Director Press Forward (The Miami Foundation) | Remote On behalf of The Miami Foundation, we are pleased to announce that Dale R. Anglin will serve as the inaugural director of the growing coalition of local and national funders committed to investing more than $500 million to strengthen communities, democracy, and local news known as Press Forward. Anglin, a leader in philanthropy and journalism, brings expertise crucial to Press Forward’s mission, particularly in fostering collaboration among funders to tackle systemic challenges, supporting local news initiatives, and crafting initiatives focused on racial equity. As Director of Press Forward, Dale Anglin will lead a movement to reinvigorate local news by working with funders to deploy millions of dollars to news initiatives across the country.Anglin currently serves as Vice President for Proactive Grantmaking at the Cleveland Foundation, the oldest community foundation in the country, where she has led the effort to invest in a regional network of nonprofit journalism initiatives, including the creation of Signal, a local news coalition serving Ohio. Throughout her philanthropic career, Anglin has led multiple funder collaboratives that have brought together a range of organizations to address challenges. Earlier in her career at the Newark-based Victoria Foundation, Anglin led a collaborative that helped more young people enter college. More recently, she spearheaded Cleveland-based collaboratives that created a new system of integrated physical health and mental wellness in schools, addressed community violence, and assisted the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Anglin’s experience leading racial equity initiatives will benefit Press Forward, where one of the four funding priorities is to close long-standing gaps in journalism coverage. Originally from Chicago, Anglin has a bachelor’s degree with honors in government and African American Studies from Smith College and a master’s degree from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. She served as an Alfred P. Sloan/Association for Public Policy and Management Fellow and was in the first cohort of the Council on Foundations Career Pathways Leadership Program. Currently, Anglin serves on the boards of Signal Ohio, the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation, and Adopt a Classroom.Karen Avery led this search with Clay Batley, Alexis Ditaway, Berlinda Mojica, and Isabelle Atkinson.