Jane Leighty Justis

“The Heart of the Matter …Teaching Philanthropy to Future Generations”

Jane Leighty Justis
Executive Director, The Leighty Foundation

Monday, February 11, 2008
12:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Mediterra
West Entrance, Clubhouse Main Dining Room
15755 Corso Mediterra Circle
Naples, Florida

Jane Leighty Justis

Jane Leighty Justis is a trustee and the Executive Director of The Leighty Foundation, founded in Waterloo, Iowa by her father in 1985. The mission of the Foundation is to carry on the Leighty family legacy of service and stewardship by leveraging our time and talents, as well as our financial resources primarily in the areas of science and the environment, education, and the promotion of philanthropy and volunteerism.

Jane is active, locally and nationally, in the promotion of philanthropy through leadership roles with such organizations as the Council on Foundations, the National Center for Family Philanthropy, the Association for Small Foundations, the Colorado Association of Funders, the Colorado Springs Funders Forum, and the Pikes Peak Community Foundation. She is a former member of the national board for the Women’s Philanthropy Institute.  In addition to her role with the Foundation, Jane is also a nationally recognized speaker about the opportunities and challenges of family philanthropy. 

Jane has a degree in Education from the University of Denver, a certification in Volunteer Management from the University of Colorado, and a Masters in Christian Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary.

She and her husband live in the mountains of Colorado. She describes herself as a classic aging Baby Boomer as she and her husband now have two grown children, two perfect grandchildren, an RV, and a small dog.