Dancsok Picked to Lead Strategy for Arizona Community Foundation
The Arizona Community Foundation announced that Lisa Dancsok will become chief brand and impact officer beginning May 15.
She will succeed Megan Brownell, who had been with the Foundation for 10 years before she was named senior director of communications for Banner Health Foundation.
Dancsok comes to Arizona from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, where she was vice president, marketing and communications and responsible for a communications program that advances the organization’s priority issues.
In that role, Dancsok created and implemented the “Opportunity Detroit” marketing campaign, oversaw Rock Venture’s philanthropy program and helped launch the Detroit Homecoming program with Crain’s Communications, among other accomplishments.
Dancsok’s background includes the creation and implementation of the award-winning “Pure Michigan” campaign for the State of Michigan while serving as senior vice president, marketing and legislative affairs at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Prior to that, she served as managing partner of D&D Advisors and held senior level positions at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
In her role as a member of the executive management team, Dancsok will lead the Arizona Community Foundation’s strategic initiatives, overseeing all aspects of marketing and communications, branding, strategy and analysis, market research, resource development, governance and Board relations, and assessing and conveying social and financial impact.
“We are thrilled to welcome Lisa to ACF,” said Steve Seleznow, president & CEO of the Arizona Community Foundation. “Lisa’s expertise and experience in brand management, business strategies and impact assessment, matched by the energy she brings to her work, will more than accelerate ACF’s impact at a time when our organization is leading the conversation, throughout the state, on a number of important issues.”
Dancsok holds an executive master’s of business administration and a bachelor’s degree in advertising, both from Michigan State University.
