Kim Covington

Kim Covington is the Vice President of Community Initiatives at the Arizona Community Foundation. Covington works to amplify ACF’s presence in diverse communities across the state by creating innovative and community collaborations with existing and new partners. From leading the Philanthropy for All Initiative, or convening the community to have conversations about social justice issues in the Courage to Listen, Learn and Act, Covington and ACF believe there is power in partnerships, shared passion and pooled resources.

Covington left the formal newsroom after 30 years in the television news industry. Along with her time at KPNX 12 News as a News Anchor and School Solutions Reporter, her career spans from Springfield, Missouri and Grand Rapids, Michigan to her hometown St. Louis, Missouri. She is the recipient of several awards including four Emmy Awards for excellence in reporting, several Associated Press awards, the 2020 Town of Paradise Valley Martin Luther King Diversity Award and was recently nominated for the 2020 ATHENA Award, an internationally prized honor which recognizes women who demonstrate excellence in professional leadership, community service, and mentorship of future leaders. She is the recipient of the 2019 Valle del Sol Mom of the Year Award, 2017 In-Business Women of Achievement Award, the Black Educators Ragsdale Beacon of Hope Award, Judge Jean Williams Service Award, and the Arizona School Public Relations Association Award of Excellence to name a few.

She currently serves on the Two Second Media Board of Directors, the Cronkite Endowment Board of Trustees, City of Phoenix Fast Track Initiatives Ad Hoc Committee to end HIV by 2030, and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office African American Advisory Council. She is also Co-Chair of the Justice Race Equity Diversity and Inclusion Affinity Group of the Arizona Grantmakers Forum, Advisory Member of Support My Club. She also offers professional voice over services, coaching and other media relations services at her company, The Covington Companies. The wife and mother of two is a graduate of University of Missouri - Columbia Journalism School.