Foundation Team

Board of Directors

Our board of directors is comprised of executive-level employees within Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, in addition to one medical community representative who also serves on the BCBSNC corporate board of trustees. Brad Wilson, President and CEO of BCBSNC, serves as our Chairman.

Staff

Kathy Higgins
President

Danielle Breslin
Vice President of Operations

Mark Dessauer
Director of Communications

Katie Eyes
Program Officer, Health of Vulnerable Populations

Michael Gay
Operations Manager

Jennifer MacDougall
Senior Program Officer, Healthy Active Communities

Jill Mallatratt
Associate Project Manager

Valerie Stewart
Program Officer, Community Impact through Nonprofit Excellence

Benchmarking Our Grantmaking

Benchmarking Our Grantmaking

The BCBSNC Foundation engaged the Center for Effective Philanthropy to help us benchmark our performance in the eyes of grantees and applicants. We've posted a summary of our results and are pleased to share the findings and feedback with you.

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10th Anniversary Grantees

10th Anniversary Grantees

The BCBSNC Foundation is celebrating 10 years of grantmaking. We are only as successful as our grantees, so it was only fitting to reinvest in some of our best partnerships that are making a real difference for the people served in their communities. See which nonprofit organizations rose to the top and were selected as recipients of our anniversary grants.

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