The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida President Nina Waters informed the nonprofit’s board of trustees that she will retire by Sept. 1, 2023.
“Nina just celebrated her 21st year at The Community Foundation, and while we are saddened by the thought of her departure, we know she richly deserves the rest and relaxation that will come with retirement,” U.S. District Judge Brian Davis, Community Foundation board president, said in a Sept. 20 news release.
The board has retained a national search firm with experience placing community foundation executives in high profile positions, Davis said.
Waters joined the organization as its president in August 2001, two weeks before 9/11.
“Out of those dark days, she rose as a leader and community pillar whose presence is requested at nearly every major conversation in our community. In partnership with donors, trustees and the team she has built, Nina has ensured that The Community Foundation is and will continue to be an anchor philanthropic institution in Northeast Florida,” Davis said.
“What has been so incredibly clear to me throughout my time at The Community Foundation is that any success that we achieve is the result of the generosity of our fundholders, the tireless work of our nonprofit partners and the unwavering commitment to our mission to stimulate philanthropy to build a better community by our Staff and Trustees,” Waters said in the release.