A Truly European Network – Dafne Announces New Board
The Donors and Foundations Networks in Europe (Dafne) announced the election of a new chair and board member. The new appointments took place during the Dafne Members’ General Assembly on 21 January 2021.
Newly elected as the Chair of the Board of Directors is Carola Carazzone (Secretary General of the Italian association Assifero). She is succeeding Felix Oldenburg who chaired Dafne from 2017 to 2021. Magdalena Pekacka (Executive Director of Polish Donors Forum) was re-elected as Vice-Chair of Dafne. Carol Mack (Chief Executive of UK’s Association of Charitable Foundations) has joined the board as a new member.
„Dafne, representing collectively over 10.000 foundations, has a unique role to play in enabling, developing, accelerating and multiplying the collective impact of European philanthropy. (…) Dafne can make a big difference in unlocking the huge potential that lies in private resources, including non-financial support, and in contributing to strategic partnerships of multi-sector stakeholders„, states Carola Carazzone in her new role as chairman.
The Dafne board of directors is constituted of representatives of different philanthropic associations across Europe. The election took place in the midst of the process led by Dafne and the European Foundation Centre (EFC), of building tomorrow’s umbrella organisation for European philanthropy as an inclusive, participatory and innovative hub for foundations and philanthropy networks alike.
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