Ridgway White has led the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation for nearly a decade, overseeing one of the nation’s most prominent philanthropic organizations while spearheading revitalization efforts in Downtown Flint.
In addition to his Foundation role, he chairs the U.S. Sugar Corporation Board and serves on the boards of the Isabel Foundation, Charles Stewart Harding Foundation, MFO Management Company, Ayablu and Mizzen Education, Inc. A graduate of Hobart College, White studied architecture, economics and urban planning. He is a strong advocate for the role community foundations play in driving positive change both locally and globally.
A champion of social entrepreneurship, White played a key role in building two schools on a shared campus in Flint: the Michigan School for the Deaf and Powers Catholic High School. This project provided state-of-the-art facilities for both institutions…