In July 2024, Rudi Wallace was announced as the President & CEO of Hamilton Community Foundation after a decade of leadership experience in the non-profit sector.

Rudi joined Hamilton Community Foundation as Vice-President, Grants & Community Initiatives at Hamilton Community Foundation in 2020. In this role, Rudi has led Indigenous relationship-building and partnerships, including stewardship of HCF’s Declaration of Action on Truth and Reconciliation; developed the Foundation’s equity granting strategy and advanced HCF’s multi-faceted education initiatives. He has also had a lead role in a number of the Foundation’s affordable housing initiatives.