Judy joined the Trust as its first president and CEO in September 2000. Prior to joining the Trust, she was president of Goucher College in Baltimore. She received her Bachelor of Arts and master's degrees in History from Baylor University and her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently, she serves on the Council on Foundation's Board of Directors, the Advisory Board of the Morrison Institute at ASU, the board of Greater Phoenix Leadership and the Advisory Board of William Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University. She previously chaired the Council on Foundation's Committee on Public Policy and served as president of the Arizona Grantmakers Forum.