Lenora S. Gregory

Managing Director
Nemours BrightStart!

Lenora S. Gregory joined the Nemours BrightStart! team in 2005. Previous positions at Nemours included Manager of Special Projects in Corporate Services, responsible for Special Projects, Nemours.org, (internet), Videoconferencing, Grants and Contracts and a resource to Nemours publications, and Associate Director of Development for the Nemours Fund for Children’s Health, responsible for all fund raising activities in Florida. Previous positions have included Vice President of Development and Head Start Director for Episcopal Children’s Services, Inc. and Chief of Children’s Services for the City of Jacksonville.

Mrs. Gregory holds a MS in Child Development and Family Relations from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and a BS in Child Development from the University of Alabama. Lenora holds a Certificate In Fund Raising Management from The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

Lenora is actively involved in her community and state. She is a member of the Jacksonville Women’s Network, the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, sustaining member of the Junior League of Jacksonville, Family Care Connections (co-founder), the Association for Fundraising Professionals, National Association for the Education of Young Children, and the International Reading Association. In 2007, she chaired the Jacksonville Public Library Foundation’s Much Ado About Books. Currently, Lenora serves as Vice-Chair of the Florida Covering Kids and Families Coalition.