Lorna Bourg (; ) is an American charity director who is President and Executive Director of the Southern Mutual Help Association (SMHA).

Biography

She graduated from St. Joseph's Academy and received a Master's degree in Psychology from the

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, from

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's JFK School of Government in the Sr. Executive's Program, and studied at

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as well as the

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's Extension Program Community Development. Bourg co-founded the Southern Mutual Help Association in 1969. She designed and implemented the Building Rural Communities Program for Economic Development. She designed, and implemented a loan fund for low-income rural homeowners. In 1997, she helped design and implement a pilot programs of the Rural Home Loan Partnership.

Awards

* 1992 MacArthur Fellows Program * Fannie Mae Foundation James A. Johnson Fellow

References

External links

SMHA blog
PBS, December 20, 2004
"Trying to (Re)build a Better South"
''Foundation News & Commentary'', March/April 2006

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