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Comstock-Gay Leaving Vermont Community Foundation

Stuart Comstock-Gay is stepping down as president and CEO of the Vermont Community Foundation.  Comstock-Gay has led the organization since 2008. He is leaving to head the Delaware Community Foundation.

In a statement, Comstock-Gay said the new position, "presents me with an opportunity to work in a setting that includes diverse urban and rural communities, and the challenges that are inherent in those places."

The Vermont Community Foundation is one of 700 community foundations in the U.S. which which help direct the charitable work of organizations and individuals dedicated to improving quality of life in communities. The organization played a central role in Tropical Storm Irene recovery.

According to the most recent annual report, the organization has more than $214 million in assets and awarded more than $15 million in grants in 2014.

Comstock-Gay will leave the foundation in late January.  No replacement has been named.

Steve has been with VPR since 1994, first serving as host of VPR’s public affairs program and then as a reporter, based in Central Vermont. Many VPR listeners recognize Steve for his special reports from Iran, providing a glimpse of this country that is usually hidden from the rest of the world. Prior to working with VPR, Steve served as program director for WNCS for 17 years, and also worked as news director for WCVR in Randolph. A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Steve also worked for stations in Phoenix and Tucson before moving to Vermont in 1972. Steve has been honored multiple times with national and regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his VPR reporting, including a 2011 win for best documentary for his report, Afghanistan's Other War.
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