Nebraska Community Foundation (NCF) (nebcommfound.org) recently added a new staff member and promoted another, strengthening its team and mission to build stronger communities.

Chloe Higgins joined NCF as Youth Engagement Specialist, a new role that supports the organization’s 1,500 volunteer community leaders in their efforts to invite, include, engage and unleash the goodness of youth and young adults.

Higgins is a beneficiary of NCF’s investment in young people, starting in seventh grade with a Youth Philanthropy Grant from the Nebraska City Community Foundation Fund, an affiliated fund of Nebraska Community Foundation. She served as the inaugural Hometown Intern in 2019 and the Hometown Intern Coordinator in 2020.

Higgins graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business in 2022 with a major in Economics, and she is currently enrolled in UNL’s Rural Economic and Community Vitality Certificate. Prior to joining NCF, she served as the Workforce Development Coordinator at the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development.

Additionally, Nebraska Community Foundation promoted Anders Olson to Director of Affiliated Fund Development, a role that creates, coordinates and administers education, training and technical assistance for NCF affiliated funds. Olson will lead NCF efforts to grow community endowments and catalyze positive community impact with the payout of those endowments.

Olson previously worked for NCF as an affiliated fund development coordinator for communities in northeast and north central Nebraska before returning in 2022 as Director of Peer Learning. He obtained his undergraduate degree and his Master of Business Administration from UNL.

NCF unleashes abundant local assets, inspires charitable giving, and connects ambitious people to build stronger communities and a Greater Nebraska. Visit nebcommfound.org for more information.