The local nonprofit community is losing a central leader with news Friday that Aaron Falk is stepping down after four years as president and CEO of Kern Community Foundation to take a similar position in South Carolina.<\/p>\n
His immediate successor will be Chief Impact Officer Fatima \u201cTeems\u201d Tulfo, who the foundation said will serve as interim CEO during a search for a permanent president and CEO.<\/p>\n
Chairwoman Lydia Chaney thanked Falk in a news release crediting him with strengthening the foundation\u2019s programs and building strong relationships with local nonprofits and donors.<\/p>\n
\u201cAaron has done a wonderful job with the foundation\u2019s growth,\u201d Chaney stated. \u201cWhile we are saddened to see him go, we wish Aaron and his family the absolute best in their upcoming chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n
The release said Falk grew the foundation\u2019s scholarship program to more than $1 million while supporting over 120 local nonprofits. It credited him with launching the Bakersfield Youth Jobs Program and leading Borel Fire disaster relief.<\/p>\n
Falk\u2019s formal departure date was not reported but he is expected to take his new job in January.<\/p>\n
Supporting local nonprofits and administering various programs, the 25-year-old foundation is home to almost 200 charitable funds with assets topping $50 million. It runs Give Big Kern, the community-wide annual philanthropic event.<\/p>\n
The Community Foundation of the Lowcountry said in a news release Dec. 16 that, following the retirement of its leader for the last four years, Falk was appointed its president and CEO following a search by executive search firm Kittleman.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a beautiful area with rich heritage,\u201d Falk said in the release. \u201cCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry will continue to build on its momentum and tradition of making the Lowcountry a better place to live, work and visit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The local nonprofit community is losing a central leader with news Friday that Aaron Falk is stepping down…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[59292,151,153,152,59295,59293,59294,59296],"class_list":{"0":"post-110649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-aaron-falk","9":"tag-bakersfield","10":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","11":"tag-bakersfield-news","12":"tag-central-leader","13":"tag-community-foundation","14":"tag-fatima-teems-tulfo","15":"tag-the-foundation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}