The Funders Network
Ron Milam has a diverse work experience in the non-profit sector. Ron started their career in 1997 as a Communications Manager at the Surface Transportation Policy Project. From 1997 to 1999, they also served as a Program Supervisor at Bike LA Safety Training. In 1998, they became the Executive Director of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, a position they held until 2003. Subsequently, they joined Enterprise Community Partners as a Senior Development Specialist, where they helped raise funds for affordable housing and community development. In 2005, they started their own consultancy called Ron Milam Consulting, where they provided organization and network development services to various clients on the Pacific Coast. In 2016, they worked as a Consultant for SoCal Grantmakers, specifically focusing on organizing and facilitating environmental funder convenings. Ron Milam then joined The Funders Network in 2014, first as the Coordinator of the Los Angeles Funders Collaborative, supporting collaboration among funders in Los Angeles, and later as the Director of Smart Growth California, working towards building healthy, equitable, and sustainable communities throughout California.
Ron Milam earned a Master's Degree in Organization Development from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, which they attended from 2012 to 2014. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Planning, Public Policy and Management from the University of Oregon, where they studied from 1994 to 1997. In addition to their formal education, Ron Milam also holds a certification as a Certified Professional Facilitator, which they obtained from the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) in May 2012.
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The Funders Network
The Funders’ Network (TFN) exists to inspire, strengthen and expand funding and philanthropic leadership that yield environmentally sustainable, socially equitable and economically prosperous regions and communities. Our vision is that the Funders’ Network will be the leading resource in philanthropy for interdisciplinary and transformative thinking and action that gives all people the opportunity to live in more environmentally sustainable, socially equitable and economically prosperous regions and communities. TFN believes that collaboration is where real change takes root. When funders decide to act, lead, and advance an agenda together, entire regions and policies can be transformed. We staff funder working groups by providing support to help advance shared learning, develop best practices, create policy agendas, support policy reforms, and improve outcomes on issues and in places. While each issue- or place-based funder working group has its own priority agenda and work plan, the working groups use similar models and tactics for raising funder awareness, building funder knowledge and capacity, and facilitating impact and action. These tools and approaches include: -Funder outreach and education -Convening and networking -Research and analysis -Supporting regional and place-based practice -Pooled funds and investments -Policy reform In addition to the working groups currently staffed by the Network, we also provide strategic support and services to other place-based and regional funder collaboratives, such as the Great Communities Collaborative in the Bay Area, the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative in the Twin Cities, and an emerging Intermountain West Funder Network.
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