New program officer at Driehaus Foundation

Sejal Shah-Myers is a new part-time Program Officer for The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. She works in several of the Foundations’ program areas with a special emphasis in Economic Opportunity for the Working Poor and provides fundraising technical assistance to Foundation grant recipients. Shah-Myers brings 13 years of experience in philanthropy to her new role. In addition to grantmaking, she has worked as a fundraiser and consultant to nonprofits. Shah-Myers was most recently the Director of Corporate Partnerships at the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago. Before that she was Manager of Donor Services at The Chicago Community Trust. Shah-Myers has a Masters degree in Nonprofit Administration from North Park University. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Management at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois and she enjoys reading, yoga and riding her tandem bike with her husband.