Who We Are

Meredith Freeman

Meredith has extensive experience in the social impact sector and community development. She has worked with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Citibank Global Community Relations and mostly recently served as program director for the Fair Food Network. In this role, Meredith was also one of the chief architects of our recent program related investment in the Michigan Good Food Fund in collaboration with the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. In 2014, Meredith was selected for the inaugural class of the Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network. Meredith received a B.A. from Michigan State University, and an M.S. in Management and Urban Policy from the New School University in New York. She has also served as adjunct faculty for graduate level courses in Nonprofit Management at Seton Hall University and the New School.

Follow this link to hear Meredith speak about the Foundation’s value of Shared Learning.

“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” – Toni Morrison, “Beloved”

Meredith Freeman

Meredith has extensive experience in the social impact sector and community development. She has worked with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Citibank Global Community Relations and mostly recently served as program director for the Fair Food Network. In this role, Meredith was also one of the chief architects of our recent program related investment in the Michigan Good Food Fund in collaboration with the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. In 2014, Meredith was selected for the inaugural class of the Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network. Meredith received a B.A. from Michigan State University, and an M.S. in Management and Urban Policy from the New School University in New York. She has also served as adjunct faculty for graduate level courses in Nonprofit Management at Seton Hall University and the New School.

Follow this link to hear Meredith speak about the Foundation’s value of Shared Learning.