For more than 30 years, Michael Meadows has served others through an array of charitable and for-profit organizations. Prior to joining Foundation Management’s team as Vice President, Michael was Senior Vice President and Private Wealth Advisor at Westwood Holdings Group, a publicly traded global asset management firm. He created and led Westwood’s Foundation and Philanthropic Advisory Services, where he advised more than 20 private foundation and nonprofit clients, and individual philanthropists.

He brings experiences from diverse leadership roles, including President and CEO of the Dallas Zoological Society, Executive Vice President for Southwestern Medical Foundation and work as a development officer for The University of Texas at Dallas and The University of Texas at Austin.

Michael has personal experience as a grant maker, serving as a family trustee for The Meadows Foundation and a non-family trustee for the Mike A. Myers Foundation and the Simmons Family Foundation. He also served on the board of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, where he chaired the Foundation’s grants committee.

About Us: Foundation Management was formed in October 2000 by Frank W. Merrick. The knowledge Merrick acquired as a trust officer, professional development officer and director of his own family foundation equipped him with the perspective needed to assist others in their philanthropic goals.

Foundation Management began with one staff member and three clients. Since that time, Foundation Management has grown to serve over 17 management clients, more than 250 nonprofit consulting clients, and maintains a staff of 10.