The Dayton Foundation is pleased to name Janice L. Culver, CPA, as its new Governing Board chair and Alonzo Patterson III, MD, as its newest Board member. The Governing Board provides stewardship for the Foundation and its more than 4,100 charitable funds.
Culver, who will serve a two-year term as chair, has been a Governing Board member since 2017. She previously chaired the Foundation’s Marketing and Public Relations Committee and most recently served as Board vice chair and member of the Executive and Grants Committees. After 25 years of service for KeyBank NA, Culver retired in 2013 as its chief fiduciary officer in Cleveland and returned to the Dayton area.
Culver’s strong commitment to the region and the state is evident in her many volunteer activities. Previously, she served as chair for the boards of Culture Works, Dayton Performing Arts Alliance (currently is an honorary trustee), Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton Foundation and its Investment Committee, and the YWCA Dayton; as a former board member of the Alliance for Education and Friends of the Dayton Ballet; and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Dayton. She was the president of the Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association Board and Montgomery County Historical Society (now Dayton History). In recognition of her volunteer efforts and in making a difference in the community, she was honored in 2024 as a YWCA Woman of Influence.
In Ohio, Culver was appointed by Governor Mike DeWine in 2022 to serve on the Accountancy Board of Ohio and served on the board of the Ohio CPA Foundation and was a board member and former chair of the Ohio Society of CPAs. During her time in Cleveland she served as board vice chair for the Alzheimer’s Association Cleveland Area Chapter and as board chair for the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture.
Alonzo Patterson recently was appointed to the Foundation’s Governing Board for a five-year term. A board-certified pediatrician in private practice since 1992, Patterson is on the medical staff for Kettering Health, Miami Valley Hospital, Primed Physicians and Dayton Children’s, where he also is the chief medical health equity officer. Additionally, he is an assistant clinical professor for Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and previously served as the assistant dean of Minority Affairs in the Office of Student Affairs. He currently serves as chair of the board for Omega Community Development Corporation and is a board member for Dayton Early College Academy and The Physicians’ Charitable Foundation of the Miami Valley, a component fund of The Dayton Foundation. He also is active in the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics and the National Medical Association. Previously, Patterson served as a board member for Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.
About The Dayton Foundation
The Dayton Foundation has been the trusted charitable giving resource for thousands of individuals, families and organizations since 1921. Ranked among the oldest and largest community foundations in the nation, the Foundation has awarded more than $1.37 billion in grants since its founding, with current assets from all funds exceeding $1.12 billion.