Nealon Devore

Background

About Nealon Devore

Nealon DeVore is the Chief of Staff/Board Liaison at the Nathan Cummings Foundation, a multigenerational family foundation focused on social justice with roots in Jewish values. In this role, Nealon's primary responsibility is to support a culture of collaboration and engagement between board, staff, and other stakeholders. He manages the Board’s governance procedures and facilitates review and updates of policies to align with the Foundation’s values. He also works closely with the leadership team to increase organizational integration and effectiveness, helping things run smoothly across teams, task forces, and working groups. During his time at NCF, he's actively managed and facilitated workstreams that clarified NCF's values, laid out a new organizational strategy, and identified NCF's focus areas. He's also project-managed new initiatives such as making NCF's first program-related investments and participated in working groups on racial equity and inclusion. Nealon has 20+ years’ experience working in cross-functional teams and global operations, with a dedication to public service by working on campaigns, projects, initiatives, and events across a range of socially oriented causes, from global health and development issues to domestic and community-focused nonprofit and philanthropic pursuits. Previously, he worked with The One Campaign, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Clinton Foundation. Nealon also consulted with a range of organizations and projects including AIDS 2016, the World Bank, the Global Poverty Project, and the Association of Public Health Laboratories. Nealon believes that progressive, sustainable change occurs when communities and those with lived experiences have the resources and power to make change. A native of eastern Arkansas, Nealon graduated summa cum laude in political science from the University of Central Arkansas and is a proud alum of its Honors College.