Tracie Coffman is a program officer for Michigan, focused on Grand Rapids programs, at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan.

In this role, Coffman is responsible for identifying and nurturing opportunities for affecting positive systemic change within communities, and executing programming efforts that are aligned with overall organizational direction. She provides expertise in all aspects of the grantmaking process including evaluating grant proposals, conducting background research, preparation of funding documents, grant monitoring, driving community connections and providing grantee customer service. In this role, she also serves on the larger Michigan place‐based team, developing programming priorities and identifying and nurturing opportunities to affect positive change for children and families within the state.

Prior to joining the Kellogg Foundation, Coffman served as the director for Kent County’s Essential Needs Task Force (ENTF). In this position, she reported directly to the governance board and provided the overall administration and strategic direction for the ENTF. She also represented ENTF on the Kent County Board of Commissioners – Human Services Committee, Community Action Agency Advisory Board, FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program Board. Prior to this, she was the coordinator for the Michigan Foreclosure Task Force through CEDAM; she served as an adjunct professor at Grand Valley State University and was also a financial counseling program manager with Home Repair
Services in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Coffman received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work from Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan.