Gulf Coast Community Foundation has selected Christine Stobaugh, CPA, as its new chief financial officer. Stobaugh is responsible for maintaining the financial integrity of the foundation through expert direction of its financial, fund accounting, and investment activities. She began her new position with Gulf Coast on August 13. Stobaugh has extensive corporate finance and accounting experience, most recently serving for eight years as CFO of Grain Management, a private equity firm focused on the communications sector with $750 million in assets under management. She has held full oversight of finance and accounting in several prior positions, including acting as point person with external auditors, and has led multiple systems implementations. Stobaugh also brings extensive community involvement to her new role in philanthropy. She currently operates a food-truck business in the Sarasota-Bradenton area that provides capital for a not-for-profit mobile eatery she also runs to deliver nutritious meals to residents in need.

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