Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Hires Lindsey Rossow-Rood as Philanthropic Services Officer

Detroit, MI, August 01, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan named Lindsey Rossow-Rood as philanthropic services officer. In this position, she will be responsible for fund development and donor relations.

Rossow-Rood comes to the Community Foundation from the University of Michigan School of Social Work, where she had worked since 2005, first as development officer and most recently as director of development and alumni relations. For the latter, she successfully closed six- and seven-figure gifts to the school and also oversaw the school’s endowment and various gift accounts.

The Livonia resident previously held positions with the Women’s American ORT Michigan Region, Michigan Democratic Coordinated Campaign and (Sander) Levin for (U.S.) Congress.

Rossow-Rood holds bachelor’s (Community Development) and master’s degrees from Wayne State University.

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is a permanent community endowment built by gifts from thousands of individuals and organizations committed to the future of southeast Michigan. The Foundation works to improve the region’s quality of life by connecting those who care with causes that matter. The Foundation supports a wide variety of activities benefiting education, arts and culture, health, human services, community development and civic affairs. Since its inception, the Foundation has distributed more than $530 million through more than 42,000 grants to nonprofit organizations throughout Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe, Washtenaw, St. Clair and Livingston counties. For more information, please visit www.cfsem.org.