Kermit "KC" Burton
 KC Burton is a Senior Associate of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private philanthropy dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States. Since January 2002 KC is responsible for developing and implementing the Foundation's initiative to encourage more of the philanthropic sector in America to direct a portion of their investments to place-based initiatives to benefit disadvantaged children and families. He previously served for more than four years as Director of Baltimore Relations and as such was responsible for developing, implementing and administering the Foundation's initiatives in its home city of Baltimore, Maryland.
Prior to joining the Foundation, KC was the executive director of the Baltimore City Child First Authority, a legislatively created Authority to establish after school learning centers in select Baltimore City schools.
Prior to that, KC was a public relations consultant and business owner for six years. Previously he was public affairs manager and corporate responsibility manager for the Baltimore Sun, and held positions in public and community relations for the Mayor's Office of Baltimore City, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services.
KC grew up in Baltimore and has served on more than 50 local non-profit boards and committees since 1975, including the Maryland 4-H Foundation, the Towson YMCA, Sojourner Douglass College Foundation, Advocates for Children and Youth, the House of Ruth, the Maryland Juvenile Justice Advisory Council, the Community Initiatives Committee of the United Way of Central Maryland, the Maryland Juveniles Disproportionate Minority Representation Committee, and the Maryland Visionary Panel for Better Schools.
KC has a B.A. degree (1971) in political science from Shaw University (Raleigh, N.C.), studied toward an M.A. degree in urban planning and public policy analysis at Morgan State University (Baltimore, Md.) and was awarded a PhD (2001) from Sojourner-Douglass College (Baltimore, Md.).
KC is married since 1978 to Essexe Ross Burton and they have a daughter, Keresse, and a son, Evan. KC and his family all reside in Baltimore City.
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