Economic Opportunity Funders (EOF) is pleased to announce the addition of Marcia Egbert, Program Director for Thriving Families and Social Justice at The George Gund Foundation to the EOF Steering Committee in 2025!
As Program Director for Thriving Families and Social Justice, Marcia directs grantmaking strategies that emphasize public policy advocacy and systems change efforts to unleash the potential of EVERY greater Cleveland child. Prior to joining the Foundation in 1998, she was vice president of the National Urban Policy Institute, a public interest policy analysis and lobbying organization in Columbus, Ohio. She also served as government relations director for the Cuyahoga County Commissioners and worked for the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. Marcia is active in a number of local, state and national philanthropic organizations including the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, Economic Opportunity Funders, and the Health Taskforce of Philanthropy Ohio.
EOF Steering Committee members serve three-year terms, with the possibility of renewal for a second consecutive term. Steering Committee members provide oversight and guidance to EOF and represent the network’s diversity across a variety of dimensions, including gender, geographic location, organization size and type, and race and ethnicity.