Susan Hallett
Contact Information:
shallett@tcfrichmond.org
(804) 330-7400 Ext. 124
Biography:
Susan joined The Community Foundation in 2001 and has served as Program Officer since 2005. In this role, she supports the Foundation’s community grants program, Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities. In addition, Susan manages the REB Awards for Teaching Excellence, the REB Awards for Distinguished Educational Leadership and the Foundation’s Scholarship Program. She is also an advisor to the Youth Philanthropy Project. Prior to coming to the Foundation, Susan worked for the Points of Light Foundation and the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.
Susan is a member of the Program Network for Community Foundations and, in 2005, she was selected as a Hull Leadership Fellow by the Southeastern Council on Foundations. In addition to her role at the Foundation, Susan works to improve the lives of young people in the City of Richmond as a board member for The Carver Promise, a nonprofit organization that matches university mentors to students at Carver Elementary School.
Susan earned a BA in Sociology from Mary Washington College and a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Virginia Commonwealth University.