and Financial Forecasting Intern, is assisting the Foundation with preparations for national and state standards re-certification. He is a Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology graduate student in engineering management and is interning with the Foundation thanks to a program established by Lilly Endowment Inc. In assuring that the Foundation conforms to the 2010 standards, Mark is incorporating the 2006 revisions to the Pension Protection Act. Every change he suggests requires approval from the Board of Directors.

Mark's undergrad degree from Rose-Hulman is in biomedical engineering, and he has another year of work to complete his Master's degree in engineering management. He also has studied at universities in Australia, New Zealand and Germany.

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