James K. Cummings
is a senior consultant at TCC Group, a strategic consulting firm that works with foundations, nonprofits and corporate giving programs to help them increase their social impact. At TCC she primarily works with foundations on strategic planning engagements. Her clients have included large national foundations, community foundations and numerous family foundations. She is President of the board of the Hill-Snowdon Foundation, which supports social justice efforts throughout the U.S. She also serves on the board of the Ms. Foundation for Women and co-chairs the Council on Foundations’ Next Generation Advisory Task Force. Blanchard is a graduate of Stanford University and received her Masters in Public Policy from U.C. Berkeley.

James K. Cummings has been an activist/philanthropist for more than 35 years, with deep passions for the Environment, Jewish Life, Social Justice, and Family Centered Medicine.  James presently serves on the boards of The Nathan Cummings Foundation and The Abraham Fund Initiatives.  He recently completed serving on Jewish Funders Network board and six years of service with Committee on Family Foundations for the Council on Foundations.


In Israel, James serves on the International Council of the New Israel Fund having previously served on the steering committee of the Green Environment Fund and from its conception, the Israel Cooperative Program. 


James serves on the Advisory council for Bainbridge Graduate Institute.  He has lectured California State University, Long Beach, and at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles.

 

James is married to Sonia Simon Cummings, is the father of two adult daughters, and two grandchildren.

 

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