Haven Leeming

Senior Program Officer, Builders Vision

Haven Leeming is a Senior Program Officer for Builders Initiative and believes that philanthropic efforts should always put communities first. Haven leads Builders Initiative’s food grantmaking, both hyper locally in Chicago neighborhoods and systems-wide in food is medicine and procurement. She developed her philanthropic and subject-matter expertise during her previous tenures at The Chicago Community Trust, the region’s community foundation, and the IDP Foundation, a small family foundation. She sits on the Steering Committee of the Chicago Region Food System Fund, which responds to hunger and business disruption by bolstering the region’s local food system. Haven graduated from Carleton College and earned a joint master’s degree in business administration and master’s degree in public policy from the Booth School of Business and Harris School of Public Policy from The University of Chicago respectively.