Tonya Allen
Director, Sun Communities, Inc.
Since
2021
Experience
- Board Member, Living Cities
- Trustee, GHR Foundation
Qualifications, Attributes, Skills and Experience
- Institutional investment experience with private and public endowments, with large public and private equity holdings. Current stewardship includes oversight of a $2.8 billion endowment.
- Impact investing expertise and co-chair of US Impact Alliance's Presidents Council for Impact Investing, includes 20 leading foundations with $80B assets under management
- Sustainability leadership in climate and energy, diversity and inclusion, and economic development, including education and talent
- Current Member of the General Motors Inclusion Advisory Board and serves or served as an advisor to Quicken Loans, CMS Energy, DTE Energy, Huntington and PNC Banks regarding inclusion or corporate responsibility efforts
- Demonstrated track record of devising corporate responsibility strategies that have received national accolades and state regulatory approvals
- Former President and CEO of The Skillman Foundation
- Fellowships with the German Marshall Fund, Aspen Institute, Pahara Institute, Rockwood Leadership Institute, and American Enterprise Institute
- Strategic impact lauded by Detroit News (Michiganian of the Year), Crain's Detroit Business (News Makers of the Year & 100 Most Influential Women), Chronicle of Philanthropy (Five Innovators to Watch) and Twin Cities Business (Top 100 and 2023 10 People to Watch)
- Master's in Public Health, Master's in Social Work, and Bachelor's in Sociology from the University of Michigan, executive education at Harvard University, and honorary doctorate from Ecumenical Theological Seminary
