201 Front Ave SW Suite 200
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
616-331-7585
jcp@gvsu.edu
Office Hours:
M - F 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Breta C. Cooper, M.B.A.
Title: Instructor
Program: The Grantmaking School
Bio
Breta Cooper is currently Executive Vice President of The Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation and The Mayerson Foundation. She is also President of Golden Management Group, Inc., a consulting firm focused on project management and program development for grantmakers and nonprofit organizations.
Breta has worked in the nonprofit sector for over fifteen years and has been with the Mayerson Foundation for over twelve. Over the years, she has developed and managed numerous new programs and led the effort to develop and implement the Greater Cincinnati Common Grant Application. Currently, Breta oversees the Mayerson Foundation’s grant making activities including new program development, budgeting, grant making policies and procedures, and strategic planning. She also led the process to create a new operating foundation, The Mayerson Foundation which she also manages.
Breta is a founding board member of the Values in Action Institute, a nonprofit organization created to advance the science of positive psychology and serves on the boards of Give Back Cincinnati, Madeira Schools Foundation, and The Greater Cincinnati Arts & Education Center.
Breta received her Bachelor of Arts from DePauw University and her Masters in Business Administration from Xavier University. She was named to the Cincinnati Business Courier’s “40 Under 40” list in 2003. She is a Cincinnati native, is married and has two children.
