John Ryan, treasurer of the Cape Area Community Foundation, received a Board Member Award of Excellence from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.

Ryan, an attorney with Spencer Fane, was one of five board leaders within the CFO’s network of regional affiliate foundations honored during a virtual affiliate meeting on May 13. Typically announced at an annual conference in the fall, the awards were postponed due to the pandemic.

“No matter what the task, John is always willing and able to help,” said CACF Board President Skip Smallwood, who nominated Ryan for the honor. “I know he stays very busy with his legal practice, but always takes time for our community foundation.”

“Great leaders make our affiliate foundations more successful, which in turn make the communities they serve so much stronger,” CFO President Brian Fogle said. “With such a deep dedication to their community, they know how philanthropic resources can be best used to improve the lives of their neighbors.”

The Cape Area Community Foundation, founded in 2015, is one of the CFO’s 53 regional affiliate foundations. The CFO is a regional public charitable foundation established in 1973 that provides asset and resource development, grantmaking and public leadership across central and southern Missouri.