Our Team

Julia Carey, grants administrator, is responsible for the Foundation’s grantmaking system and processes. This includes tracking proposals and grant awards made by the Foundation and all grant correspondence, payments, reports, and files. Julia supports prospective grantees through the grant application process, including deadlines, requirements, decisions, and reports. She also troubleshoots any technical difficulties with proposal submission.

Prior to joining the Foundation in 2025, Julia was the grant programs manager at Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, where she managed a portfolio of 100+ organizations. While at CAC, Julia planned and implemented the two-year general operation support grants which distributed $10.2 million each year. Julia has a B.A. in studio art and religious studies from the College of Wooster. Her interests include sustainable agriculture and gardening, ceramics, rock climbing, and reading books.

Carolyn Cleveland provides support to the program directors for Creative Culture and Arts and Vibrant Neighborhoods and Inclusive Economy. Before joining the Foundation in 2023, Carolyn was the manager of operations with the Fund for Our Economic Future. Carolyn has an associate degree from Cuyahoga Community College and holds multiple certifications in human resource management and project management. She serves on the advisory council of the International Women’s Conference and is the founding board president of the Northern Ohio Recovery Association, a position she held for 17 years.

Jennifer Coleman is the Foundation’s program director for Creative Culture and Arts. Prior to joining the Foundation, Coleman, an architect, was president of her own design firm, Jennifer Coleman Creative. Earlier in her career, she practiced architecture at several local architecture firms. She also founded CityProwl.com, a company that produced audio walking tours of Cleveland that highlight the distinctive history and architecture of Cleveland.

Among her many civic endeavors, Jennifer has served as chair of the Cleveland Landmarks Commission, the Downtown/Flats Design Review Committee and the Group Plan Commission. She also has been a member of the board of trustees of many local arts and cultural organizations. Coleman received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University.

Mikayla Coleman is the 2025–2027 George Gund Foundation fellow working across program areas. Mikayla previously served as the community involvement coordinator at Metro West Community Development Organization, where she supported resident-led initiatives, coordinated neighborhood events, and deepened partnerships with local groups. She also worked as a teaching artist and administrative contractor with the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, where she mentored teens through the ArtWorks program, provided marketing and planning support for youth-led events, and assisted with interviewing, alumni tracking, and organizational communications.

Mikayla holds a Master of Arts in Creative Business Leadership from the Savannah College of Art & Design and a Bachelor of Science in Public Management and Policy from Cleveland State University. She is also a graduate of the Neighborhood Leadership Development Program, where she focused on equity-centered community leadership.

Marcia Egbert is the Foundation’s program director for Thriving Families and Social Justice. Prior to joining the Foundation in 1998, she was vice president of the National Urban Policy Institute, a public interest policy analysis and lobbying organization in Columbus, Ohio. She also served as government relations director for the Cuyahoga County Commissioners and worked for the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives.

Marcia is active in a number of local, state and national philanthropic organizations including the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, Economic Opportunity Funders, and the Health Taskforce of Philanthropy Ohio. She currently serves in leadership roles with the Ohio Transformation Fund, PRE4CLE (Cleveland’s plan for high-quality pre-K), First Year Cleveland (infant mortality reduction coalition), Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition, and the Governor’s Lead Advisory Committee; she is a trustee of the McGregor Foundation. Egbert is a two-time alumna of The Ohio State University, having received both B.A. and J.D. degrees from that institution.

In her role, Cindy provides executive-level support to the president and manages operations for the Foundation. Cindy is responsible for coordination and communication with board members, extensive calendar maintenance, management of various in-house processes, and collaborative work across the Foundation.

Treye Johnson is the Foundation’s program director for Vibrant Neighborhoods and Inclusive Economy. Prior to joining the Foundation, Treye worked at the Reserve Bank of Cleveland as program manager for the Federal Program on Economic Inclusion, and regional outreach manager in the community development department. He also previously worked in philanthropy with the Burton D. Morgan and George Gund Foundations.

Treye’s current civic engagements include the St. Dominic Racial Equity Task Force and the Hillcrest Hospital NICU parent support group. Organizations he has previously served with include the Center for Community Solutions, the Fund for Our Economic Future, the Welsh Academy, and the Trust for Public Land. Treye received a M.S. in sport administration from the University of Louisville, and an B.A. in communications from John Carroll University.

