Javier Alberto Soto Elected to Council on Foundations Board

May 7, 2012 - PRLog -- MIAMI, FL -- The Council on Foundations elected Javier Alberto Soto, The Miami Foundation’s President and CEO, to its board of directors on April 30, during the 2012 Annual Conference in Los Angeles.

“We welcome Javier to the Council’s board and look forward to working with him in the years ahead. The leadership he’s shown at The Miami Foundation has been transformative and we are confident that he brings those same skills to us and the philanthropic sector,” said Interim President and CEO Jeff Clarke.

“I am proud to be elected to the Council on Foundations board. The leadership, resources and transparency the Council provides to over 1,700 community, corporate, family and private foundations across the country are vital in maintaining a sound philanthropic sector,” said Soto.

Soto, who previously served on the Council’s public policy committee, will serve a three-year term and chair the public policy committee. The board shapes and advances the Council’s strategic direction and its role in the philanthropic sector. As a board member he will work to set organizational priorities, identify emerging issues and trends and seek to fulfill the Council’s mission.

Soto joins the board with two other new members, Eugene W. Cochrane Jr., President of The Duke Endowment and Linda P. Evans, President and CEO of The Meadows Foundation.

About the Miami Foundation:  Established in 1967, The Miami Foundation has helped hundreds of people create personal, permanent and powerful legacies by establishing custom, charitable Funds. With foundation expertise, fundholders have fostered the arts, awarded scholarships, championed diversity, taught kids to read, provided food and shelter for the hungry and homeless, and more. More than $150 million in grants and scholarships has been awarded in the Foundation’s 45-year history. Today, the Foundation is steward to more than $150 million in charitable assets. More information can be found at miamifoundation.org.

About the Council on Foundations:  The Council on Foundations (www.cof.org), formed in 1949, is a nonprofit membership association of grantmaking foundations and corporations. Council members include more than 1,700 independent, operating, community, public and company-sponsored foundations, and corporate giving programs in the United States and abroad. The Council’s mission is to provide the opportunity, leadership, and tools philanthropic organizations need to expand, enhance, and sustain their ability to advance the common good.