Effective and Diversified Fundraising and Philanthropy

Marsie Silvestro brings four decades of expertise to her roles as an intuitive and dynamic Executive Director, Board and Staff Trainer, Group Retreat Facilitator and Mentor. Her leadership experience spans work on both the local and national levels. She is proficient in the Appreciative Inquiry Strategic Model which focuses on identifying an organization's strengths through individual and group interviewing progresses that honors what has been done, creates transformative collective dreaming and creating effective solution based and accomplishable work plans that will move an agency toward growth and a new pathways toward a successful mission.

Marsie believes that no matter what someone’s position is in an agency or the community, all are needed to steer towards a future that elevates the voices and needs of those they serve, as well as ensures that staff and board members feel heard, listened to, included, and appreciated as a thread in the web of service and safety.

Ross Chaney is a seasoned nonprofit and business consultant who specializes in strategic planning, writing, executive coaching, and applications of AI for nonprofits and small organizations. He has 20 years of experience in northern New Mexico nonprofit and public service, working across different leadership roles and diverse sectors. Ross’ experience includes:

1. Coaching for ED’s and program staff for leadership development
2. Governance, organizational development, operations and strategy
3. Policy issues, program/operations expansion or reduction
4. Budgeting and finance coaching
5. Reviewing grant proposals, reports, and other documents
6. Exploring the potential of AI for your organization
7. Extensive knowledge of Native American and NM culture

Madalena Salazar is a creative focused on issues of cultural equity with extensive experience as a nonprofit administrator and consultant, educator/facilitator, organizer, and cultural producer. Currently, she serves as the Executive Director for Working Classroom, the Principal of 3rd Space Vision LLC. She values engaging creatively as one’s whole self, collaboratively, and intersectionally across generations, in relationship. Madalena is a Chicana with deep roots in the land known as New Mexico and was born, raised, and resides in Tiwa territory aka Albuquerque, New Mexico (after returning from several impactful years in Denver, CO). She is a daughter, wife, sister, auntie, maestra, matriarch, and mother of 3 awesome young people. She loves music, cooking (and eating), nature, traveling, reading/learning, gardening, and the healing arts (including curanderismo, tarot, and Reiki). Madalena received a B.A. in Anthropology, and an M.A. in Art History from the University of New Mexico.

T. Michael Trimm (he/him/his/sir) joined TGRCNM in November 2020 as Director ofOperations and was promoted in February 2022 to Executive Director of Services & Administration. Originally from Ohio (and with eight siblings!), Michael now calls the Southwest region home and sought the opportunity to join the Center to be part of uplifting, encouraging, and empowering transgender and gender-nonconforming people.

“It is rare to find an organization dedicated to serving and empowering transgender and gender-nonconforming people that is led by transgender and gender-nonconforming people with the ability to directly impact the lives of the community in a positive way.”

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