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Kari Isaacson

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Originally from Portland, OR, I began in my career in the nonprofit sector right after law school in 1980. I have been a successful fund-raiser, mostly in higher education, and grantmaker. I began at The Skillman Foundation in Detroit as its first program officer in 1985, and ultimately was President and CEO. I left the Foundation in 2004, and became VP for community relations for one of the major divisions of UnitedHealth Group (Minnetonka, MN). I was then Interim President and CEO of Northwest Area Foundation in St. Paul for a year. I have been a consultant in grantmaking for foundations and companies. I joined the Blue Mountain Community Foundation in 2013 as Executive Director after working as Director of Development at the University of Arizona Medical School. I have worked in the past under my former married name, Schlachtenhaufen.