Ave Marie Costa has been appointed director of development of the Gateway Foundation, a substance use disorder and behavioral health treatment organization.
Ms. Costa joins Gateway with three decades of experience in philanthropy, most recently spending 13 years at the Chicago Zoological Society and Brookfield Zoo, according to a Jan. 8 news release.
As development director, she will be responsible for overseeing fundraising for Gateway, which offers substance use disorder treatment and mental health disorder services at locations across Florida, Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Wyoming, Michigan, New Jersey and California.