John Amoroso
Executive Director
The David and Lura Lovell Foundation
John Amoroso has been the Executive Director of The David and Lura Lovell Foundation since December 2015. John earned a BA in English from Carroll College in Helena, Montana in 1990 and a Master of Nonprofit Management from Regis University in Denver, Colorado in 2014. John has worked in nonprofit management, cross-sector collaboration, and philanthropy across eight western states since 2000. Before joining Lovell, John managed a 7-county region for Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board’s natural resource restoration grant program. Prior to that, he served for 4 years as one of two program officers for The Ford Family Foundation, Oregon’s largest private foundation. Both organizations gave around $35,0000,000 in grants annually at the time. In Arizona, John has been a leader in trust-based philanthropy. In 2018 the Lovell Foundation was awarded Foundation Philanthropy of the Year by Association of Fundraising Professionals, Southern Arizona Chapter. John has been on the Board of Arizona Grantmakers Forum since 2016 and served as Board Chair in 2020. He led the organization through an exciting and challenging time of regional membership growth, a serious exploration of philanthropy’s role in social justice and racial equity, and strategic business planning. He sits on the Membership Committee for Exponent Philanthropy, the nation’s largest philanthropy serving organization, and is a regular contributor to their peer-led educational efforts. John lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife, son, and their rescue pets.
