Victoria Rogers, vice president of arts at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, has spent nearly a decade overseeing investments in Miami and seven other cities where the foundation funds and fosters growth in media, tech, arts and community-building.
“Creating connection where there is none, and looking from a lens of ‘What are the possibilities to change lives?’ Who doesn’t want to do that?” Rogers said in a Zoom interview with the Miami Herald.
On Monday, Rogers and the Knight Foundation announced her upcoming retirement.
Rogers will remain at the foundation, which averages $135 million annually in grants, until Dec. 31. But moving on and letting go is not a light decision for someone who’s had a lifetime career in nonprofit management.
“It’s an important role to play,” she said. “I’m really grateful that I was given the opportunity here. I love these eight cities I’ve been able to be in to see what’s important to them, how they’re different, where they’re similar, and knowing that they have the capacity to address what comes their way.”