Episode #15: Jeff Yost - Creating Change by Identifying and Building Upon Community Assets

Episode #15 in which Jeff Yost shows us the power of identifying the assets and gifts that people have to build upon.

Jeff Yost is President and CEO of Nebraska Community Foundation, where his talented team is unleashing abundant local assets, inspiring charitable giving, and connecting ambitious people in 270 hometowns throughout 82 of Nebraska’s 93 counties. Jeff has dedicated the past 27 years of his career to NCF’s mission and community-led, asset-based philosophies. Since 1994, NCF and its affiliated funds have reinvested $553 million in Nebraska hometowns.

Prior to NCF, Jeff worked for the State of Nebraska in the governor’s office. Jeff is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has served on many boards and advisory councils including the University of Nebraska President’s Advisory Council, the University of Nebra ...