This week we speak with Guadalupe “Pep” Torres, executive director of Dress for Success, who is in the process of transitioning from her leadership role as she prepares to move with her family to Seattle. 1. Tell us about you and your organization and the social change you are trying to achieve. “The organization I [...]
This week, we speak with Ben Levek, grants manager for the Denver Department of Human Services (DHS). Ben is noted for his passion for his work, entrepreneurial thinking and systemic look at social change. 1. Tell us about you and the social change you are trying to achieve within the structure of a government agency. [...]
This week, we speak with Joel Newton, executive director of Edgewater Collective, a nonprofit that seeks to cultivate partnerships to “foster thriving Edgewater families, schools and community” using a collective impact perspective. 1. Tell us about you and your organization and the social change you are trying to achieve. “I started Edgewater Collective four years [...]
This week, we speak with Lillie Ben, founder and CEO of Women Warrior Vision, a small nonprofit that works to equip women veterans with the financial and business skills necessary for them to thrive economically and socially upon returning from service. Lillie also serves on the board of Asian Pacific Development Center. 1. Tell us about [...]
This week, we spoke with Turner Wyatt, executive director of Denver Food Rescue, “a health equity nonprofit that uses a bicycle-based delivery system to increase the nutritional value in the emergency food assistance system.” Turner also recently co-founded Goodness Groceries/Bondadosa, a social enterprise focused on increasing access to affordable, healthy food by delivering wholesale-priced groceries [...]
Welcome to our blog series, Changemaker Profiles! Each week, we will profile one outstanding social changemaker from the JVA client community. By sharing the stories of some of the incredible people we get to work with every day, each accomplishing extraordinary work in nonprofits, government and social enterprise, we hope we will bring a little [...]
By Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO, Joining Vision and Action (JVA) On March 10, JVA concluded Executive Director Academy, our signature executive director training, with a Genius Bar panel. I had the privilege of posing a series of questions that were on my mind to some of my favorite nonprofit executive directors: Coby Gould, The Growhaus Jay [...]
Welcome to our blog series, Changemaker Profiles! Each week, we will profile one outstanding social changemaker from the JVA client community. By sharing the stories of some of the incredible people we get to work with every day, each accomplishing extraordinary work in nonprofits, government and social enterprise, we hope we will bring a little [...]
By Sarah Hidey, Joining Vision and Action Who hasn’t heard about (and envied!) Google’s work environment? Healthy food offered around the clock, “nap pods” (sign me up!), the ability to bring pets to work, generous family leave policies and several other innovative “perks.” I think many of us would agree: These perks would probably make [...]
By Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO, Joining Vision and Action For over three years, Sarah Hidey helped JVA clients raise money—through grantwriting and through social enterprise development. Using her MBA and her background in international development, as well as her passion for social enterprise, Sarah helped our clients plan earned income ventures, and developed our initial version [...]
