Episode #15: Jeff Yost - Creating Change by Identifying and Building Upon Community Assets

Episode #15 in which Jeff Yost shows us the power of identifying the assets and gifts that people have to build upon.

Jeff Yost is President and CEO of Nebraska Community Foundation, where his talented team is unleashing abundant local assets, inspiring charitable giving, and connecting ambitious people in 270 hometowns throughout 82 of Nebraska’s 93 counties. Jeff has dedicated the past 27 years of his career to NCF’s mission and community-led, asset-based philosophies. Since 1994, NCF and its affiliated funds have reinvested $553 million in Nebraska hometowns.

Prior to NCF, Jeff worked for the State of Nebraska in the governor’s office. Jeff is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has served on many boards and advisory councils including the University of Nebraska President’s Advisory Council, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and the Council on Foundations.

Jeff has taught and consulted on philanthropy, public-private partnerships, and asset-based community development (ABCD) throughout the United States and internationally in 15 countries. He and NCF have been featured in numerous publications including Nonprofit Quarterly, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, and The New York Times. He pens a monthly column published in newspapers across Nebraska. Jeff and his wife, Cindy Ryman Yost, are proud parents of three adult children: Elizabeth, Carter, and Harrison.

You can reach Jeff at the Nebraska Community Foundation here https://www.nebcommfound.org/ or connect with him at LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-yost-5243555/