EVOLVE Business and Professional Magazine November 2019 | Page 16

How Can You Serve?
One on One with Nancy Lohman
by Danielle Anderson
O
pportunities to share your time, talent and treasure come in
many forms. Nancy Lohman serves on the boards of Food
Brings Hope, the Halifax Humane Society, and the Council
on Aging. She is also the President of the Ormond Memorial Art
Museum and Gardens. Offering insight, the philanthropist and
businesswoman shares her perspective on the relationship between
businesses and nonprofits.
You have served on numerous boards over the years and
you are also a business woman. How has the relationship
between businesses and the nonprofits they support changed
over time?
Businesses recognize that consumers are now very interested
and aware of the ways in which companies commit to making a
community impact. It matters. It affects our buying decisions as
consumers and our loyalty. This ultimately helps our non-profits.
When Subaru shares that they are committed to making the
world a better place, and that they love pets, we hope to see them
demonstrate that locally–and we have. Subaru contributed $250,000
for the Halifax Humane Society Community Dog Park and that is
over and above the thousands of dollars they provide to us annually
to help us operationally. They have created a strong national
awareness of their corporate values and they visibly demonstrate
them locally. There are many other companies, with similar levels of
commitment, that are following suit.
Nancy Lohman
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