Nonprofit Marketing Resources

Jennifer Chandler serves as the Vice President of the National Council of Nonprofits (Council of Nonprofits), the nation’s largest network of nonprofits. Though she began her professional life as an employment lawyer, she quickly transitioned into nonprofit work to become more personally involved in social justice.

Sheila Bravo began her professional life working in the for-profit business sector, but she now serves as the president and CEO of the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA). Bravo brings the skills and knowledge she gained in prior work experience to assist nonprofits in the state of Delaware. “Our job is to help nonprofit boards and leadership to be more effective,” she says of DANA.

Kate Rubalcava, the CEO of Utah Nonprofits Association (UNA), has been around the nonprofit community for most of her life. She remembers the example her mother set by being active in their neighborhood and serving on the board of a local nonprofit. Coming from a working class family she also learned early that having a strong work ethic was critical to success.

Sabeen Perwaiz, the Executive Director of Florida Nonprofit Alliance, has always been involved in nonprofits, whether through volunteering or serving on boards. Since 2016, she has worked on behalf of nonprofits as an advocate with FNA. While working with the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce on an initiative for workforce development, Perwaiz received the opportunity to join the organization.

Though Kristen Merrifield now serves as the CEO of the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits, she did not start out with plans to work in the nonprofit sector. Initially, she wanted to be a banker because she loved numbers. In fact, when she began working at the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce as the Director of Small Business, she thought the position would be outside of her comfort zone.