PORTLAND — The Maine Community Foundation has elected two members to its Board of Directors, Susan Hammond of Orono and Reza Jalali of Falmouth.

Hammond, a Penobscot Nation tribal member, is a founder and the executive director of Four Directions Development Corporation, a Native community development financial institution serving the four Wabanaki tribes In Maine. Prior to Four Directions, she worked for the Penobscot tribe in several different capacities, including Vocation Education Coordinator for the Economic Development Department and Housing Director for the Tribe’s Housing Authority. Hammond received the Maine Small Business Administration’s Small Business Advocate of the Year Award in 2003 and two awards from the Opportunity Finance Network/Oweesta Corporation. She holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of Maine.

Jalali, a longtime resident of Maine, is an immigrant advocate who has taught at the Bangor Theological Seminary and University of Southern Maine. He advises Muslim students at Bowdoin College and directs USM’s Office of Multicultural Student Affairs. His books include Moon Watchers (2010), Homesick Mosque and Other Stories (2013), and The Poets and the Assassin (2015). Jalali has been included in 50 In 52 Journey, a national project to name “Americans who are problem-solvers, idea-generators in their communities, in their cities, and in their States and are moving America forward.”

A statewide organization with offices in Ellsworth and Portland, the Maine Community Foundation works with donors and other partners to improve the quality of life for all Maine people.

FMI: www.mainecf.org, 1-877-700-6800.