Winter Kinne
President & CEO
Community Foundation of the Ozarks
Winter Kinne is the fourth president and CEO of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks since its founding in 1973. She is responsible to the board to carry out the CFO's mission to enhance the quality of life through resource development, community grantmaking, collaboration and public leadership in 63 counties in central and southern Missouri.
Kinne joined the CFO in June 2005 upon graduation from Drury University, where she earned degrees in English and writing. In August 2010, Kinne completed her master's in business administration at Drury. She has held a variety of roles during her tenure at the CFO, most recently as the vice president of development.
Originally from Mount Vernon, Missouri, Winter is currently a board member for Philanthropy Missouri. She is a Fellow in Charitable Estate Planning. Winter also co-chaired two successful citizen-led school bond campaigns in 2023 and 2019 for Springfield Public Schools.
In 2024, Kinne was selected as 12 People You Need to Know by the Springfield Business Journal and received the Missouri Lt. Governor’s Women of Achievement Award. In 2012, she received the 40 Under 40 award from the Springfield Business Journal.
Kinne resides in Springfield with her husband, Marshall, and two ornery and fantastic children, Walker and Kate.
How does Philanthropy Missouri support your work in the philanthropic sector?
Working in community foundation development for 10+ years and now as the CEO means I share how the CFO can assist a person, family or organization to ensure their charitable giving is effective, educated and efficient. This means our staff needs to be well-versed in all things philanthropy. Philanthropy Missouri is a great educational resource as well as network of other professionals in the field.