The Boston Foundation, Greater Boston’s community foundation, has announced the appointment of Travis McCready as its new vice president for program. McCready has been serving as the first-ever executive director of the Kendall Square Association since 2010, where he led the efforts to preserve, promote and advance the interests of the Kendall Square neighborhood and business district during a time of major change and expansion.
The hiring was announced by Paul S. Grogan, president and chief executive officer of the Boston Foundation, who first brought McCready to the Foundation in 2001 to serve as his first chief of staff. McCready will rejoin the Foundation beginning Feb. 4.
“The Boston Foundation has committed itself to building ever-stronger community connections,” said Grogan, who first worked with McCready in their time at Harvard University, where McCready was director of community affairs and Grogan was vice president for government, community and public affairs. “Travis was a key partner in remolding the Foundation in the early years of my tenure, and he is the right person to help us enhance those connections, while bringing with him an exceptional background in the business, innovation and nonprofit sectors.”
The Boston Foundation is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the nation, with net assets of more than $800 million. In 2012, the Foundation and its donors made $88 million in grants to nonprofit organizations and received gifts of close to $60 million.