Jennifer Giovannitti

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Biography

Ms. Jennifer Giovannitti serves as President & Trustee at Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. She is the President and a Trustee of the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, a private family foundation founded in 1944. The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation is a regional philanthropy organization focusing on West Virginia and Southwestern Pennsylvania. The Foundation generally invests two-thirds of its grant dollars in West Virginia and one-third in Southwestern Pennsylvania, making it a place-based funder with a dedication to rural communities. Before joining the Foundation, Ms. Giovannitti led community-based initiatives for seven years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, working regionally and nationally on issues facing low-income communities and advancing strategies for community investment. She formed the West Virginia Loan Fund Collaborative in 2012 to better understand the impact of small business lending in underserved communities. Ms. Giovannitti currently serves on local, regional, and national boards, including the Board of the Regional Industrial Development Corporation (Pittsburgh), is a Trustee of Davis and Elkins College (West Virginia), and is a partner with the Richard King Mellon Foundation and The Heinz Endowments in Almono, LLC (Pittsburgh). She is a member of the International Women's Forum and serves on the National Advisory Council for Building Healthy Places (national) and the Community Advisory Board for Trust Bank (regional). She also is a member of the Investment Committee for the Strategic Investment Fund (Pittsburgh-regional). Ms. Giovannitti obtained her MA in Community and Regional Planning from the University of British Columbia, and her BA in Planning and Urban Studies from the University of Pittsburgh.