Board Recruitment, Retention, and DEI & Measuring Impact and Promoting Improvement
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About the event
This Fall 2024 program is designed specifically for current nonprofit board members. Over the course of six sessions, our goal 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. The program includes guest speakers from the community to address the day-to-day details and real-life responsibilities of board service. Whether your board is 3 years old or 30, with a large staff or no staff, serving as a board member is a specific responsibility.
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This event is part of the Learning Hub's Nonprofit Board Fundamentals program. The 2024 program will be in person at the Santa Fe Community Foundation and will be held every Friday, beginning on September 27, 2024. Learn more and register.
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
Elise Padilla
Elise Padilla
Elise Padilla MSW, MBA, CPSW, CWMF
Elise Padilla is the Owner and Founder of Elise Padilla Consulting, LLC, where she passionately pursues her mission of igniting the passion in the heart while maintaining the serenity of the soul. With over 15 years of extensive experience in non-profit leadership and development, Elise now dedicates her expertise to supporting entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders in creating sustainable businesses that make a positive impact in their communities.
Elise holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA), equipping her with a unique blend of compassionate understanding and strategic acumen. As a Certified Peer Support Worker (CPSW), she brings a deep empathy and firsthand knowledge of the challenges individuals face in navigating their personal and professional journeys. Her recent certification an a Workplace Mindfulness Facilitator gives her the opportunity to incorporate mindfulness and intentionality to encourage wellness in the workplace and drive success in organizations.
Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Elise is deeply rooted in her community, where she serves as the Treasurer of the National Association of Peer Supporters, the Chair of the NM Peer Support Coalition and as a member of many other local and National Boards. Through her role and her consultancy work, Elise remains committed to fostering growth, resilience, and empowerment among individuals and organizations alike.
With a steadfast dedication to holistic well-being and sustainable success, Elise Padilla continues to inspire and uplift those she serves, leaving a lasting impact on both hearts and businesses.
Horacio Trujillo
Horacio Trujillo
Horacio R. Trujillo, Biosketch. Horacio regularly advises senior leadership of philanthropies, businesses, governments, intergovernmental organizations and social purpose agencies around the world on strategy, long-range planning and learning practices to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian, development and environmental efforts, and has taught at various universities on leadership, humanitarian action, economics and political economy, socioeconomic development, global security, public policy and policy analysis. His published research spans various issues of global development and security, including good governance, counterterrorism, disaster response management, prevention of election-related violence, international action on ending large-scale violence and mass atrocities, and civic leadership.
The organizations that Horacio has advised include public and corporate philanthropies such as the Ford Foundation, Gates Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Packard Foundation, MasterCard Foundation and Nike Foundation; multilateral and bilateral development agencies, such as the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, the US Agency for International Development and the UK Department for International Development; policy research institutions, such as the United States Institute of Peace; international humanitarian and development nongovernmental organizations, such as Oxfam, Mercy Corps, Norwegian Refugee Council and Technoserve; environmental research and policy organizations, such as C40: Cities Climate Initiative, RMI (formerly the Rocky Mountain Institute) and the Clean Air Task Force; and initiatives to engage business in social purpose, such as the United Nations Global Compact and the Environmental Defense Fund’s Corporate Partnerships Program.
Horacio's leadership in philanthropy includes having served as a member of the senior executive team that launched Humanity United, the human security-focused philanthropy, from the Omidyar Network, and the senior advisor to the Metanoia Fund, a private philanthropic fund to foster inter-organizational collaboration to advance progress on global challenges. For over a decade, Horacio was a featured speaker on philanthropic effectiveness for The Philanthropy Workshop (now Forward Global), the world's leading philanthropy education network.
Horacio has co-founded, served on the boards of or voluntarily advised the boards of various social purpose organizations addressing issues from international understanding, such as Soliya, which was set up in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to promote greater understanding between youth of the United States and Europe and youth from Arabic and Islamic nations; to public service, such as the Harry S Truman Foundation, the official memorial of the 33rd president of the United States which promotes public service as a career and encourages all Americans to engage in public service throughout their lives; inclusive American democracy, such as People For the American Way, which advances American freedoms and values to protect the United States from anti-democratic extremism; youth- and community-development, such as the multi-national Youth and Philanthropy Initiative, the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps in his home state of New Mexico, A Place Called Home in Los Angeles and the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda; and climate change mitigation and transition, with the New Mexico Climate Investment Center.
Prior to focusing his work on advising leaders in the public and private spheres on how their social purpose efforts can have as great an impact as possible, Horacio worked directly on US foreign policy and economic policy as a legislative staff member in the US House of Representatives and US Senate.
Horacio’s university teaching includes having led the development of Occidental College's studies in international political economy, international development and human security in the Department of Diplomacy and World Affairs, as well as teaching on topics including leadership, economic, ethics and public policy at Occidental and other schools varying from Stanford University to Pepperdine University to the University of Kabul (Afghanistan). Horacio has also been a fellow or scholar with various research institutions and centers concerned with conflict resolution, negotiation, economics and the science of complexity, including the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation (SCCN) at Stanford Law School, the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) at George Mason University, the Workshop on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy of Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, the Santa Fe Institute and the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Jakarta (Indonesia).
