Greetings!   It is with mixed emotions that I inform you that FPN Vice President Maggie Osborn will be leaving Florida Philanthropic Network to accept the position of President for the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, FPN's colleague organization based in Hartford, CT. She begins this new role on May 1, 2013. Maggie joined the FPN staff in October 2010, and during her 2.5 years here she has played a key role in moving FPN forward in many ways to achieve our mission. She has strengthened FPN's educational and professional development opportunities for our members, including our annual Summit; helped create or expand several of our member affinity groups; and has been a major force in the growth of our membership. Maggie has also provided helpful advice, counsel and friendship to many of our members. Although we will all miss Maggie greatly, I am pleased that she will still be a part of FPN's national network of regional associations of grantmakers (RAs). I look forward to working with her as a fellow RA leader. I think it says a great deal about FPN that we are playing a key role in nurturing the next generation of leadership in the RA field and making an important contribution to the philanthropy field nationwide. We will soon be sending out information about our staffing plans following Maggie's departure. In the meantime, please join me in wishing Maggie all the best in the next phase of her career.       Sincerely,           David Biemesderfer President & CEO Florida Philanthropic Network 813-983-7396 dave@fpnetwork.org