The Dayton Foundation has named a new vice chair and two new Board members to its Governing Board, which provides stewardship for the Foundation and its charitable activities.

New Governing Board vice chair is Gary L. LeRoy, M.D. He has served as a Governing Board member since 2004 and chaired the Foundation’s Grants and Progams Committee. LeRoy is associate dean of Student Affairs at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and has continued to serve the Dayton community as a physician at East Dayton Health Center for 18 years.

The new Board members are Craig J. Brown and Col. Colleen M. Ryan.

Craig Brown is senior vice president, treasurer and CFO of The Standard Register Company. During his tenure with Standard Register, he has held positions in international finance and treasury operations and has worked as a divisional controller.

Brown serves on the boards of the Dayton Ballet Association and the YMCA of Greater Dayton and is a member of The Dayton Foundation’s Finance Committee. He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University.

Col. Colleen M. Ryan retired in 2008 after 26 years of service in the United States Air Force. At retirement, she was the 88th Air Base Wing and Installation Commander of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, one of the largest air base wings in the Air Force, with more than 5,000 military, civilian and contractor employees.

She currently is vice president of Defense Programs with The Dayton Development Coalition. Ryan is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Since 1921 The Dayton Foundation has been helping people help others in the Dayton community and beyond. The Dayton Foundation helps donors find the best and most tax-wise ways to achieve their charitable objectives, invests and manages donors’ charitable funds, and provides grants and leadership to grow philanthropy and help meet present and future community needs. More information about The Dayton Foundation and its services is available at www.daytonfoundation.org.