Portland, OR – The Oregon Community Foundation today announced the appointment of Jeff Anderson as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. The appointment is effective immediately. Anderson’s duties will include strategic planning, operations management, and employee development for the foundation. OCF is Oregon’s largest foundation, with assets of more than $1 billion and 1,700 funds under management,  providing more than $60 million per year in grants to nonprofits around the state.  

Anderson is currently Senior Program Officer at OCF, where he manages the statewide community grants program and other OCF funds and projects. Prior to joining OCF in 1998, Anderson was associate vice-president for development at Lewis & Clark College, where he coordinated a major comprehensive campaign from 1991 to 1997. Anderson has served on volunteer committees for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon, Entrepreneur’s Foundation of the NW and the Black United Fund. He currently serves as Vice President on the board of directors for Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington.