NexGen Capital Consultants

Responsibilities

Deborah J. Gillespie serves as a Senior Advisor for NexGen Capital Partners, LLC.

Experience

Ms. Gillespie has more than 30 years of accounting experience and 20 years of experience in the philanthropic sector.  She is currently Vice President of Finance and Administration and Treasurer of The Joyce Foundation, a private grantmaking organization focused on public policy located in Chicago, Illinois, with assets approaching $1 billion.  She serves as a member of the Executive Management Committee and has oversight responsibilities that include finance and accounting, compliance, human resources, information technology, facilities, grants management and taxes.  In addition, Ms. Gillespie currently serves as the President of the Foundation Financial Officers Group (FFOG), a national organization of financial officers from large, private foundations.

Prior to joining Joyce in 2000, Ms. Gillespie was Director of Finance and Administration of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.  She joined the Donnelley Foundation in 1995 and was responsible for management of finance, investment strategy and operations.  She also participated in organizational development, reviewed proposals and prepared recommendations for grants.  In 1990, Ms. Gillespie served as the Financial Director of Great Lakes Protection Fund (GLP Fund), an environmental grantmaking organization created by the governors of the Great Lakes states.  She oversaw its finances including the permanent endowment and investment program for the GLP Fund.  During an extended absence of an executive director at the Fund, she shared the executive leadership duties with a colleague.

Previously, Ms. Gillespie served as Financial and Administrative Manager for two non-profit organizations devoted to the preservation and acquisition of open space, as an accountant with McGladrey & Hendrickson, an international certified public accounting firm, as the sole owner of her accounting practice and as controller for several toy manufacturing companies.

Education

Ms. Gillespie received her BA degree in organizational management from Concordia University.

All members of the Council of Senior Advisors serve pursuant to a senior advisor agreement with NexGen Capital Partners, LLC and do not have any decision making or executive authority or any fiduciary duties to the Company or any of its affiliates.

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