Megan Greer, Eric Lane and Diego Sanchez have joined the Collaboratory team.
Greer officially joins the Collaboratory team as a Partnership Manager for FutureMakers Coalition. In her new role, she will support and coordinate partners working with students from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade to improve workforce development by ensuring they are prepared for education and training after high school. Her career includes work in many capacities to increase access to education, healthy food, livable environments and supportive community programs. Greer served as a Worksite and Policy advocate for Blue Zones Project of Southwest Florida before becoming the Executive Director of the organization. She holds a Graduate Certificate, Local Government Management from FGCU and a bachelor’s degree in Technical Journalism and Public Relations from Colorado State University. She is currently completing her master’s in public administration at Florida Gulf Coast University. Greer has been named a Naples Illustrated Top 100 Leaders.
Lane joins the Collaboratory team as Senior Philanthropic Advisor. He spent the last nine years with The Salvation Army of Lee, Hendry and Glades Counties, most recently working with individual and corporate donors throughout the region to fund programs and development of services geared toward serving the homeless and hungry communities. He is very active serving the community and volunteers with The Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce, the Salvation Army Youth Camps, Habitat for Humanity and is also a Big Brother with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Suncoast.
Sanchez joins Collaboratory as an Employer Recruitment Specialist with FutureMakers Coalition. In his new role, he will support employers’ recruitment efforts by helping them navigate the pipeline of talent coming out of Southwest Florida’s education and training programs. He has a strong background in client relationship management, most recently dealing with national franchises in commercial real estate brokerage. He is fluent in Spanish and holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from FGCU.
ABOUT COLLABORATORY
Collaboratory is a regional community foundation with an evolved mission committed to coordinating the solving of Southwest Florida’s major social problems by 2040. Not alone, but with everyone—the entire community working together across all five counties: Lee, Hendry, Glades, Charlotte and Collier.
Collaboratory provides community leadership, raises and coordinates funding, and disburses funds to organizations that are helping solve the problems our donors and the community have identified as priorities. Collaboratory also provides capacity building with training and resources for regional partners. Given the complexities of the social challenges in our region, Collaboratory ensures we are all working together and that every generous donor achieves the biggest impact with their funds. By using and sharing data to track progress, we ensure that donor dollars are best invested to move the needle on improving social issues.
Connection and collaboration are at the heart of our mission. Since 1976, we have made over $120 million in grants to individuals and organizations across the region to enhance the quality of life for current and future generations. It is upon that legacy of a commitment to community we will collectively achieve our 2040 goal. To learn more and get involved, call 239-274-5900 or visit www.collaboratory.org.
