Jenna Ray joins West Central Initiative

FERGUS FALLS (KDLM) – Jenna Ray of Morris, Minnesota, has joined West Central Initiative as a Development Associate.

Ray will help to create new outreach and community engagement efforts, increase interactions among donors, and strengthen the organization’s donor database.

“Jenna will connect and engage with people throughout our region to further West Central Initiative’s philanthropic efforts,” said Director of Development Rebecca Lynn Petersen. “Building our capacity through philanthropy will benefit this region in so many ways.” For example, Petersen said, last year West Central Initiative distributed grants totaling almost $1 million, along with more than $6 million in funds secured for businesses and organizations within the region.

Prior to joining West Central Initiative, Ray worked as an editor/writer and, more recently, as a senior communications specialist for the University of Minnesota Morris, where she also earned her B.A. degree in English with emphasis in Multicultural Studies and Theatre Arts.

West Central Initiative is a regional community foundation serving the nine west central Minnesota counties of Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, Wilkin and the portion of White Earth Nation in Becker County.