Remembering Janae McCullough-Boyd

Foellinger Foundation Board of Directors and staff extend our heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Janae McCullough-Boyd.

Janae tragically passed away on the morning of December 1, 2022. Janae is survived by her husband and two sons, whom she loved dearly.

McCullough-Boyd joined our Board of Directors in 2019, and became Vice Chair in 2022.

After two decades in the private sector, where she served as a senior tax accountant, Janae founded More Than Athletics, LLC, which offers college counseling services for student-athletes.

Foellinger Foundation’s Board of Directors had elected Janae as the Foundation’s next Board Chair. In a term that would have started on January 1, 2023, McCullough-Boyd would have been the first Black woman to serve in this role.

Before joining our Board of Directors, Janae McCullough-Boyd served on our Audit Committee in 2015 and 2016, our Investment and Finance Committee in 2017 and 2018, and our LAI Committee in 2018.

In an interview this summer, Janae said:

“I was a young girl from Anderson, Indiana. I grew up in a single-parent home, and I was the benefactor of a tremendous amount of generosity and graciousness from my community.

"To now be part of an organization that uplifts underserved populations is not just an honor, but an amazing and huge responsibility—which I take very seriously.

“When I was asked to join the board, tears came to my eyes. Helene Foellinger was an absolute trailblazer, and like her, I have been in many rooms where I am the only one in the room that looks like me. That can be very intimidating. You have to have grit, and you have to muster confidence to show that you deserve to be there. Helene was an inspiration to me.

"I am proud to be a steward of Foellinger Foundation’s resources, and to help fulfill what Helene and her family set out to do.

“Yes, you can give money to different charities and organizations, but the question is, are you making an impact? Are you making an impact in people's lives?”

We can emphatically say that, yes, Janae, you made an irreplaceable, positive, and life-changing impact on your Foellinger Foundation colleagues, our community, and its residents.

With gratitude,

Foellinger Foundation