On the Ground

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.

Marcia Swain retired from her practice as a lawyer and mediator in2010, having spent her career in Colorado. Throughout her career, she served on boards of directors of numerous community-based nonprofit organizations with diverse missions. She joined SCORE Santa Fe & Northern New Mexico in 2012, where she mentored both small businesses and nonprofits and served the chapter in a leadership capacity. Believing passionately in the power and potential of nonprofit organizations to deliver programs that benefit all people and the planet we share, she withdrew from active SCORE mentoring in 2020 to found her own business, Social Profit Advisors, whose mission is to provide information, inspiration, and support to nonprofit organizations and their leaders through education, mentoring, and consulting.

Nelsy Domínguez, MSW leads c3 Perspectives Consulting, LLC. As consultant to philanthropy and nonprofits she applies her many years of organizational ,grantmaking, leadership, programmatic, and equity-focused experience to expand the potential of the sector’s impact. Nelsy was the Program Director at Con Alma Health Foundation, a statewide health-conversion foundation and was integral to the New Mexico Community Foundation becoming a leading transformative statewide funder, executing place-based equity-driven capacity-building initiatives, and partnering with national and local foundations and grant recipients.

Areas of expertise and experience:

·        Grants & Program Development

·        Proposal Reviewer, Writer, Editor & Evaluator

·        Collaborative Strategic Planning

·        Equity Focused Solutions

·        Creative Thought Partner

·        Moderator and Facilitator

·        NGO Board &Staff Teambuilder, Motivational Coach, and Recruitment  

·        Event Planning

·        Administrative & Organizational Restructure

·        Alignment of Mission, Values and Action

·        Formulation ,Creation & Refinement of Policies, Procedure Manuals, Processes & Timelines

·        Budget Development, Management & Financial Oversight  

·        Interpersonal Supervision

·        Fund & Donor Development

·        Assessment & Support of Organizational Cultural Sensitivities

Drew Tulchin has over 30 years of professional experience with mission-driven organizations. He has helped raise more than $400 million and counting with nonprofits, for-profits, foundations, and governments in Indian Country, in New Mexico, throughout the US, and internationally. For more information on Drew and Upspring, check out www.upspringassociates.com.

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Tsiporah Nephesh is the Executive Director of New Mexico Thrives. She is passionate about using her skills and abilities to contribute to the community, which is why this position is so meaningful to her. The mission of New Mexico Thrives is to bring together the nonprofits with one voice to advocate for the needs of our community, and to collaborate, encourage, and empower each other with solutions as an association.