Heron Foundation Chief Will Move to a New Position

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June 19, 2017 | Read Time: 1 minute

Clara Miller, who has led the Heron Foundation since 2011, will move into a new role on December 31: president emerita.

In 2018 and 2019, she will spend her time on research and writing for Heron, as well as other projects of her choosing, which may include teaching and working with other organizations on issues of common interest.

The Heron Foundation has long been a pioneer in investing for both financial and social returns, an approach that gained new momentum this year when the Ford Foundation announced that it plans to invest $1 billion of its $12 billion endowment for mission. In 2013, under Ms. Miller’s leadership, Heron committed to investing its entire portfolio for mission — a milestone the fund reached late last year.

Dana Bezerra, a senior vice president at Heron, will lead ongoing operations.

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Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.