Marvin I. Schotland is president and chief executive officer of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Los Angeles, the largest central clearinghouse for Jewish philanthropists in Southern California, with assets of nearly three-quarter billion dollars.
Mr. Schotland began his tenure at The Foundation in May 1989 as executive vice president, after having served four years as the executive director of the Jewish Community Foundation of Metrowest, New Jersey. He was previously executive director of the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona for two years. During his tenure at The Foundation, its assets have grown from $90 million to nearly $800 million dollars, over 800% increase.
A native of Youngstown, Ohio, Mr. Schotland earned his bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Cincinnati. He was an assistant attorney general for the state of Ohio and was in private legal practice in Tucson, Arizona specializing in income and estate tax planning. He also has been co-adjunct professor at the University of Arizona and at Rutgers State University.
Completing his term in September 2008, Mr. Schotland served as Chair of the Board of Southern California Grantmakers (SCG), a regional membership association representing the full spectrum of the philanthropic community including private independent foundations, family foundations, corporate foundations and giving programs, community foundations, public foundations, private operating foundations and individual philanthropists. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of the University of Southern California's Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Funders Network and also serves on the Board of Directors of more than 25 family foundations. Mr. Schotland is a frequent speaker on philanthropy and charitable gift planning.