Paula Kampf assists the program directors for Climate and Environmental Justice and Thriving Families and Social Justice. She serves on the board of directors of Greater Cleveland Community Shares and as Cleveland program coordinator for the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Before joining the Foundation in 2016, she was Meaningful Matters Incorporated’s director of organizational development and social-emotional leadership, and has also served as manager of volunteer, spiritual care and bereavement services for a Cleveland hospice.

Paula has a B.A. in communications and Theatre from Notre Dame College, a M.A. in ministry from Ursuline College, and holds a certificate in applied positive psychology.

John Mitterholzer is the Foundation’s program director for Climate and Environmental Justice. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2008, he was a program officer at The Cleveland Foundation. John is the former chair of the Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, the current co-chair of the Climate and Energy Funders Group and an active member of the Environmental Grantmakers Association.

He holds a B.A. in history from Baldwin Wallace University and an M.A. in history from the University of Memphis.

Ann Mullin, executive vice president, leads the Foundation’s finances, operations, program-related investments, communications, and the Foundation’s growing role as an activist shareholder. She also directs the Foundation’s public education portfolio.

Ann has been with the Foundation since 2005. As program director for public education, she has led the Foundation’s investments in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s high schools portfolio, the Higher Education Compact, the Cleveland Plan, PRE4CLE, the Cleveland Transformation Alliance, and Say Yes to Education Cleveland.

Ann has a Master of Legal Studies from Cleveland Marshall College of Law, an MBA from Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, and a Bachelor of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2005, she served as program officer for education and program associate for arts and culture at the Cleveland Foundation, and operations director at Montessori Development Partnerships. She has also worked for National City Bank, IMG, and has experience teaching music and arts. Ann is a trained vocalist and lives in Cleveland with her family.

Tony Richardson became president of The George Gund Foundation in 2022. Prior to joining the Foundation, he served as executive director of The Nord Family Foundation in Amherst, OH. Before working in philanthropy, Tony held positions in the private sector, K-12 education, higher education, and government.

In 2011, Tony was elected as a councilmember-at-large in the City of Lorain, becoming one of the youngest people elected to a citywide seat. During his second term, Tony served as chair of the police, fire, and legislative standing committee, and sponsored legislation to increase hiring goal percentages for racial minorities and women on city projects. In 2012, he served as the civic and political chair for the Lorain City Schools Levy Committee, which helped the school district pass its first new levy for operating dollars since 1992. Later that year, Tony was invited by the Obama Administration to attend a “Working Meeting on Fiscal Cliff” at the White House.

In 2017, Tony was appointed by Ohio’s Superintendent of Public Instruction to serve as chair of the Lorain Academic Distress Commission, a joint local and state committee established to turnaround the Lorain City School District. He is a recipient of Philanthropy Ohio’s 2017 Emerging Philanthropist Award, and his work has been featured in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and The Center for Effective Philanthropy.

Tony currently serves as board chair for Funders Together to End Homelessness and The Center for Effective Philanthropy, respectively. He also serves as a board member for The Corella & Bertram F. Bonner Foundation.

Tony holds a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and a juris doctorate from The Ohio State University’s Michael E. Moritz College of Law.

Kayli Salzano is the 2023–2025 George Gund Foundation fellow working across program areas. Kayli previously worked as the gallery manager at Waterloo Arts. They have also worked at Reinberger Gallery where they organized public programs and assisted the director in gallery operations. In addition to maintaining a visual arts practice, Kayli has worked at several local exhibition spaces as an art handler. They received their Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Kayli’s professional experience has included residency with the Arts Leadership Residency, hosted by Assembly for the Arts and Cleveland Leadership Center; co-organizing an online creative community called Create Parade; and serving as gallery intern at Praxis Fiber Workshop, among many others.

Donovan Young is the program officer for the Thriving Families and Social Justice and Public
Education program areas. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2024, he was program associate for
social impact and strategy at The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation

Donovan previously held internships at Case Western Reserve University’s office of corporate
relations, Neighborhood Connections, and served as a research assistant for the National
Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities.

Donovan graduated from Case Western Reserve University magna cum laude with a Master of
Science in Social Administration and a Master of Nonprofit Organizations. He also holds a
Bachelor of Arts in sociology and humanities from Azusa Pacific University in California, where
he also graduated magna cum laude.