The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service Center on Community Philanthropy has selected two Scholars in Residence for the 2016-2017 academic year. The Scholar in Residence program, established in 2009, is extended to researchers, practitioners and senior executives who have demonstrated exemplary contributions in the field of community philanthropy.
Dr. Earl Lewis
President, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
October 12-14, 2016
Dr. Earl Lewis became the sixth President of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in March 2013. A noted social historian, Dr. Lewis has held faculty appointments at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Michigan, and Emory University, where he served as provost, and has authored or co-authored eight books. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Dr. Lewis earned an undergraduate degree in history and psychology from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota and a PhD in history from the University of Minnesota. As the leader of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dr. Lewis has reaffirmed the Foundation’s commitment to the humanities, the arts, and higher education by emphasizing the importance of continuity and change.
Robin D. Ferriby
Vice President of Philanthropic Services
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
February 27-March 3, 2017
Robin D. Ferriby is Vice President of Philanthropic Services for the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and a vice president of the Foundation for Detroit’s Future, an organization that administers and oversees the “Grand Bargain” that resulted in Detroit’s exit from bankruptcy. Robin graduated from the University of Detroit School of Law and holds an undergraduate degree from Michigan State University. Today, his philanthropic leadership at the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan includes responsibility over new gifts, donor stewardship, professional advisor relationships, new market and product development, philanthropic planning for individuals, families and businesses, and foundation relationships.
During their residencies each scholar will write an essay on community philanthropy, interact with students, faculty, and wider community, and present their work at 12:00 noon on the last day of their visit as a part of the Clinton School Speaker Series at the Clinton School of Public Service.
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