Mike Howland becomes executive director of SECF.

SECF launches its 2010-2013 strategic plan.

SECF holds inaugural CEO Forum in Jacksonville, Florida.

Charles H. (Pete) McTier becomes Interim President of SECF.

Janine Lee becomes first female and first African American president and CEO of SECF.

Karen McNeil-Miller becomes SECF's first African American board chair.

SECF develops Affinity Group Business Plan as a framework for fostering local and regional affinity groups in the Southeast.

SECF relocates to the 20th floor of 100 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, following 25 years of occupancy at the historic Hurt Building.

SECF establishes the Hull Fellows Alumni Network, comprising more than 300 veterans of the program since its inception in 2000.

The SECF board approves new strategic plan that will guide SECF's work thorugh 2020.

Southern Trends Report, developed in partnership with Candid and SECF, launches online. It documents the scope of philanthropic giving in the Southeastern region.

SECF partners with MDC to produce the landmark report, Philanthropy as the South's "Passing Gear": Fulfilling the Promise.

SECF welcomes the St. Croix Foundation for Community Development, its first member outside of the continental United States.

SECF'S Board establishes the Equity Framework Task Force.

SECF membership consists of more than 360 foundations.

SECF celebrates it's 50th year at it's annual meeting. The 50th anniversary event commemorates many past achievements, cements the permanence of signature programs, and presents a robust and inspiring vision for the next 50 years.