The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation has appointed Brooke Zellers as Accounting and Operations Associate.

She will assist the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with the financial and operational responsibilities of the foundation.

Zellers succeeds Ron Horvath, who retired from the Community Foundation after eight years of service as Fiscal Manager.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Brooke was Operations and Sales Manager for the Buca di Beppo restaurant, Whitehall Township, where was head of the March in Restaurant Committee for the Whitehall Chamber of Commerce.

She attended Lehigh Carbon Community College and West Chester University, where she majored in accounting.

The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation is one of the largest public grant-making organizations in the Lehigh Valley.

In the past fiscal year, the Foundation provided more than $2 million in grants to non-profits in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding communities