Cortland Acres Associated has created the Cortland Acres Foundation, a non-profit organization that will help further the mission of the association that includes long-term care, apartment living and single-family duplexes.
Lois Nelson of Thomas is the first executive director of the Foundation, bringing a wealth of management and non-profit experience to the position. She also has strong knowledge of the local community, region and state.
Nelson will work with the Cortland Foundation Board, Cortland Acres staff, and the board’s Planning Committee to identify specific projects and fund-raising goals over the coming months. The Cortland Foundation’s mission is to “Secure the resources necessary to enhance the health and well-being of the Cortland community.”
“My goal is to help make the organizations – Cortland Acres and the Cortland Foundation – successful with whatever projects they undertake,” she said. “People are more likely to give to a cause and to something they feel a connection with. We will identify those kinds of projects while we also build an endowment. How we go about doing all of that will be a work in progress.”
Dewey Rice, president of the Cortland Foundation Board of Directors, said members are excited about having Nelson help move the organization forward.
“I’ve known Lois for many years, and she’s an exceptionally bright and hardworking person,” Rice said. “I’m confident that with all of us working together, we can accomplish great things for Cortland and the entire community.”
Nelson is a graduate of West Virginia University with a Master’s in Business and a B.S. in Family Resources. Most recently she served as the executive director for the Ohio-West Virginia YMCA, where she managed a two-state YMCA youth program including HI-Y, Youth in Government, Model United Nations and Camp Horseshoe.
For more information visit www.cortlandacres.org or call 304-463-4181.
