Board Member Experiences 2022
Edwin Mehta President | YNPN Phoenix Board of Directors "Joining YNPN Phoenix has provided me with the opportunity to develop my leadership skills by working likeminded nonprofit young professionals to develop programs, fundraise, and organize events for young professionals throughout the Metro-Phoenix area. This is an opportunity that I do [...]
Challenging Language Biases in the Nonprofit Sector
By: Miriam Robles Early in my nonprofit career, one of my senior colleagues pulled me aside before a meeting with one of the organization’s most prestigious funders and kindly made me aware of the unspoken expectation of how to communicate with them just so they would take me seriously. [...]
Meet Naquana Borrero
Name, position, organization: Name- Naquana Borrero, CFRE, Owner -Bella Vita Consulting Group Director of Fundraising & Development- Maricopa County Democratic Party Other professional involvement/accomplishments: Certified Fund Raising Executive licensure Board of Directors- Association of Fundraising Professionals of Greater AZ (AFP) 2014- Social Media Chairwoman 2021- Co Chair, National Philanthropy Day [...]
Meet Amanda Gryzkewicz
Name, position, organization: Amanda Gryzkewicz, Founder & CEO, I Can Math How long have you been a YNPN Phoenix member? Since July 2021 Favorite YNPN event or memory? Being a part of LINK for the past several years as an audience member and then winning it this April! Favorite new [...]
Meet Noah Barnett
Noah Barnett | Virtuous.org | CMO — Noah Barnett is the CMO at Virtuous and the host of the Responsive Fundraising Podcast. Virtuous is a technology company committed to helping nonprofits grow generosity. Much more than a nonprofit CRM, Virtuous is a suite of responsive fundraising platforms designed to help [...]
Squid Game, YNPN, and #GivingTuesday?
We simply knew we had to use something on par with the madness in Squid Game to earn your attention. Now that you’re here, let’s get into it… Giving Tuesday is next Tuesday (November 30th), and we’re challenging you and our other YNPN members to step into the [...]