BISMARCK – Minot native Steve Lipp has been selected by the North Dakota Community Foundation Board of Directors to serve as the organization’s next president/CEO. Lipp will replace Kevin Dvorak, who is retiring Dec. 31 after 37 years at the foundation. Lipp has more than 30 years of experience in relationship building and staff management and more than seven years of experience in endowment-focused fundraising. He previously worked as the executive director of Foundation & Mission Advancement for the Bishop Ryan Catholic School Foundation and as the director of Development for the Minot State University Foundation. He earned a Catholic Philanthropy Post-Graduate Certificate from the University of Mary in 2018. A graduate of Northwestern College of Chiropractic in Bloomington, Minnesota, Lipp is also a practicing chiropractic physician, most recently at Active Life Chiropractic in Bismarck. “It is a privilege and an honor to be selected to serve as the next president and CEO of this great foundation,” Lipp said. “I am a lifelong resident of this great state and am excited to work for an organization committed to improving its communities and the quality of life of its citizens.” Lipp will start work at NDCF on May 1 as president, while Dvorak continues as the CEO until his retirement. “Steve’s passion for development work, as well as his management experience over the course of his career, made him stand out during our selection process,” said C.J. Hager, chair of the NDCF Board of Directors and a member of the NDCF transition team. “We are confident in his abilities to lead this organization and continue its important work.” NDCF was organized in 1976 as a public, non-profit tax-exempt corporation which receives and distributes charitable funds to support a wide range of programs that benefit North Dakotans and their communities. NDCF currently administers over $160 million in more than 950 individual charitable funds, including 69 community foundations and more than 200 scholarships for North Dakota youth. The organization has 11 total employees, several hundred volunteers, and offices in Bismarck, Dickinson, Larimore and Wahpeton.

BISMARCK – Minot native Steve Lipp has been selected by the North Dakota Community Foundation Board of Directors to serve as the organization’s next president/CEO. Lipp will replace Kevin Dvorak, who is retiring Dec. 31 after 37 years at the foundation.

Lipp has more than 30 years of experience in relationship building and staff management and more than seven years of experience in endowment-focused fundraising. He previously worked as the executive director of Foundation & Mission Advancement for the Bishop Ryan Catholic School Foundation and as the director of Development for the Minot State University Foundation.

He earned a Catholic Philanthropy Post-Graduate Certificate from the University of Mary in 2018. A graduate of Northwestern College of Chiropractic in Bloomington, Minnesota, Lipp is also a practicing chiropractic physician, most recently at Active Life Chiropractic in Bismarck.

“It is a privilege and an honor to be selected to serve as the next president and CEO of this great foundation,” Lipp said. “I am a lifelong resident of this great state and am excited to work for an organization committed to improving its communities and the quality of life of its citizens.”

Lipp will start work at NDCF on May 1 as president, while Dvorak continues as the CEO until his retirement.

“Steve’s passion for development work, as well as his management experience over the course of his career, made him stand out during our selection process,” said C.J. Hager, chair of the NDCF Board of Directors and a member of the NDCF transition team. “We are confident in his abilities to lead this organization and continue its important work.”

NDCF was organized in 1976 as a public, non-profit tax-exempt corporation which receives and distributes charitable funds to support a wide range of programs that benefit North Dakotans and their communities. NDCF currently administers over $160 million in more than 950 individual charitable funds, including 69 community foundations and more than 200 scholarships for North Dakota youth. The organization has 11 total employees, several hundred volunteers, and offices in Bismarck, Dickinson, Larimore and Wahpeton.