Our President and CEO

La June Montgomery Tabron is president and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan, one of the largest private foundations in the United States. Since joining the Kellogg Foundation in 1987, Tabron has risen to become the organization’s first woman and first African American chief executive, leading work to support thriving children, working families, and equitable communities.

Currently, Tabron serves on the board of Kellanova and chairs the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Trust. She also serves on other boards, including Battle Creek Community Health Partners, Bronson Healthcare Group, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA).

Tabron holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in business administration from Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She is a certified public accountant.

AWARDS AND HIGHLIGHTS

• Included on Fortune’s 50 Over 50: Impact list (2024)
• Honored by the New York Times as a Groundbreaker at the annual Dealbook Summit (2023)
• Named one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in U.S. Philanthropy by Inside Philanthropy (2023)
• Received the Louis E. Martin Great American Award from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (2022)
• Awarded the Bynum Tudor Fellowship at Kellogg College, University of Oxford (2020)
• Recipient of Honorary doctorates from Elms College (2023), Grand Valley State University (2016), Ithaca College (2017), Marygrove College (2014) and Union Institute & University (2015).