September 24, 2009

Markell Appoints Georgetown Attorney to Delaware Community Foundation

Georgetown – Cindy L. Szabo, Esq. has been named as the Gubernatorial Appointee to the Board of Directors of the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF), a nonprofit organization that “connects people who care” by managing charitable funds and awarding grants to nonprofit organizations that benefit Delawareans.
 
“Cindy is a highly respected attorney with a background that is ideal for serving with the Delaware Community Foundation and our Southern Delaware Advisory Committee,” according to Fred C. Sears II, DCF President and CEO. “Her expertise in estate planning and estate administration will undoubtedly prove beneficial to our organization and our donors.”  
 
Ms. Szabo, a Partner with Ellis & Szabo, LLP in Georgetown, concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, real estate and general corporate law. Her estate and tax planning expertise, including wills and trusts, charitable and gift planning as well as her experience in assisting and advising executors and trustees regarding estate and trust administration are professional areas applicable to the work of the Foundation.
 
“I am truly honored to have been appointed by Governor Markell. I have seen firsthand how the Delaware Community Foundation assists individuals and families to achieve their charitable goals, allowing them to create a lasting impact on their communities,” noted Ms. Szabo. “I look forward to serving on the Board and working with the other members in continuing the great work of the Foundation.”
 
Cindy is on the Board of Directors of the Southern Delaware Estate Planning Council. She is a member of the Delaware Technical & Community College Development Council and Co-Chair of its Gift Planning Committee. Cindy is also a member of the Delaware State and Sussex County Bar Associations. She will serve as Co-Chair of the Classic at Baywood Greens Golf Tournament benefitting the Tunnell Cancer Center.
 
Before relocating to Delaware in 2005, Cindy practiced law for seven years with Pitney Hardin LLP (predecessor to Day Pitney LLP) in its New York and Morristown, New Jersey offices. Ms. Szabo is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA and holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Tulane Law School in New Orleans, LA. Cindy currently lives in Rehoboth Beach with her husband, Brian, and daughter, Alexandra.
 
Ms. Szabo is the second Gubernatorial Appointee to the DCF’s board. Her appointment follows that of Howard R. Layton, CPA and a self-employed Estate Planner from Millsboro who recently retired from the board after five years of service. Mr. Layton also served on the Foundation’s Southern Delaware Advisory Committee and the Planned Giving and Professional Advisory Committee.

About The Delaware Community Foundation
The Delaware Community Foundation manages charitable funds for individuals, families, businesses and organizations, and distributes income from the funds as grants to humanitarian, educational, health and cultural entities throughout the First State. With almost 1,000 funds, nearly $200 million in assets and annual grants of about $15 million, the Foundation provides a lasting source of charitable funding to benefit Delawareans today and for generations to come. For more than 20 years the Foundation has been connecting people who care with the causes they care about, helping to make Delaware a better place to live and work. For information, please call 302.571.8004 in Wilmington or 302.856.4393 in Southern Delaware or visit http://www.delcf.org.