Vice President of Programs
Community Foundation of the Ozarks
Bridget Dierks is vice president of programs at Community Foundation of the Ozarks. She is responsible for the development and operation of grant programming through the Metropolitan Springfield and Coover Regional grant programs.
She created the request for proposal for the Northwest Project and is its lead funder representative. The Northwest Project is a poverty reduction program focused on northwest Springfield. Dierks also directs the Youth Empowerment Project of the Ozarks, an organization that focuses on youth philanthropy in the southern tier of Missouri.
A native of Cabool, Missouri, she received undergraduate degrees in communication and professional writing in 2005, and a communication graduate degree in 2009, all from Missouri State University.