Staff & Board
Staff
Jenny Warner
Executive Director
Miami Valley Nonprofit Collaborative
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Founded & grew start-up nonprofit, MVNC, through building services and collaborative community partnerships
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Launched several new successful community programs, securing both funding and community partnerships
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Designed and facilitated leadership development series for nonprofit professionals
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Developed value & competency-based human resource management system to guide hiring, performance management and training programs
Board Chair
Christy Mauch
Vice President of Operations
Better Business Bureau
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Facilitated, as a key community partner, the development & growth of an innovative, collaborative local nonprofit, MVNC
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Instructed college level courses in nonprofit administration and communications
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Aided in restructuring of governance and funding sources for BBB's charitable arm, Center for Business and Consumer Ethics
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Served in volunteer leadership and event support positions with local nonprofit organizations
Vice Chair
Nina Vasiliu
MPA, CNP
Gaslight Nonprofit Solutions
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Founded Gaslight Nonprofit Solutions in 2017 serving area nonprofits with strategic planning, facilitation, coaching, program design, and grantwriting services.
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Walk with at least 3 nonprofit leaders per year through the journey of The Leadership Circle Profile 360 process through certified coaching.
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Facilitated transformation of a small nonprofit into a program of a larger mission partner organization.
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Managed full portfolio of private foundation responsive grants and grantee relationships for over a decade.
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Implemented, managed, and monitored success of comprehensive research-based student support program in 6 area schools in conjunction with nationally recognized Research 1 university and school staff.
Board Member
LaVar Glover
Manager, Economic Inclusion
Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce
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Serves in the Dayton Chamber's Minority Business Partnership program.
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Provided program management for the growing Getting Ahead Program at MVCAP, a Bridges Out of Poverty initiative which in its first two years, received national attention for exceeding participation goals, exceptional community reception and effectively assisting families.
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Nationally Certified Bridges Out of Poverty Trainer and Getting Ahead Facilitator
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Founder of Glover Youth Program, which provided residential programs of impact for some of our most vulnerable populations.
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Recipient, Mentoring Collaborative - Mentor of the Year Award (2011)
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Recipient, Canadian Football League - Heart of a Legend Award for leadership and service (2010)
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Professional athlete for 10 years
Board Member
Andrew Wonders
Assistant Professor of Sport Business Management
Cedarville University
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Serves in the School of Business at Cedarville University, teaching sport business management and management courses and leading student groups outside the classroom in business ventures
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Actively involved in the origin and operations of a local nonprofit, Maple Tree Cancer Alliance
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Led the development of Leaders+, an executive-level nonprofit leadership program with the MVNC
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Extensive experience in sport event operations specifically through participatory and endurance events
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A background of launching endurance events in a small business setting
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Knowledge of using events as tool for fundraising
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Helped to lead a local park redevelopment for the Cedarville Community
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Active in the local community through Xenia Rotary and Heritage Fellowship Church
Treasurer
Darlene Nelson
Executive Director
We Care Arts, Inc.
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Skillful in creating community partnerships and connections through active engagement
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Experienced developing critical agency policies and procedures, trainings and implementation with a focus on maintaining quality of service.
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Drives agency strategies to develop quality expressive art programs and services for those with disabilities and mental health diagnoses in the Dayton region
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Developed individuals into successful teams with leadership, managing and mentorship
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Advocate for accessibility and opportunity for those with disabilities
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Leads agency to maintain secured accreditations from CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities), OHDODD (Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities), and OHMHAS (Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Board Member
Lora Davenport
Director of Programming
Pink Ribbon Girls
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Leads programming efforts at Pink Ribbon Girls to ensure cancer patients have the supports they need.
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Experienced in volunteer program management
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Experienced in communications through advocacy, media engagement, online presence, and public education
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Designed and managed multiple food relief programs to serve individuals in the Miami Valley through The Foodbank, Inc.
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Worked closely with local, state, and national organizations during disasters and continues to help with disaster relief efforts through Ohio Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (Ohio VOAD