The Haile/U.S. Bank Foundation is proud to partner with the Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) and the University of Cincinnati (UC) to offer the Haile Fellowship. Celebrating Ralph's long relationship with UC—first as a proud graduate and later as a Foundation board member—this two-year program provides a promising recent UC graduate with an introduction to the world of philanthropy. A major emphasis of the Haile Fellowship will be hands-on experience at GCF as a member of its grantmaking staff in arts and culture, community development, education, or human services, paralleling our Foundation’s priority giving areas. With the intent of developing emerging professionals in the philanthropic, nonprofit and public sectors, the program also places Fellows at a nonprofit agency for a portion of the program, provides specialized professional development opportunities, and encourages the design of a special project that advances knowledge of a specific topic or community-wide effort.
Current Fellow
Tova Suddarth was selected in October, 2010, to participate in the Haile Fellowship program at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Tova succeeds LaToya Moore, the second Haile Fellow, now an employee of GCF.
Tova graduated this past December from UC’s College of Business with a Master of Business Administration degree and recently completed an internship at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. She left a career in advertising and marketing in Milwaukee, WI to pursue her master’s degree and her interest in the nonprofit field. She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and received her B.A. in Telecommunications from Indiana University Bloomington.
“I am proud that I have been given this opportunity to be a part of the process of creating a better community, through the help of the people in each neighborhood and from the remarkable organizations that are committed to the city they are a part of.”