Boston Foundation appoints Lisabeth Llewellyn to the position of Chief Administrative Officer

Boston –The Boston Foundation has named Lisabeth Llewellyn as Chief Administrative Officer, overseeing human resources, information technology, and office and facilities management.

In addition, a new position of Director of Information Technology has been created, which will have responsibility for planning and managing the Foundation’s information systems, including its database. Michaela A. June, formerly an independent consultant, has been named to that position.

Llewellyn comes to the Boston Foundation from Fidelity Investments, where she served as a Director in program management, supplier management and e-procurement in positions of increasing responsibility over the past eight years. She first joined Fidelity as a senior buyer in 1994.

In addition to her position at Fidelity, Llewellyn serves as the Director of Community for the Junior League of Boston, overseeing 300-plus volunteers and 17 community programs and budgets in Greater Boston. She is also a former Vice President of the New England Aquarium Volunteer association.

“Chief Administrative Officer is a complex and important position,” said Paul S. Grogan, President and CEO of the Boston Foundation.  “She will be responsible for keeping this organization at a high and consistent level of efficiency while she continues to raise the bar with respect to technology, putting her at the intersection of change and continuity. And the creation of a new position in Information Technology recognizes the growing importance that effective management of the Foundation’s deep knowledge of the region holds as we address the challenges and opportunities facing the region.”

June has served as a consultant in a variety of entrepreneurial ventures. Earlier, she was a Consumer Support Manager for Bank of America in Boston.

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The Boston Foundation, Greater Boston’s community foundation, is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the nation, with assets of over $964 million.  In 2007, the Foundation and its donors made more than $92 million in grants to nonprofit organizations and received gifts of more than $155 million.  The Foundation is made up of approximately 900 separate charitable funds established by donors either for the general benefit of the community or for special purposes.  The Boston Foundation also serves as a major civic leader, provider of information, convener, and sponsor of special initiatives designed to address the community’s and region’s most pressing challenges.  For more information about the Boston Foundation, visit www.tbf.org or call 617-338-1700.