Hugh C. Burroughs, M.A.

Most recently, Mr. Burroughs was president and CEO of The Berry Gordy Family Foundation in Los Angeles. Prior to that assignment, he served in leadership staff positions at the John Hay Whitney Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.  As senior program officer at the Hewlett Foundation, he designed the Foundation's first Northern California grants program, and implemented that program in the fields of community economic development, youth employment, community foundation endowment and human services. As director of external affairs for the Packard Foundation, he managed Foundation relationships with government officials, philanthropic and nonprofit leaders, as well as the public at large, and supervised portions of its funding programs.

 

Among infrastructure organizations, Mr. Burroughs has served on the Boards of the Council on Foundations, The Foundation Center, the Association of Black Foundation Executives, Hispanics in Philanthropy, Women in Philanthropy, Northern California Grantmakers, and CIVICUS. He delivered the Eighth Annual James A. Joseph Lecture: Changes in Philanthropy and The Role of Affinity Groups in 1999. He has also co-edited More Minorities in Health, and contributed to Perspectives on Collaborative Funding.

 

Mr. Burroughs earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics and education from Columbia University in New York City, and completed the certificate program of The Nonprofit Management Institute at Harvard University.  He served as a member of The Grantmaking School Advisory Board.