Erika Riddle Petrozelli is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, which helps donors with their charitable contributions using a simple, powerful, and highly personalized approach. Joining the Foundation in 2014 as Director of Donor Services, she focused on maintaining and expanding philanthropic relationships of the Foundation and was named the CEO in 2021. She has also served as Vice President of Philanthropy, contributing to strategic decisions and community leadership activities, particularly during the pandemic. 

Erika is also a CPA that provides professional knowledge and advice about charitable giving to a wide range of Lehigh Valley residents, from individuals and families to their trusted advisors and local businesses. She was recently named Vice Chair of the board of the Pennsylvania Community Foundation Alliance.

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Would you like to make charitable contributions, leave a legacy, and impact the world? What’s the best way to achieve your goal? 

Many people are willing to help their communities and support the causes that matter to them. There has been a rise in nonprofit organizations and community foundations to help. And now, Erika Riddle Petrozelli shares how she's running a community foundation that helps donors with charitable contributions using a simple, powerful, and highly personalized approach. 

In today’s episode of Cornerstone Unplugged, join JP Cavaliere and Stephen Link as they sit down with Erika Riddle Petrozelli, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, to discuss what it takes to run a community foundation. Erika explains how she got into the nonprofit space and her role in the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, the Foundation’s role in other nonprofits, endowment, how capacity building impacts the Foundation, and how people can invest with the Foundation.