Nonprofit Board Fundamentals Session Two - Finance and Fundraising
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This event is part of the Learning Hub program Nonprofit Board Fundamentals. The goal of this program is to provide an overview of the nonprofit sector and its structure as well as support, knowledge, and skill-building around the fundamentals of board participation. Pre-homework will be assigned prior to each session. Each participant will be provided with a complimentary copy of the BoardSource Book Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards.
The Santa Fe Community Foundation proudly offers the Learning Hub as an educational space for nonprofit board, executive directors, staff members, and donors. Each year, the Hub offers dozens of events, workshops, and learning circles that promote leadership, skill building, and peer-supported growth.
Meet the people leading the conversation
Alberto Granados
Director of Finance, The Nature Conservancy
Alberto Granados
A graduate of the University of Phoenix and the University of Texas, El Paso, Alberto has lived for over twenty years in Santa Fe. Prior to joining The Nature Conservancy, he worked for twelve years managing the business operations of an Oscar-nominated entertainer and entrepreneur and ten years at two non-profits with a social justice mission. He is active in immigrant rights activities and fluent in Spanish. Passionate about health and physical fitness (you can find Alberto at the gym very early, every morning), or on a bicycle-having cycled across Portugal, the Adriatic coast, and the foothills of the Apennines of Italy and from Pittsburgh to Washington D.C.
Patti Ward, CFRE
Patti Ward, CFRE
Patti Ward, CFRE (Certified Fund-Raising Executive), is a Nonprofit Consultant with over twenty-five years of experience working with all sizes of nonprofit organizations in various sectors – both urban and rural areas; including faith-based, education, arts, health-related, and social services. She is a knowledgeable trainer and co-created and co-taught the Toolbox for Fundraisers class for ten years through the Nonprofit Service Center, Amarillo Area Foundation program in Amarillo, Texas. She continues to provide training workshops at the Amarillo Area Foundation-Nonprofit Service Center, United Way’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Albuquerque and the Santa Fe Community Foundation, and specialized seminars for nonprofit organizations. She was awarded the 2010 Outstanding Fundraising Professional through the Association Fundraising Professionals (AFP) – Texas Plains Chapter. She is a current member of the Association of Philanthropic Counsel and Association of Fundraising Professionals (New Mexico Chapter and Texas Plains Chapter-Amarillo, Texas). Mrs. Ward holds an MBA and an undergraduate degree in Sociology.
Meet the people leading the conversation
Meet the people leading the conversation
Alberto Granados
Director of Finance, The Nature Conservancy
Alberto Granados
A graduate of the University of Phoenix and the University of Texas, El Paso, Alberto has lived for over twenty years in Santa Fe. Prior to joining The Nature Conservancy, he worked for twelve years managing the business operations of an Oscar-nominated entertainer and entrepreneur and ten years at two non-profits with a social justice mission. He is active in immigrant rights activities and fluent in Spanish. Passionate about health and physical fitness (you can find Alberto at the gym very early, every morning), or on a bicycle-having cycled across Portugal, the Adriatic coast, and the foothills of the Apennines of Italy and from Pittsburgh to Washington D.C.
Patti Ward, CFRE
Patti Ward, CFRE
Patti Ward, CFRE (Certified Fund-Raising Executive), is a Nonprofit Consultant with over twenty-five years of experience working with all sizes of nonprofit organizations in various sectors – both urban and rural areas; including faith-based, education, arts, health-related, and social services. She is a knowledgeable trainer and co-created and co-taught the Toolbox for Fundraisers class for ten years through the Nonprofit Service Center, Amarillo Area Foundation program in Amarillo, Texas. She continues to provide training workshops at the Amarillo Area Foundation-Nonprofit Service Center, United Way’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Albuquerque and the Santa Fe Community Foundation, and specialized seminars for nonprofit organizations. She was awarded the 2010 Outstanding Fundraising Professional through the Association Fundraising Professionals (AFP) – Texas Plains Chapter. She is a current member of the Association of Philanthropic Counsel and Association of Fundraising Professionals (New Mexico Chapter and Texas Plains Chapter-Amarillo, Texas). Mrs. Ward holds an MBA and an undergraduate degree in Sociology.
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