Foundation Source Philanthropic Advisors Announces Additions to Leadership Team

FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foundation Source, the nation's leading provider of support services for private foundations, today announced that two senior executives have joined the leadership team of Foundation Source Philanthropic Advisors. John Oddy, based in New York City, will work primarily with the company’s East Coast clients, and Berit Ashla, based in Berkeley, California, will serve as a philanthropic resource for the company’s West Coast clients. They join a team that includes Sharon Schneider, Philanthropic Director, Central Region, and Page Snow, Chief Philanthropic Officer and President, Foundation Source Philanthropic Advisors, who is based in Fairfield, CT.

“Foundation Source has an impressive and growing client roster of individuals and families keenly interested in finding new ways to have real impact with their foundations. I’m excited for the opportunity to use my experience to help them achieve their goals.”

John Oddy, a former Executive Director of the Royal Oak Foundation, brings to the company extensive leadership and management experience in the nonprofit sector. He has served as a Program Officer of the Getty Grant Program, a Vice President of the Judith Rothschild Foundation, and a Program Officer of the J.M. Kaplan Fund. A graduate of Bard College and New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service, Mr. Oddy has also worked for the Regional Plan Association and Hudson River Heritage, and served on committees of The Municipal Art Society of New York and on the board of the American Friends of the Attingham Summer School.
Berit Ashla joins the company after serving in a variety of positions at the Tides Foundation, including Program Officer, Director of Management Strategies and Services, and Special Projects consultant. She has also served as Manager of the Threshold Foundation. Prior to Tides, Ms. Ashla worked at the United Nations Environment Program’s Paris office and at the Marin Community Foundation. Ms. Ashla serves as a director on several boards including the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, École Bilingue de Berkeley, Abundance Foundation, and Mal Warwick and Associates. A graduate of Amherst College, she has served on the board of the Schott Foundation for Public Education and is a featured speaker at many national grantmaking conferences.

Foundation Source Philanthropic Advisors provides a wide range of advisory, programmatic and educational services to Foundation Source’s more than 900 private foundation clients. The team of expert advisors helps clients with the substance of philanthropy, complementing Foundation Source’s back‐office and administrative services.

Commenting on the staff additions, Page Snow, Foundation Source Chief Philanthropic Officer and President, Foundation Source Philanthropic Advisors, said, “John and Berit bring an incredible depth of experience to the company. Their stellar track records at some of the largest and most prestigious philanthropic organizations round out an extraordinary team of advisors. We are delighted to have them with us and I know our clients will be, too.”

John Oddy said, “Some of the most exciting work in philanthropy today is being done by individuals and families who are personally involved in charting their foundation’s mission. I’m pleased at the opportunity to work with them in making their vision a reality.”

Berit Ashla said, “Foundation Source has an impressive and growing client roster of individuals and families keenly interested in finding new ways to have real impact with their foundations. I’m excited for the opportunity to use my experience to help them achieve their goals.”

About Foundation Source (www.foundationsource.com)

Foundation Source is the nation’s leading provider of support services for private foundations. The company’s back-office, online and support services allow foundations to focus on their mission, strategy and family priorities while spending less time on administration and compliance tasks. The result: better run foundations with greater social impact. Foundation Source was recently named Philanthropic Group of the Year by the editors of Private Asset Management.

Foundation Source provides its full range of award-winning services to more than 900 private foundations coast-to-coast representing over $4 billion in foundation assets. Foundation Source provides its services through partnerships with the nation’s leading private wealth management firms, trust and estate attorneys and CPAs. The company is headquartered in Fairfield, CT with regional offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Seattle.