The Greater New Orleans Foundation is the community foundation serving the 13-parish region of metropolitan New Orleans.

WE DO OUR WORK BY:

Designing and leading
initiatives to improve the region.

Connecting donors to
community needs.

Identifying and supporting
great nonprofit organizations.

Strengthening civil society.

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LaToria L. Willis

LaToria L. Willis

LaToria (Tori) L. Willis is manager of donor relations and scholarships for the Greater New Orleans Foundation. A native of Shreveport, she moved to New Orleans to join the Foundation in 2005. Previously, she worked with community service organizations AmeriCorps-ShrevCorps and Shreveport Green, leading community clean-up and recycling education projects, for which she received Louisiana’s Outstanding AmeriCorps Member Award and the Presidential Service Award from President William J. Clinton. Tori is actively engaged civically. She is on the boards of the Young Leadership Council, New Orleans Women’s Shelter, and Save Our Schools NOLA. She is also a member of the Southeastern Council on Foundation’s Hulls Fellows, Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, Association of Fundraising Professionals, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics at Northwestern University of Louisiana