HAMILTON —<br /><br />The Hamilton Community Foundation announced April 14 that Dan Sander, CPA, has been appointed to vice president of finance.<br /><br />Sander comes to the foundation from Mees Distributors in Cincinnati, where he was a controller. He is a certified public accountant, a certified management accountant, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Miami University. He will work closely with the foundation’s staff, investment committee, and board in his new executive position.<br /><br />“Dan is responsible for all accounting functions of the foundation,” John Guidugli, president and CEO of the foundation, said in a news release. “Supporting the foundation’s mission, vision and values throughout the entire organization, including our financial operations, is vital, and we have every confidence in Dan’s ability to do that.”<br /><br />Sander said that since he lived in Hamilton, he was familiar with how the foundation serves the community, and became interested in the position when it opened in January.<br /><br />“I’m excited to help the foundation continue its work here in the Hamilton area,” he said.<br /><br />The foundation’s vice president of communications, Betsy Hope, said the position opened after their former finance VP retired at the end of 2013. She added that it was Sander’s CPA capabilities and his professionalism that set him above other applicants, as well as his readiness to work for a community foundation, which can have different procedures than other organizations.<br /><br />“For an accountant, you need to enjoy not only working with numbers, but be someone who really appreciates and understands what we do,” Hope said. “And especially in economic development, (you need to) help us to assess opportunities that are coming our way from a financial perspective, and (Sander) definitely seems that way.”<br /><br />Sander has been in his new role at the foundation since April 10.