Dr. Reatha Clark King – Dr. Reatha Clark King, former President and Executive Director of the General Mills Foundation is one of the individuals who will be part of an advisory group being created for the Legacy of Achievement Foundation.
Dr. King has held many leadership positions on the local and national level, serving on boards and task forces for numerous philanthropic, civic, nonprofit, higher education, corporate and government organizations and agencies.
Dr. King was a member of the board of directors of the Minnesota Council on Foundations from 1990 to 1999, and chaired the board from 1993 to 1995. Currently she sits on the boards of the University of Chicago (life trustee), H. B. Fuller Company Foundation, Clark Atlanta University, Exxon Corporation, Hispanics In Philanthropy and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.
Dean Mitchell – Another advisor for the Legacy of Achievement Foundation is Dean Mitchell who is recognized as one of the finest painters in America and who has been awarded almost every major painting award in the country. Coming from poverty and raised by his grandmother, Dean has risen to the heights of the art world. His work, which deals with the universal themes of life, death, family and psychological and spiritual revelations, has appeared in numerous publications and can be found in private, corporate and museum collections across the United States