Interviews | Rosetta Thurman

We Are the Possible: Meet Lindsey McDougle

Apr 30 3

This is the fourth interview in my We Are the Possible blog anniversary series, so named after my favorite Maya Angelou poem, “A Brave and Startling Truth”. I’m profiling several young nonprofit leaders I admire not only for their professional work, but for the values they live out for themselves. Stay tuned for the fifth [...]

We Are the Possible: Meet Loryn C. Wilson

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Apr 23 1

This is the third interview in this week’s We Are the Possible series, so named after my favorite Maya Angelou poem, “A Brave and Startling Truth”. I’m profiling several young nonprofit leaders I admire not only for their professional work, but for the values they live out for themselves. Stay tuned next week for 2 [...]

We Are the Possible: Meet Kathrin Ivanovic

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Apr 22 0

This is the second interview in this week’s We Are the Possible series, so named after my favorite Maya Angelou poem, “A Brave and Startling Truth”. I’m profiling several young nonprofit leaders I admire not only for their professional work, but for the values they live out for themselves. When we come to it We [...]

We Are the Possible: Meet Allison Jones

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Apr 21 2

This is the first interview in this week’s We Are the Possible series, so named after my favorite Maya Angelou poem, “A Brave and Startling Truth”. I’m profiling several young nonprofit leaders I admire not only for their professional work, but for the values they live out for themselves. When we come to it We [...]

Trista Harris on Re-Imagining the Nonprofit Sector

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May 9 2

I had the pleasure of meeting Trista Harris this week at the Council on Foundations Summit. As fellow bloggers, we had a great time getting to know each other better and sharing our “industry secrets”. I first came across Trista’s work last year on her blog, New Voices of Philanthropy and I’ve been a big [...]

Interview With Melissa Johnson: You Don’t Need a Title to Lead

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May 6 0

I met Melissa Johnson last year by happenstance, as all good fortune begins. We were in the same session at the DC Foundation Center listening to a talk about passing the torch to the next generation of nonprofit leaders. Melissa introduced herself as the Co-Chair of EPIP, Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, and we exchanged cards. [...]

Mazi Mutafa on Being a Young Executive Director

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Apr 30 0

Meet Mazi Mutafa, Executive Director of Words, Beats, and Life (WBL), a hip hop nonprofit dedicated to transforming individual lives and whole communities through hip hop in Washington DC. Say what? A hip hop nonprofit has to be the brainchild of a next generation leader, yes? Sho’ you right. Mazi is 30 years old and [...]

An Interview With Keven Cotton: Nonprofits Need to Recruit More People of Color

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Apr 24 0

Keven Cotton is one of those guys that you know you’re going to get along with as soon as you meet him. We met 3 years ago when he was applying for a position at my organization with his proud Howard grad self. Unfortunately we didn’t get to work together, but it’s been great watching [...]

Elisa Ortiz to the Nonprofit Sector: "Change or Die"

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Apr 14 0

Elisa Ortiz is the kind of young woman you meet for the first time and get blown away by her incredible energy and commitment to being her best self in the nonprofit sector. She is currently the Coordinator of Outreach and Special Initiatives at the National Council of Nonprofit Associations (NCNA) and a strong voice [...]

An Interview With Eric Giles: Emerging Leaders Need to Push Out of the Box

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Apr 8 7

Eric Giles is one of the hardest working emerging leaders in the nonprofit sector. Eric is the Program Manager at the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington, whose mission is to build the strength, influence, and visibility of the nonprofit sector in Greater Washington in order to create a more just and caring community. So I [...]