Foundation Source, a provider of support services to private foundations, has appointed Adriane Glazier as philanthropic director, based in Chicago.

Glazier will work with donor and family-led foundations located in the central region of the US on high-level strategic issues. She most recently ran her own foundation management consulting firm, working with the Webb Family Foundation and the Lynn Sage Foundation, for example. She started out her career as a trusts and estates lawyer.

In her new role she will report to Foundation Source's chief philanthropic officer, Page Snow.

The firm manages and advises some 1,000 private foundations in the US, ranging from $250,000 to $250 million in assets, providing back-office, online and advisory services.