Horacio holds degrees from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (international political economy and development), Oxford University’s International Development Centre (international political economy and development), Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and the RAND Corporation, where his doctoral work combined qualitative and quantitative research methods to provide practical policy guidance, particularly related to economics and international security, on complex issues to governments, businesses and social purpose organizations.
Meet the people leading the conversation
Meet the people leading the conversation
Elise Padilla
Elise Padilla
Elise Padilla MSW, MBA, CPSW, CWMF
Elise Padilla is the Owner and Founder of Elise Padilla Consulting, LLC, where she passionately pursues her mission of igniting the passion in the heart while maintaining the serenity of the soul. With over 15 years of extensive experience in non-profit leadership and development, Elise now dedicates her expertise to supporting entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders in creating sustainable businesses that make a positive impact in their communities.
Elise holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA), equipping her with a unique blend of compassionate understanding and strategic acumen. As a Certified Peer Support Worker (CPSW), she brings a deep empathy and firsthand knowledge of the challenges individuals face in navigating their personal and professional journeys. Her recent certification an a Workplace Mindfulness Facilitator gives her the opportunity to incorporate mindfulness and intentionality to encourage wellness in the workplace and drive success in organizations.
Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Elise is deeply rooted in her community, where she serves as the Treasurer of the National Association of Peer Supporters, the Chair of the NM Peer Support Coalition and as a member of many other local and National Boards. Through her role and her consultancy work, Elise remains committed to fostering growth, resilience, and empowerment among individuals and organizations alike.
With a steadfast dedication to holistic well-being and sustainable success, Elise Padilla continues to inspire and uplift those she serves, leaving a lasting impact on both hearts and businesses.
Horacio Trujillo
Horacio Trujillo
Horacio R. Trujillo, Biosketch. Horacio regularly advises senior leadership of philanthropies, businesses, governments, intergovernmental organizations and social purpose agencies around the world on strategy, long-range planning and learning practices to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian, development and environmental efforts, and has taught at various universities on leadership, humanitarian action, economics and political economy, socioeconomic development, global security, public policy and policy analysis. His published research spans various issues of global development and security, including good governance, counterterrorism, disaster response management, prevention of election-related violence, international action on ending large-scale violence and mass atrocities, and civic leadership.
The organizations that Horacio has advised include public and corporate philanthropies such as the Ford Foundation, Gates Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Packard Foundation, MasterCard Foundation and Nike Foundation; multilateral and bilateral development agencies, such as the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, the US Agency for International Development and the UK Department for International Development; policy research institutions, such as the United States Institute of Peace; international humanitarian and development nongovernmental organizations, such as Oxfam, Mercy Corps, Norwegian Refugee Council and Technoserve; environmental research and policy organizations, such as C40: Cities Climate Initiative, RMI (formerly the Rocky Mountain Institute) and the Clean Air Task Force; and initiatives to engage business in social purpose, such as the United Nations Global Compact and the Environmental Defense Fund’s Corporate Partnerships Program.
Horacio's leadership in philanthropy includes having served as a member of the senior executive team that launched Humanity United, the human security-focused philanthropy, from the Omidyar Network, and the senior advisor to the Metanoia Fund, a private philanthropic fund to foster inter-organizational collaboration to advance progress on global challenges. For over a decade, Horacio was a featured speaker on philanthropic effectiveness for The Philanthropy Workshop (now Forward Global), the world's leading philanthropy education network.
Horacio has co-founded, served on the boards of or voluntarily advised the boards of various social purpose organizations addressing issues from international understanding, such as Soliya, which was set up in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to promote greater understanding between youth of the United States and Europe and youth from Arabic and Islamic nations; to public service, such as the Harry S Truman Foundation, the official memorial of the 33rd president of the United States which promotes public service as a career and encourages all Americans to engage in public service throughout their lives; inclusive American democracy, such as People For the American Way, which advances American freedoms and values to protect the United States from anti-democratic extremism; youth- and community-development, such as the multi-national Youth and Philanthropy Initiative, the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps in his home state of New Mexico, A Place Called Home in Los Angeles and the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda; and climate change mitigation and transition, with the New Mexico Climate Investment Center.
Prior to focusing his work on advising leaders in the public and private spheres on how their social purpose efforts can have as great an impact as possible, Horacio worked directly on US foreign policy and economic policy as a legislative staff member in the US House of Representatives and US Senate.
Horacio’s university teaching includes having led the development of Occidental College's studies in international political economy, international development and human security in the Department of Diplomacy and World Affairs, as well as teaching on topics including leadership, economic, ethics and public policy at Occidental and other schools varying from Stanford University to Pepperdine University to the University of Kabul (Afghanistan). Horacio has also been a fellow or scholar with various research institutions and centers concerned with conflict resolution, negotiation, economics and the science of complexity, including the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation (SCCN) at Stanford Law School, the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) at George Mason University, the Workshop on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy of Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, the Santa Fe Institute and the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Jakarta (Indonesia).
Horacio holds degrees from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (international political economy and development), Oxford University’s International Development Centre (international political economy and development), Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and the RAND Corporation, where his doctoral work combined qualitative and quantitative research methods to provide practical policy guidance, particularly related to economics and international security, on complex issues to governments, businesses and social purpose organizations.
