Grantmakers in the News

July 1, 2003

NYRAG Names New President

The New York Regional Association of Grantmakers has announced the appointment of Michael Seltzer as its new president.

Seltzer has extensive experience in the nonprofit sector, including serving as founding executive director of Funders Concerned About AIDS, chair of New School University's Nonprofit Management Program, and, most recently, director of the Conference Board's Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel initiative. In addition, he has served on NYRAG's board of directors and on standing committees of the Council on Foundations and Independent Sector. He is the author of the Foundation Center's book Securing Your Organization's Future: A Complete Guide to Fundraising Strategies.

"NYRAG is a vibrant organization and an essential resource for New York-area funders," said Seltzer. "My aim is to maximize NYRAG's ability to help our members do their essential work — improving peoples' lives both locally and globally and to interest others in joining the ranks of our region's vital philanthropic community."

Seltzer will succeed Barbara Bryan, NYRAG's president for the past eighteen years.

"New York Regional Association of Grantmakers Names New President." New York Regional Association of Grantmakers Press Release 6/26/03.