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Richard Moyers

Richard L. Moyers is program officer for the Meyer Foundation's Nonprofit Sector Advancement Fund, which includes a management assistance program for grantees, support for broad efforts to strengthen the nonprofit sector, and a cash-flow loan program.

Prior to joining the Meyer Foundation in November 2003, Rick was executive director of the Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations (OANO), a statewide coalition of more than 650 nonprofits that provided leadership, education, and advocacy to strengthen Ohio's nonprofit sector. Under his leadership, OANO established a public policy program and became one of the first state associations outside Maryland to adopt the Standards for Excellence ethics and accountability code.

Before joining OANO in 1999, Rick spent seven years at BoardSource (formerly the National Center for Nonprofit Boards), concluding his tenure as vice president for programs and services.

A long-time resident of the Washington area, Rick holds a bachelor's degree from Columbia Union College in Takoma Park, Maryland, and an M.A. from the University of Baltimore. He has served on the boards of the Bethesda Academy of Performing Arts and the Support Center of Washington, and as a committee member for Independent Sector, United Way of Central Ohio, the First Nonprofit Unemployment Savings Program, and the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations' Standards for Excellence initiative.

He is a frequent speaker and trainer on nonprofit management and leadership issues, has written for The Chronicle of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Times, and was the co-author of A Snapshot of America's Nonprofit Boards, the first national nonprofit governance survey.