Cindy Chang (she/her) has more than 20 years of professional experience leading with purpose to amplify voices and missions for equity and justice.

Cindy has a background in nonprofit management and philanthropy, and has a deep passion for the environment, equity, and community. She earned a Masters in Business Administration from the Yale School of Management and a Masters in Environmental Management at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. She also has a B.A. from Tufts University. In her free time, Cindy loves yoga, traveling with her family, and walking her dog multiple times each day.

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Francoise Umutoniwase (she/her) is a dedicated fundraising consultant who believes that the power to create transformative impact begins with the stories, resilience, and hidden knowledge found within nonprofits. 

With five years of continuous experience as an emerging international fundraiser, she collaborates closely with organizations to develop and strengthen their fundraising efforts, ensuring they are poised to make a lasting difference. 

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Cindy Grubenhoff (she/her) is the founder and owner of In the Know, LLC where she believes nonprofits are undeniably vital to our community.

She collaborates with organizations in a coaching relationship to help them be clear, confident, and strategic in all their fundraising and planning efforts. She has been working and volunteering in the nonprofit sector for over 30 years and especially enjoys fundraising strategy coaching, board development training, and empowering nonprofit leaders.

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Kristy Koken (she/her) is a communications strategist with 18 years of leadership experience in strategic communications, development communications, marketing, crisis management, media relations, news media, public relations, and digital media.

Kristy specializes in the development of strategic communications that enable clients to effectively roll out complex initiatives, campaigns and priorities to key audiences. She supports leaders and organizations in generating compelling narratives around their work and to build and strengthen trust and connection with their communities.

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Tara Friedman (she/her) is the Senior Consultant and owner of Forging New Trails and believes in the transformational impact of philanthropy.

With over twenty years of experience in securing major gifts, she coaches leaders and development teams to connect with generous change-makers and inspire deep investment in their mission. Tara serves as guide - tackling the technical terrain of structuring a successful development team; finding the way through a thick forest to focus on the highest potential for major gifts; and inspiring courageous communication to get back on path and deepen support.

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Celina Maggi is a fundraising professional with over 15 years of experience in annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, campaign strategy, donor stewardship, and event fundraising across a wide range of nonprofit sectors.

Celina specializes in thoughtful and creative fundraising events ranging from intimate gatherings of 10 guests to large-scale galas and community events serving more than 800 attendees in in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats. She has helped raise millions of dollars for causes like education, scientific research, healthcare, and community programs. 

Her extensive experience in the nonprofit world provides clients with a strong perspective on donor engagement, long-term giving, and fundraising practices.

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Christian (he/him) is a marketing professional and creative who has spent over 10 years in real estate, government, and higher education. Christian’s marketing efforts include working at the Colorado SBDC where he thrived supporting Colorado’s SBDC locations, their marketing needs and their local Colorado businesses.

Christian excels in working with websites, design, analytics, paid advertising, event marketing, social media strategy and campaign development.

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