Lifelong Grant County resident, Judy became Executive Director of the Grant County Community Foundation (GCCF) in December 2017 when GCCF became an independent foundation. Judy is a graduate of Grant County Rural High SChool and Mundelein College, a branch of Loyola University in Chicago. She worked for 28 years in the lending department at Grant County Bank, the last 10 as Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer. Judy has a firm grasp of how a community foundation can benefit the community from serving six (6) years on the Board of Directors of the Western Kansas Community Foundation, one (1) year a Vice Present and one (1) year as the President. She was among the founders of Grant County Community Foundation, serving six (6) years on the board, two (2) as president and two (2) as secretary. Judy was named GCCF’s Community Coordinator in 2013 and served in that role until being named Executive Director in 2017.